Can you relate to this?......
 

Just read the article Mark posted and realized:

3 years ago - Car accident, smashed head on window twice during accident.
2 years ago - Woke up unconscious on a hard supermarket floor.
1 year ago - Woke up unconscious in a clothes shop on a marble floor.
6 month ago - Knocked out playing football.

Each time I awoke it was to paramedics standing over me and I was taken to the ER and checked.

I put the above middle 2 unconsciousness down to a faint. I didn't even consider the impact to my head on the floors as I fainted.

My mum reminded me that when I was taken to hospital after fainting in the shop I had no memory of the day and the hospital staff made out I was exaggerating because I kept crying and asking where I was and who had my car and shopping bags over and over again.

Now I think I am starting to see this is probably all linked.

Can anyone else relate to this?

Yes, can definitely relate to the faint. Although Im not so sure it is a true faint. I have gone at least a half dozen times in the past year. Some I felt coming and others there is nothing but someone standing over me when they find me. I wonder how many times I have banged my head and dont know it. As far as people thinking you are exaggerating, I quit caring what anyone thinks awhile back. Those people around you that truly know your difficulties can see you are no longer the person you were before PCS.

When I fell in January it was a hard fall no way as severe as a car crash but the outcomes seem to be the same. Over the years I have had several injuries and I guess this last one was the one that tipped it over the edge.

It is difficult to assume impact forces from just about any fall or collision. The G forces in an auto collision can be as low as 20 G's to as high as 150 G's or more. Falling on a hard floor can easily result in G forces of 150 G's to 300 G's. Any unattended event where one ends up on the floor should be considered a head impact.

A concussion specialist whose lecture I watched made an important point. he said that anytime there is a suspected impact to the head, the medical record should list the possibility of a concussion. He actually mentioned the IDC 9 code for possible concussion. It is IDC 9 CM 850.9 Concussion, unspecified.

There is adequate research to support listing a probable concussion due to the delayed symptoms of a concussion and the risks a concussion can present for later head injury.

A concussion can have only a momentary (seconds after the impact) symptom of vision or other sensory disturbance with no prolonged symptoms. Some times, the only sensation is a odd taste in the mouth. For me, this taste is usually like I have chewed a piece of aluminum foil. It should still be considered a concussion even though that symptom went away quickly.

A repeat performance of a sudden fainting or loss of consciousness deserves some serious medical consideration. It can be a seizure (drop seizure), vasovagal syncope, a heart attack, and some less frequent medical issues.

Thank you Mark, I have been under a cardiologist for some time. When I was pregnant she wanted to operate immediately and fit a heart regulator. My heartbeat is so irregular with a terrible murmur due to a small hole. The faints have been put down to my heart randomly stopping.
But since my accident the circumstances and symptoms around the faints have been v different.
Extremely high BP
I feel very ill before hand
I don't drop to the floor, I lay down and immediately sleep no matter where.

peachey,

Do you have emergency BP meds in case you have a BP spike?

My father lived his whole life with a heart murmur. When a new doctor tried to treat it, it only made it worse. He stopped the treatment and returned to normal. His only need was to take antibiotics before having dental work done.

My best to you.

I do not have meds yet no. I am still waiting to see my GP.
Are you saying sometimes its better not to be treated for the high BP? Or the heart murmur?
Thank you