Post concussion syndrome
 

Hello all.

I have been suffering with this thing called post concussion syndrome. This has completely changed my life. This all started 3 months ago. A freak accident down the stairs and bam. I was fine for about 5 days. Had basketball practise and almost passed out. I had no idea what was going on. It almost felt like I was filling up with water and I was gonna dround. That lasted for 2 hours. Went to the emergency, ct scan and a concussion later. I have had a few in my life with no problems after. This one has crippled me. For the first month I counldnt leave my house. I would get extreme anxiety. Just wake up in the middle of the night thinking I was having a heart attack. That slowly went away. I started going back to work slowly. I can work, but I'am limited to what I do. I teach physical education. I pretty much sit there and watch the kids now. I still get headaches every 3 or 4 days. They seem to be getting less intense. The light headed feeling or almost dizzy feeling comes and goes. I just don't feel rIght. When I stay home and try to rest, my mind races. Had slight depression because my physical activity has complete stopped. I went from going to the gym 4 times a week, playing hockey 2 nights a week, and my passion of golf has stopped. I feel this is the hardest thing. There are times when I feel it is going away and then it comes back. I have seen a chiro for my neck and this gave me physical relief. I just want to be myself. I used to be the life of the party, and now I'm the guy leaving at 9 because I had too much water. I just feel like I'm missing out on so much. I understand what the people on here are going through. This has been the toughest thing in my life. Hopefully I can overcome it soon and be the person I once was.
Thanks for listening.

Slick Rob

Don't try to hurry yourself too much. Its a slow road back. Its a good thing that you can function at school at all. This is honestly something that you will be able to help the kids if it ever happens to one of them.

Donna:grouphug:

Hello & Welcome
 

Hello and welcome to NeuroTalk. Happy to see you have come to be with us. Just let us know if we can be of any help. As you can tell there are a great and caring number of members here to assist you. Look into the following forums for some assistance:

http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/forum92.html

http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/forum37.html

Our shoulders are here for support in many ways. My thoughts and prayers are with you.

Again welcome, looking forward to seeing you around.

Darlene :hug:

Im going threw the same thing
 

I had a concussion from lacross about 5 months ago, i felt fine after it. A few months later, i started seing some weird black thing in my eye sight. comes to find out, i poped a hemridge in my eye..and what i was seeing was my blood rushing down. Well that went away, and now im going for mri's catscans, and tons of stuff.

I use to excercise and jog every day, play on a volleyball team, and lacross. I can no longer do any of that, and volleyball started yesterday, i went for the first day because im extremely stubborn and dont want this to interfere with my life..but it is.

And now i have to go to more hospitals to get checked, i feel so depressed , and kind of like a freak because instead of hanging out with my friends and going out to eat and stuff, im out at the doctors almost every day because they are trying to figure out why im getting extremely dizzy and just lying on the floor not being able to get up. I get headakes every day , and the doctors told me that i cant take and medication for my headakes, so i just have to deal. I just wanna play volleyball and lacross, this has changed my life.

So sorry--but glad you're here.
 

:(I am so sorry that you are suffering as you are. It's got to be really scary to go thru all these tests & not get answers. I hope you will use these links to explore these two forums:

Traumatic Brain Injury & Post-Concussion Syndrome:http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/forum92.html

Depression: http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/forum37.html

Look around the discussions going on. Start a thread of your own to re-post your intro or present your story however you like. Ask questions. You'll find lots of people who've been where you are & found life beyond this rotten period.

Come back often, ask questions, don't be shy. You don't sound like you are. You haven't mentioned your age--& I think that's a major factor in this.

Take care, pageharmony.

Great to meet you!!
 

Hello and welcome to NeuroTalk. Happy to see you have come to be with us. Just let us know if we can be of any help.

There are great number and caring fellow members here to assist you. Our shoulders are here for support in many ways.

Again welcome, looking forward to seeing you around. My thoughts and prayers are with you.

Darlene :hug: