NeuroTalk Support Groups - Hello All! Questions about Concussion

Hello all!

Thank you in advance for taking the time to read this. I am a 25 year old female. I last week have suffered my fourth concussion in the past 3 years. You would think it is because I play sports, but I don't. Before any of my concussions back in 2009 I had a reaction to the HPV vaccine. Right after the vaccine I could barely breath, was so dizzy I could not stand, heart palpitations, and severe nausea. That subsided within a few hours. A week later I became very week and had trouble walking, short of breath, and I was very fatigued all the time. The doctors thought I may have developed MS, which they ruled out with an MRI. I also had headaches/migraines that I would have on and off for months at a time for about a year and half. In this time I was seeing a neurologist where an EEG and EMG were performed and came back normal. I saw a cardiologist for the shortness of breath and it came back normal. So after the year and a half all of my symptoms went away and I was back to normal.

Then a few months later I got into a bad car accident where I hit my head and was knocked unconscious and needed stitches in my head. After xrays and CT scan, everything was normal. A few months after that I was putting my dog in the car and I hit my head on the door frame of the car and had to go to the hospital. Had another concussion from this. A year later at work I hit my head on a cabinet and got another concussion. And now just last week at work (I work with animals) A dogs head knocked into my chin so hard my head snapped back and ended up getting a concussion without even hitting my head along with whiplash.

After my hospital trip for the initial blow I thought I was ok until I had to go back to the hospital 2 days later when I became severely nauseas, my head was killing me and my brain felt like it was on fire. So I went back to the hospital and everything still came back normal.

I now feel okay, it has been about 8 days since I initially got the concussion. I still have on/off headaches, my neck hurts a little, I am still pretty fatigued, and strangely I have been extremely thirsty. I feel like I cannot drink enough water! But overall I am much better than I was.

I seem to be getting concussions more easily now and the symptoms lasting longer. I am concerned about this, along with the extreme thirst. I have gone back to work, but I am nervous of my wellbeing, how many concussions can my brain take? I am seeing my neurologist again soon, but I am worried, I seem to have bad luck and keep hitting my head.