concussion from head jerking/tics
 

I had a severe whiplash like head jerk yesterday .immidietly i felt dizzy and nauseous.. ive been suffering with head jerks after a neck injury a few months back


today i woke up with severe headache and nausea.., is it possible to sustain a concussion by jerking your own head around? Even if you hit nothing

Hi. I'm sorry you're feeling so badly.

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You probably should get your neck checked. Others here will have some suggestions about who to see for that I'm sure.

I had these too.

I got them under control with ativan, which they wanted me off of ASAP and I did because an anti elipitic med called topiramate helped.

Idk if it causes damage, but it sure doesn't help the head.

I asked this same question in the forum a while back, check this thread out: http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/sh...hlight=tremors

The simple answer is that if this head jerking causes symptoms, the symptoms are what matters. Causation could be trauma to head, neck or anxiety. If the jerking is violent, attention needs to be paid to try to stop the jerking.

It is hard to believe that a single jerk could be damaging. Multiple violent jerks could combine to be considered traumatic.

My opinion is that you aggravated your neck injury. There is a huge overlap between concussion symptoms and upper neck injury symptoms.

I doubt even a specialist could tell you accurately what caused your symptoms.

How far do you jerk your head during these events ? Front to back or side to side ?