Flare ups & feeling stuck. A hit to mouth/nose
 

Post concussion syndrome and still healing. Had a flare last weekend that I am still worried about. Was laying with Mom, who sat up and reached forward to grab a toy from our dog, her fingers hit me in the mouth/nose area. Was seen by an immediate care on the weekend and my neurologist the following Monday who both agreed I was fine. This week I have felt more sensitive and symptomatic in general, had two other flares of symptoms related to a bump in the parking lot while backing up very slowly and a sudden step on the gas where my arm hit my armrest and my neck did a crack. I've been to my concussion doctors and physical therapist and everyone tells me it's okay to exercise and to not go back to initial concussion resting. Everyone is telling me I have an anxiety problem which I am addressing with therapy and now medicine. But I swear I still feel like I've been setback. I am starting an anti anxiety medicine this week and wishing it will help because I can't stop worrying about these flare ups and noticing what feels like a setback.
If anyone could share similar experiences, words of wisdom, or reassurance, I would highly appreciate it! I'm feeling so aware of every flare up and like it HAS to get easier than this

I am sorry that you are experiencing a setback. I just wanted to give you some reassurance that many of us are also experiencing relapses following innocuous events, that turn out in the vast majority of cases to be inconsequential. My last relapse a few weeks ago was triggered by something as insignificant as inadvertently hitting my head with an empty paper shopping bag (after being startled by a car alarm nearby).

There was clearly no damage done, but for 4-5 days it really felt like I had sustained another concussion - I had very strong symptoms. But the symptoms dissipated quickly and I went back to my PCs baseline. No one really knows why PCS makes us that sensitive - probably some combination of physical and psychological response.

I am confident you will get better very soon, and the less you focus on the event(s) the sooner it will happen. The wisdom here is that the best thing to do is to ignore these incidents as much as possible and go on with your life. These are annoyances, not life-changing events. See them as such.

Also, please post here again when you feel better. If you browse through NT you will see plenty of similar threads, for which we don't have the end of the story. I am pretty sure that this is because the OP just got better, forgot about the incident and did not report back. But clarifying that the setback did not have long-term consequences could perhaps be helpful for anxious readers who will read the thread in the future.

Take care.

Hey there I hope you're doing well
I actually had some of the best weeks I've had in a while since getting over that setback that allowed me to workout and go out a lot
The only reason I'm back here tonight is because of a similar flare up that I am worried about even though immediate care didn't think I had another concussion
I'm hoping it's just another mild flare up and then I'll continue to have more good days

I am feeling more like my normal self than earlier so that's also a good sign

Very good. Remember this the next time you are anxious after an innocuous event. I have experienced this myself a few times - a big relapse after a minor hit, that dissipated in a few days. Knowing that you get better will help you go through the future setbacks.

I read your other post. As people have told you already you have nothing to be afraid of. Just try to manage anxiety as good as you can and ignore what happened.

can relate to this right now- a week ago i left my laptop in the corner of my bed when i went to sleep and then right when i woke up my face collided with the side of the computer; i can't imagine i was moving quickly enough for any serious impact, and it felt mostly absorbed by my nose anyways. Despite the rational side of my thinking knowing that I have no reason to worry, I've been having some awful days ever since, headaches vision hearing everything is acting up. I'm 90% sure it'll calm down in the next few days, but not gonna lie that slight fear has been hard to shake off.