Can anyone relate to this? I wrote on another thread about my accident and PCS approx 8 weeks ago. It feels like in some ways I am getting better, but I am frustrated today and a little freaked out (as frequently happens to me when some "new" symptom seems to appear).

Here's my scenario: I am trained in equine hoof care and natural horse care, etc (not professional, but did intensive training last year). Well, today I was cleaning my horse's feet out and noticed his feet look awful (they have not been under their normal care since my accident)...here's the relevant part:

I can see his problem and intuitively know it is not good, but the actual information (such as "he's got suchandsuch and the hooves should be trimmed in soandso a manner...") is just rolling around in my head taunting me to try get the answers into something helpful and accurate. I've been looking online for pictures of what he has and am trying to read my books, but the info is just NOT getting through...it is a little freaky and reminds me of the other day when I had to slowly look at giving change and had to look at the money and have someone else help me get it all right. I don't have any other mental disabilities since this all started, but maybe in certain situations I do??

Does any of this make any sense to anyone out there?

Hello I am a TBI survivor and I to share your symptoms I change day to day and sometimes hour to hour or moment to moment it scary. I have had many improvement and I wish you healing. Hang in there and bless you. Kimmy

Thanks Kimmyann, that is the other thing...I could feel fine part of the day and the not at all other parts of the day or hours, minutes, etc as you describe.

I still haven't found my boundaries of what is too much for me to handle in life and what is not and therefore how to proceed forward.

Hi,

I have found that when I am feeling foggy, tired, stressed I forget how things work. I will look at my keys and know that I need them but can't quite figure out how to make it from my hand to the door. Or, I will look at my phone and not quite know what I am supposed to do with it.

The most recent, and most frightening, was last week after trying to do too much, I drove home. That wouldn't be a problem except that I forgot how to figure out which pedal makes you stop and which one makes you go. I couldn't even think of "brake" and "gas". It scared me enough to think that I had to stop pushing myself.

I have been writing a journal everyday (for legal reasons mainly) but have been also adding things that I need to sort out later or find a way to make it easier should it happen again.

I hope that you can find a way to get through these moments.

Good luck!