Hello to everyone, unfortunately I am posting once again about some symptoms recurring. It has been about a year since I posted but thought it was time to start asking for help again.

Since most of you likely don't know my history I will try to give a short background. Over the past 3 1/2 years I have sustained 7 concussions. The first came just under 3 1/2 years ago during basketball. It was severe and I missed school and the rest of the season due to symptoms. The second came that summer when I believe I hit my head on the counter in my house. No one was home with me at the time though and I don't remember anything but waking up on my kitchen floor so I can't be sure exactly what happened. Third came that fall during the soccer season, I was kicked in the head and had major problems missing about 2 1/2 months of school. I did play basketball that season. Fourth came during the end of that same basketball season where I got an elbow directly to the face and I nearly passed out from the pain it caused in my head. Fifth came that summer at a soccer camp when my head bounced off the ground, I play goal keeper so I was diving. Some symptoms returned but it wasn't as bad. Sixth came that fall during a soccer game when I was kneed in the head no loss of consciousness. The final one came in February of this year during a basketball game when I was hit directly in the face and also broke my nose. The symptoms were really bad and I only went to 3 weeks of school for the whole semester.

If you want more detail on my symptoms or exactly what happened with any of those I started some threads you could probably dig up.

So now the question I am trying to answer, could stress cause my symptoms from previous concussions to come back?

I have no memory of hitting my head again so I don't think I got another concussion. I think it might be related to stress because over the last nine months there have been a lot of it. In september they found a nodule or growth in my dad's throat that they thought was cancer. The surgery went well and we were very lucky and thankful to find out it was not cancer. Later in that same november my grandma was diagnosed with breast cancer and had surgery and underwent radiation treatment. It was successful. In december 2010 I had surgery on my heart, I won't get into detail. In February after recovering with my heart I played in just my fourth game of basketball where I got my most recent concussion. I missed almost all of the semester and had to scramble to get caught up. Then my mom lost her job, she was the main source of income for the family so that is a large stress on everyone now that we have to watch our money. Because of that we put our house on the market to move into a smaller one with a cheaper mortgage. My job is to keep the house spotless the lawn mowed and everything weeded so it always looks nice. My grandma made it through treatment successfully but she is starting to slow down now and we aren't sure how much longer she has left. Then in mid may I found out one of my best friends has a potentially fatal disease. He lives day to day and we never know if he will be here tomorrow or not. new stress is that I have to take summer school to make up for the time I missed to pass classes. Then my boyfriend of 3 years broke up with me for literally no reason and that seemed to be the breaking point.

The symptoms I am beginning to experience are: dizziness, it comes at random times and stays for different lengths of time. Fatigue I am just worn out all the time and am sleeping more than usual. Emotional problems, I am not dealing with anger well and snap at people, I go from being almost on a high of happiness to a low depression where I pull away from everyone and don't want to do anything. My memory is beginning to get worse again where I either don't remember doing little things like taking a medication to forgetting and entire night or day. I also have no appetite. I used to love eating and did it all the time and now I am either not hungry, have no desire to eat, or if I do eat feel like I am on the verge of throwing up. And my newest symptoms I am just experiencing is where all of a sudden it feels like I am waking up and don't remember what I was doing or where I am and I can forget maybe a few minutes or a few hours but it is somewhat concerning. I also get chest and stomach pains to the point of where I can't stand and the ice pick headaches are coming back with a vengance.

Sorry this was so long but I wanted to have a good background so if there is an answer it can be easier to figure out. Thanks to everyone for reading this even though it was so long and any responses I can get are greatly appreciated. I am starting to feel at the end of my rope and I don't want to spiral back into what I have had to deal with before.

-Soccer14