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Originally Posted by EsthersDoll (Post 842674)

Yeah, I totally understand. I work at a university and the people there are used to me being able to say the right words all the time, I used to be very articulate. Now, I have a lot of trouble remembering words and even lose track of what I'm saying mid-sentence.

I'm getting better. You will too!

I was seeing a speech therapist for months and one of the things she recommended for me to do so I could remember words better was to do crossword puzzles and I think it's helped tremendously. Just make sure if you do them, to not do them too much or you'll tucker yourself out and get worse. But do them when you feel like it.

That's what my Dr. told me again today - do what my body tells me to. (In reality I don't want to do what my body tells me to, I want it to do what my mind tells it to! :wink: )

I like to do the word games online. If I play too long my body/mind tell me so.

If you wait for your body to tell you to stop, you likely have gone too long. You should stop at the first sign of needing to refocus on the screen or when you first start making careless errors/typos, etc. This is often long before you crash at the task.

Been there, done that, learned to not do it anymore.

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Originally Posted by Mark in Idaho (Post 842688)

This is a very good piece of advise that I will follow. thank you.

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Originally Posted by Mark in Idaho (Post 842688)

Yeah, that's how I figure out I starting to get tired too. I guess it's not literally my body telling me - but it's the sign I look for. (If I literally waited for my body to tire in order to rest my brain I'd be a wreck all the time!)

Sorry for not being clearer about the signs tmq - as I said, I'm not as articulate as I once was... :wink:

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Originally Posted by EsthersDoll (Post 842713)

It could be just me, lately my brain has a "mind" of its own:

rear ended car accident

Not sure if any of you have any MVC rdata on what speed of rear impact will cause a concussion?There's the NFL settlement now with players who were injured,highlighting concussion issue.

Yet,there's no data on impact speed causing NFL,or NHL concussions. Ask because I was in two accidents,first,it was at about 50-60km while at a dead stop,with ongoing hits due to an unconscious driver's foot still on the gas;two was a direct hit at 60km,or slightly more while at a dead stop again.

Second collision has left me with what has been diagnosed by an Ophthalmologist as a migraine since my vision's fine,yet I get blurred vision,with blaring headaches that include flashing lights,loss of balance, sensitivity to bright lights,constantly ringing ears,loss of focus on things that require it [eg.reading text,movies,television].

Saw one Neurologist who felt there were "no neuro."issues,haven't read a second report from another yet.Concerned I am damaged,and no one is treating the injury to minimize further degradation?

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Originally Posted by Nomad (Post 1011541)

Nomad, I'm going to copy your message to a new thread of your own, this is an old 2012 thread.

Follow this link to find your new thread.
http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/forum92.html