I have been dealing with PCS for about four months now. Recently I have noticed a change in what I describe as the 'weird head' feeling. I now have difficulty talking, in that the words seems to reverberate inside my head, and also make me nauseous at the same time. In fact, for a short time, I thought I was getting better. Now I am feeling much worse, and the sensitivity to lights and sound is also worse. (I drove home from work tonight wearing my sunglasses - the glare of the oncoming headlights was so difficult to take!). I think this is a direct effect of employee health increasing my hours up to 6/day. Has anybody else had this happen?

Yes. I started having light sensitivity after too much time at the computer caused me to relapse over 6 months after my initial injury. It got even worse a couple of months after that, and has been up and down since then with no lasting improvement. I have to wear light sunglasses while driving at night because of headlights, stoplights, and such. (During the day, I wear darker sunglasses.) As much as possible, I just try to avoid driving at night altogether.

I posted a few days back about some of the modifications I have made in order to help me work around the light sensitivity. It might be worth your while to search for that post. I think I titled it "Working with light sensitivity."

Pete

Sounds like employee health is more concerned about getting you back to work so they can deny any further Work Comp benefits than looking out for your best interests.

You need to be keeping a good journal of your work day, personal time and any symptoms. Keep in mind. It is up to you to chronicle your ups and down. WC will try to use your best days as a determining factor.

My best to you.

While I don't really experience the same symptom you mention, I can relate to symptoms getting better than suddenly becoming worse. I began feeling better at the beginning of month 3. Enjoyed 2-3 pretty good weeks and then all of a sudden symptoms returned, some of them worse than originally and a couple new ones as well. In my opinion, your increased work hrs may have played a part.