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Old 02-10-2012, 11:25 AM #1
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Default Now...I can't drive:(

Just another thing added to the list of things I can't do anymore....DRIVING. I have an appointment today with a NUCCA specialist and I wanted to see my son, so I borrowed my mom's car....on the way to my mom's work she was driving and I was sitting in the passenger's seat. I became a space cadet from just being in the car....drove home and now I'm finished. I can't think straight at all...and I still gotta drive to the appointment, go see my son and pick her up from work later.

Why is it getting worse and worse? I drove with no problems before...every week that passes something new is added to the list and my threshold gets smaller and smaller.

Can someone please tell me what's going on with me!?

I'm not over-exaggerating. It started that day I posted about having the flu...the next day after I was done throwing up I felt awesome....and then the next 2 days after that got better and better. I was almost able to fully function....I even posted about how awesome I was feeling. Then, every day after that has gotten progressively worse...and now I'm worse than I've ever been. I used to be able to drive with no problems (at least to drop my mom off, to my appointment and to pick her up from work later in the day)...Now, I can't even handle being the passenger.

????????....Time for that MRI the neurologist requested?

Edit: My body has tremors now when I get overloaded and my tinnitus flares up to the max....it's literally screaming like a Piccolo Pete firework right now.
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What happened: I was randomly assaulted from behind in June of 2011. I was knocked unconscious for an unknown amount of time (less than 30 minutes) and have no memory of the event. CT scan showed contusion and hematoma of the left frontal lobe. I spent 3 days in the hospital. Diagnosed with Post-Concussion Syndrome in September 2011. Currently have Medicaid, Medicare and SSI.

Current symptoms: Brain fog, mild memory issues, problems with spontaneity, occasional spacing out, word finding difficulties, tinnitus in right ear and some other things that I can't explain.

Life after the brain injury: 4 years after the injury, I'm engaged to my beautiful girlfriend of 5 years, I'm the CEO of my own business, Notorious Labs, I've taught myself how to program complex games and apps which is a feat I never thought I'd accomplish and now live a semi-normal life with very mild PCS symptoms.

Slowly but surely regaining my life back.
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