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Old 04-02-2012, 09:21 PM #11
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i took your advice and havent been on games pretty much at all today, i've been on the computer here and there but i took a 3 hour nap earlier today which feels like it helped A LOT. I was also resting a couple hours ago after getting up and cooking a bit, while cooking i started feeling a bit more dizzy than usual, so after cooking i rested and couldnt help but notice that my eyes felt as if they were bouncing around while they were closed..Is that normal?
I can't tell you if that's normal...but I can tell you I experience the same thing. I don't know exactly what causes it. However, I noticed it happens when I feel that I've had enough and need to rest. When I close my eyes, they do exactly like you described...bounce around.

I think Mark said once that usually means you've gone beyond your threshold and should try to stop whatever your doing sooner.
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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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I try to think about how my body reacts to being terribly ill...like a bad upper resp. infection or stomach flu...basically, whenever you are trying to heal, and you do stuff that your body would rather you didn't because it is busy trying to heal, it gives you signals. For me, it tends to be chills/cold sweats, headaches or just random pains in my forehead and temples, and weakness/exhaustion. When I go too far and I get a bad headache, it feels like a wound opening up in my brain...sounds dramatic, but I think that's basically accurate; I'm essentially re injuring myself.
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Well i can definitely tell when i've gone past my limit, normally it feels like theres pressure on my head especially on my sinuses. Yesterday i pushed myself a bit to hard and when i tried to go sleep last night it was awful. My eyes kept bouncing around and it was REALLY irritating. Finally after a couple hours they stopped and it felt like it was kind of hard to open them

I do however, always wake up feeling better than the day before. And if im on the computer frequently things seem to worsen up so im definitely going to be taking quite a few breaks throughout the day from now on. Last night kinda sucked.
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