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Old 04-11-2012, 10:07 AM #1
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I have thought about running away (some place warm with Palm trees) many times lol
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Head Injury 10/2011. Diagnosed with contusion/concussion....Now PCS with Tension/Migraine combo headaches.

Symptoms: focus/concentration issues, short term memory issues, nausia, dizziness, sleep problems, noise/light sensitivities, extreme fatigue, irritability, vision problems, slow processing, tingling in extremeties and a few more I can't remember.
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I have thought about running away (some place warm with Palm trees) many times lol
Thanks for saying it out loud
The island of Vieques in Puerto Rico, in a village called Esperanza, with chickens & horses running around free--there are beaches where you will find NOBODY, unless you want to, and wonderful people who will sell you fried plantains & octopus salad when you are hungry...THAT'S my happy place, and where I will go when (if?) I run away. It's scarily specific!
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43-year-old female, final blow leading to PCS occurred Jan 2, 2012, when I hit my head on the edge of the car door, hard enough to chip the paint. Felt "okay" for a couple of hours. Then headache, dizzyness, nausea, etc., hit hard. Diagnosed as "concussion & contusion" first, then PCS a couple of weeks later. Lasting symptoms: persistent brain fog, enhanced depression & anxiety, intermittent dizzyness, mild constant headache (where a full-on migraine is a 10 level pain, these are about a 3). I also have trouble remembering faces/names, am easily confused, and can't read choral music (!). My worst issue is that I often dream that I do something, but don't realize it was a dream--this is causing issues in my job.

Am on the feeling better/crashing roller coaster now. Take 10 mg of Elavil per day which has helped a great deal.
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Sounds awesome! I hope you get to go sooner than later..... even if it's a short lived "run-away" lol
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I'm pretty sure research has been done to prove that if you really imagine yourself somewhere and doing something that your brain reaps the benefits of doing it. (ie: They tested runners and athletes imagining running and their brains acted as their bodies were actually running!)

Even my first therapist recommended me using my imagination to place myself in a relaxing atmosphere to help reduce the sadness and anxiety I was dealing with from the brain injury I sustained before I was able to return to work.

I'm glad you guys have somewhere nice "to go".
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