I need a little help with something.

For those of you who don't know my situation, I was assaulted in June of 2011. I felt pretty normal for 3 months before the world came crumbling down on me. I woke up (sometime) in September and everything was all messed up. Ever since that day, I've been in a constant decline and haven't really shown very many improvements.

The symptoms that I suffer from are: Non-stop language problems (mainly with expressing myself), poor concentration, poor memory, problems with divided attention, some anxiety and a little depression. These problems are always there...but they are worse when I first wake up or before bed.

Those are the main things at least. They are exacerbated by any type of stimulation, anything from music, TV, conversations, people talking, crowds of people, casinos, etc. My speech is always messed up, I'm always struggling to know what to say and how to express it...but you put me around any of the above things and I pretty much become a mute.

This wasn't a problem for me immediately after the injury. Which is confusing...Normally, with a regular concussion you might have a few days to a week delay before the symptoms hit. With a brain injury that was enough to show on a CT/MRI...you normally have symptoms right from the gate. At least this is what I've heard from a lot of clients that I spoke with from NCEP (brain injury rehabilitation).

Anyhow, what I'm trying to say is...I've been declining ever since that day in September. I'm not kidding. Its been a really awful recovery for me and I'm very disappointed in what I've become. Its normal for a person with a concussion/brain injury to have a personality change. Well, mine was very mild in the early on (even after the symptoms showed up in September). Now, since its getting harder for me to communicate, my personality is changing even more. My personality, me, the real me comes bursting out of me sometimes...but now its very short lived.

This is where I need your help. I just got my insurance this past weekend and I'm ready to start seeing different doctors to find out what the problem is. I want to find out if there is some underlying cause to this madness. I've already got a few things in mind, such as a full panel of blood tests, I want to be checked for STDs and I'm going to get 2 rotten teeth pulled. I'm also going to get one more MRI to make sure my brain isn't shrinking.

I don't know what else to do. I've tried everything from reducing stress, taking vitamins, different anti-depressants and anti-seizure meds, locking myself in a room for a month, pushing through my symptoms, NUCCA chiropractor, intensive brain injury rehabilitation...blah blah blah...and nothing works.

I just want to start getting better and find out why I feel like crap ALL the time instead of only after/during stimulation.

Any other suggestions?

Thanks in advance!

Nick