Hello guys I have been reading around te site for a while and was hoping you guys can help me. I got a concussion last year in football I didn't feel bad until about 4 hours after the hit. My symptoma were headache, ringing in the ears, and slurred speech, it wasn't that bad. Took a week off school 1 month to 2 of no physical activities. All my symptoms got better but I just felt different. It's been that way ever since.

Now I have started to get a weird feeling in my ears and I feel like I don't have good hearing in my left ear. I have headaches at different parts of my eas at random times and when I work out. Also I have short term memory issues, I will forget what I walked in a room for, what I was goin to say. I'm pretty scared, last night I was cleaning my retainer at the sink downstairs and when I woke up the next morning I was upstairs and couldn't find my retainer. I have always had a good memory and didn't even have problems after my concussion. Is this pcs my parents won't take me to the doctor they don't believe me.


I'm worried this will affect school, I have always been a straight a student.

Any help will be greatly appreciated. Sorry for any misspelling I'm on my phone.

Charger,

Welcome to NeuroTalk. Sorry to hear about your concussion.

My first advice for you is to watch the video series on YouTube called, "You Look Great." It is 6 segments and takes about an hour. The link to segment 1 is http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9Xso...ature=youtu.be

Ask you mom to watch it too.

You can also download the TBI Survival Guide at www.tbiguide.com It is 84 pages. Read it. Highlight or circle the parts that pertain to you. Then give it to your mom. Mothers tend to be more concerned.

You have an uphill battle but you can do this.

A part of your problem may be your age. PCS tends to get worse during puberty/adolescence. You are in the thick of it.

btw, As concussion symptoms go, slurred speech is a very serious symptom. Your parents need to understand this. I suffered a concussion with slurred speech when I was 10. It caused my grades to roller coaster through college whenever I was under stress or had even a slight head jarring.

If you are concerned about your grades, you should stop playing contact sports. This was not your first concussion. It was just your worst concussion. Research shows that reported concussions are just the tip of the concussion iceberg. There are often 10 to 15 times as many unreported concussions in contact sport athletes.

Then you have the sub-concussive impacts that you and your coaches have completely ignored. They are usually the most dangerous. But, I think you are smart enough to understand your risks. I sure hope so.

If you can get your mom or dad to read this forum and participate, they will learn a lot. I can even make an email contact with them if you want. Just ask and I'll get my email address to you. You just need to set your profile to accept Private Messages or email.

Keep in touch. There are plenty of good people here, including some moms who are struggling with their own sons' concussions.

My best to you.

You will need your parents help here if at all possible. If they still doubt you go to your coach and ask him to talk to them on your behalf. If that does not work go to the school nurse and talk to her/him. Make sure she writes down your symptoms when you do. You will want them written in your record.

Hope you feel better soon.

Let us know how this works out.

I have no good advice. Everything that's been said I agree with. I wanted to reply though and say I'm sorry you're going through this. Hang in there.