I'd appreciate any help I can get about my post concussion syndrome. Going 10 months now.

My names jason. This past. Ee years i was at a house party. The house was at the top*of this massive hill( very steep and short). I was very intoxicated at this party from drinking whisky and beer. *A friend asked if i wanted to go get food, since i was in a good mood i said yeah sure. We walked outside I hoped on my skateboard( I've been skateboarding for 8 years so very comfortable riding a skateboard) it felt nice being drunk riding my skateboard, the fresh air. As soon as I started riding my board the immense steep hill started and me like an idiot went down it without thinking. I remember riding down it gaining alot of speed reaching the bottom my board getting speed wobbles and then blackout...*

* * * * * * * * * I woke up back at the house we were partying at. I remember vomitaing and feeling disorientated. The kids i was partying with are idiots and didn't call an ambulance and eventually just let me sleep in a room for the night and went on partying.*

* * * * * * * * * I woke up the next day on the pull out coach. To turn over caused me such bad pain. I needed to go to the bathroom but my head hurt so bad to move at all. Eventually i got up went to the bathroom and threw up some more. Every time i threw up it cause my head such bad pain aswell. I went in the shower and basically just sat down until my "great" friends knocked on the door telling me that we have to go. I didnt know how to get home from the town that we were in so i had to walk all the way to the train station feeling like complete ****.*

* * * * * I got home, laid in bed and waited for my dad to arrive. *When my dad got he suggested that i try and get some rest and see if things improve. 3 days of massive headaches. Day and night not getting out of bed. Sadly we dont have health insurance song that was the reason we didnt go straight to the E.R. We then decided it was time to go to the hospital.


* *I went to the E.R. They gave me a ct scan and found out they're were 2 contusions. They prescribed me some steroid medication and set up an appointment to come back for another ct scan in a month.*

* * * * * * *I was taking the medication for a month and it made me super hungry all the time, made me have acne break outs like crazy, and made me super energetic.A month later i go to have a ct scan and they find out the bleeding had stoped. The doctor asked me if they're was anything else wrong, i said other then headaches,no.

* * * * * * A week and a half after that second ct scan when i stopped taking the medication *I notice that my *sence of smell is all distorted and *that i'm smelling these unpleasant scents and everything taste bland or like garbage. The whole first month after the accident i was eating food like crazy and everything smelled and tasted normal. Could it have been the medicine that caused my sence of smell to become distorted?*
I know that many have lost there sence of smell due to head traumas but a month after? Why a month after? Shouldnt it happen a day or week after the accident? A month after just sounds a bit strange but im not a neurologist so i dont know what to make of this? What do you guys think ?

* * * * * *Okay, so its a month after the accident and i get this job offer. 15 an hour job. I take it and start working every other day. Then i pick up another job, so now im working two jobs. During the first month when i was taking the steroids medication I was trying to rest all the time but was feeling really retless because the steroids so what i began to do was read. Read a ton until my eyes hurt. Now i now maybe this wasnt the bet idea.*

* * * * * *During this time of recovery i've been an idiot and have taken LSD four times, have drunk alchohol and have had some nasty hangovers, i also have been watching tv and ob my phone a ton which also strains my eyes.*

* * * * * * * *Its been ten months and i still feel the damage i caused to my head. I went to a concussion *specialist and she told me that what i need now was rest, that if it were possible to lock myself in a dark room and just relax there, of course i'd go crazy if that happend. The other day i drank with friends and had a really bad hangover and threw up in the morning. Im tired of not taking care of myself the way i should be . I still am feeling pain in my brain, little sharp pains. What should i do to make the recovery process as good as possible? Vitamins stuff like that? Someone please guide me cause im desperate here.***


* * Basicly im still having head pains and i cant work,read, or go to school cause of that. There was a time suring this past 10 months where inwas going through a really tuff heart brake and was really depresses, in fact i was in inpatient because of it. Im not feelimg auch depression and the headaches are better but not completely gone. I just wanna feel better guys.


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I recall reading here that a lot of people don't start to recover until 6 to 12 months because it's only after that much time that they are sick of being sick so they start to treat themselves properly. Sounds like you fit into that category...

Someone can help you better with the vitamin supplements or you could easily search for that info on this board. Quiet rest is important. Stop drugs and alcohol. Eat a healthy diet. And figure out what is making your symptoms worse (TV, driving, working, etc.)

Jason please slow down. The most common mistake made with PCS is doing too much. At the rate you are going your recovery will take many times longer than necessary. You may very well want to seek a nueropsych assessment.

Your grammar and spelling are off. As well as the ideas you are communicating are not cohesive. I have been on this forum for 5 months. While others have been here much longer said mistake has been posted very often.

If you truely want to recover then you are going to have to take it seriously. Keep partying and overstimulating and you can find yourself going down a whirlpool. Your symptoms can and for some have increased to the point of making any normal functioning impossible.

Once that point is reached and your head forces you to slow down, your recovery time will be very long and difficult. Give yourself what you need most, rest. Quiet rest at that. Take a break from the partying for a while. You may very well want to consider your diet and any supplements you are missing.

You did find the right place for support. Oh to be young again...Not....
You can heal first of all. I also think alot of folks will respond to you and give you some advice. Please, do not drink, do not do drugs, don't do the things that are toxic to yourself, as this will make healing very difficult. You need to engage in those things that help your body to heal. That includes rest, forget the parties and the skate board. Some people can read, others have a hard time with it. Try a reading device where you can set the brightness and the font, that may help. Sleep is really important.
What does your doctor say about working? Somewhere in this mix, you need to find a balance where you give yourself time to get better. Another good kind of physician is called a physiatrist. They deal with the whole body, and how to heal with whatever the problem is. It may be worth the effort to see this kind of specialist. I sure hope you take good care of yourself from now on. Being young, can be an advantage, as recovery happens more often when you are young. I think of "Carrot Top" The guy who skate boards, and snow boards. He too suffered PCS, but with the right treatment, rest and therapy he was back at it. I really hope you get better soon. Mark from Idaho, is very knowledgeable about this too. ginnie

Jason,

You have asked these same questions on this forum many times since 5/4/12. You never respond to questions or appear to read the reply posts.

Are you ready to take your recovery seriously?

Will you swear off LSD, alcohol, partying, and the other mind altering or destructive behaviors so we are not wasting our time?

Your brain is seriously messed up. There is no way anybody can help you understand your symptoms or help you start to recover until you get your life stabilized. Your previous life is over. I hope you can accept that.

You need to focus on your future with a goal to start a new life that hopefully will continue to get better.

So, do we have your attention?

Do you want to get better?

We are here for you but we need to start a dialogue with you. Bookmark this page so you can come back to it easily to read our posts and reply with answers.

btw, The 'concussion specialist' sounds like she is new to the specialty. A dark room is an over-simplification of the recommendation for recovery. Quiet rest with disciplined moderated stimulation is the best way to recover.

My best to you.

You are young. Please keep in mind, it dosen't mean imortal. Symptons will decrease. Vitamin B-12 and alleve may take your stress levels down.
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Take Care of Yourself, and your heart will mend also. :-)

Yeah, you have my attension. Im ready to
Take this process of recovery serious.I do want to get better. Im done with partying, drugs, and anything else that is not helping me get better from this concussion. Im tired of feeling like this. I want to move on past this injury. I appreciate all of you replying. Please guide me
In any way you can. I'll be here to reply to any questions you have.

I'm typing from an iphone because i cant get my hands on a computer all the time. Thanks for our advice.

Good for you... glad you listened to Mark, and read the posts. You must take care of yourself in the right way to get better. It is that way, no matter what the medical condition is. Now take up some better behaviors, and find some activity or new hobby to keep your attention. If you have to get rid of the crowd you were hanging with, do so. NT will be here for you. ginnie

What are Vitamins that I should be taking?
Where can i buy them? How many times a day should i take them?