Hi guys. I have heavily been searching google for answers about my PCS and it has always gotten me to this site so I decided to become a member and take active part.

On December 27th I was at the gym and a 50 lb bar hit me in the top of my head while I was exercising with it. It didnt fall from far. About a foot above my noggin. I was holding the bar at the time and they (my hands) buckled at the elbows, thus making me drop the bar on my head while I was still holding it (if that makes sense).

I did not pass out from the stinger. My vision was a little foggy, like someone had let a light smoke into the room. I went to the ER promptly. They did a CT scan and it came out negative (no fractures in skull or bleeding in brain). They also gave me naproxen for anti-inflammatory and told me to take it as needed. There was a soft-spot on the top of my head that hurt for about a week and a pain developed in the back of my skull as well. The "Lumpy" part, right where the skull meets the back of the neck. The pain was off and on and it the onset would be very sudden. Sometimes it would last for 5 mins, sometimes it would last for the rest of the day. Sometimes the pain was a sharp stabbing pain, sometimes it was an aching pain. The pain would persist in both the top of my head (where I hit myself), and the back of my head. The top of my head all the way to my ear drum would tingle only on my left side like there were ants crawling all over that region. My hearing in just my right ear would go dim out randomly and pop if I took a deep gulp of saliva or ate. It would pop as if I was on an airplane. This never happened in the left ear.

Seven days after my ER visit, I had a sharp pain so bad (sudden onset in the back of my head) while I was watching TV one evening. It was so bad that my eyes begin to water just out of reflex. I wasnt crying. I went to the ER again and this time it was another doctor. He did another CT scan and asked me if I had bad sinus problems after the scan. I told him on occasion. But never any ear popping. He told me that my CT scan was negative (like the first one) and told me to take ibeuprofin as needed because I had a muscle strain. He told me to lay off the gym for 5 days. I have done that. I went to the gym last night and hit it like I regularly do. Moderate intensity. I had no problems.

This morning though, When I was sleeping I was turning over from one side to the other and I just let my head "plop" onto my pillow. I was in mid-sleep and briefly awoke to complete my turning over. My head plopped from about a foot above my pillow onto my pillow and it (my head) landed on its side-- The right temple side. Right after this I had a slight headache in the right side of my head and it went away when I woke up from my nap. Now the ache has gone to the left side of my head in the temple region, and in my neck on the right side.

My questions are:
1. With my initial hit, did I suffer a severe concussion given my symptoms? My ER doctor and my family doctor did not give me an answer to this question when I asked them.

2. When I plopped my head on the temple during my nap, are the lingering aches a sign that i have reconcussed myself? I am really worried that I might have, and I do not want to go to the doctor/ER unless I absolutely have to.

I apologize for the long first post. But please help me guys. I am deeply worried.