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Old 03-06-2013, 03:53 PM #1
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I have been feeling great for the past 2-3 weeks. I am pretty much full strength, a few very minor things lag in vision or moving my head quickly but nothing major at all. To update you about my situation. I am 24 years old, I got a concussion at the beginning of august 2012. I sustained the injury while out drinking with friends. I happened to be on antibiotics at the time and had a few drinks and before I knew it was blacked out very unexpectedly. Im still certain to this day that the antibiotics played a big part in it. Regardless I woke up the next day at a friends house with what I thought was the worst hangover ever.

When I realized it wasnt a hangover i went to the ER a day later to get checked out.. they said I had a concussion and to rest.. a couple months went by and after seeing my PCP and taking some meds, I started to feel like myself again. My PCP told me to go back to regular life, workout out, drinking socialy, playing sports.

So then 2 months goes by and I am doing great, no side effects, had gone out drinking a couple times and didnt feel bad at all.. then the weekend after thanksgiving i went with a few buddies to watch fsu/uf football game. Drank pretty heavily but didn't hit my head or anything. The next day I woke up with symptoms creeping back from my concussion, they came back more and more during the week while i was at work to the point where i was back to square one with all my symptoms.

Since then I have been battling back ever since. I have been going to Physical Therapy weekly and I feel it has helped immensely. My Physical therapist told me its safe to start drinking again, but I am scared to because I don't want all the symptoms to come rushing back. What do you guys think? Anyone with experience? Should I not drink? Will I ever be able to just let loose and have fun and drink again? Any info would help. It's tough being 24 and having no social life.
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