[chickenmonkeyrs]

Hello everybody!!! Fellow 26 year old male PCS sufferer here, thought I'd share my experience thus far.

I hit my head on a sink (forehead) while intoxicated and high on marjiuana around early December. Although i thought nothing of it at that time, it took me almost 3.5 months after countless tests, many hours researching on the internet, and visits to the doc to connect that i was suffering from PCS.

I didn't realize that i may have suffered a concussion from the hit, i went on about with my life.After a couple of weeks from the initial hit, i started feeling an occasional brain fog which i disregarded. I worked 40 hours as a parking supervisor at hotel, 20+ hours as a volunteer at a hospital to get into nursing school, and working out in between those two. Around February, i noticed the brain fog was an all day ordeal, but that was my primary symptom along with fatigue. I was also drinking on the weekends from January to February. Which couldn't have helped my recovery.

Now, im suffering brain fog, detached feeling or whatever the term may be all day, get headaches when i workout ( which i now stopped for 3 weeks). I get headaches if i sleep for too long, but i feel okay if i get 5-6 hours of sleep. Luckily my short term memory is fine, i dont have nausea or anything but im starting to get depressed that i won't ever go back to being the happy, loud, obnoxious self again. Summer is coming up and i had plans to travel, workout with my shirt off, party,workout, but all of those are washed away. Now that i will be starting nursing school in september, I really hope that this whole thing will be resolved by then.

I am taking supplements recommended in the supplements thread, and i will be seeing an acupuncturist on Friday. So i will report back with results.

People, lets keep our hopes up for recovery.

[mouse1]

Welcome,

If you are feeling depressed this is another common symptom of PCS. It might be an idea for you to speak to a doctor about this, as there are medications out there with both pain killing and mood stabilising qualities - one of these might be appropriate on a temporary basis. I was prescibed Cymbalta and it has reduced all my symptoms, helped with neuropathic pain and also lifted my mood. I am now back at work part time.

Obviously the gym, alcohol and anything strenuous are out, you need to get plenty of rest and avoid too much stimulation from TV, computers, other people - lead a boring life now and you might just be ready for the summer. Good luck!

[poetrymom]

Hello!

And as soon as you can mainline those vitamins and minerals because in time, I do believe they will help you. There is a thread here just about the vitamins and minerals that can aid your brain in repairing itself. I just added coq12 to the lot I take, and I don't know if it is that or the phoshatidyl serine, or the turmeric, but something is definitely going in the right direction for me and I hope it will for you too soon. I just joined this board recently and it is priceless for the info here.

Sincerely,

poetrymom

[Lightrail11]

Welcome to NT. Hopefully your symptoms resolve prior to starting school in September.

Not to sound preachy, but abstaining from alcohol and other non-prescribed drugs will be important to your progress.

http://www.msktc.org/tbi/factsheets/...c-Brain-Injury

http://www.tbicommunity.org/resource...Spring2008.pdf

Best to you as you recover.

[poetrymom]

I kind of scanned these. Very good links. (I can't read in depth -- yet?) Anyhow, really good links about alcholol (I can't spell so well now) and the brain.

[chickenmonkeyrs]

It seems as the more sleep I get, the more foggy I get. Weird. Well I have a accupuncture appointment tomorrow with whom he claims he treated a woman with pcs, so I'm pretty excited about that. Hope everybody's having a better day than the last.

[chickenmonkeyrs]

Im starting to worry that I don't have PCS but something else due to the fact that my main symptom is the disconnected, brain foggish feeling. My memory is fine, my reflex is fine,no nausea, i don't have trouble sleeping although sleeping too much puts my fog worse. My accupunture/naturopathic doctor dosen't seem to think its PCS.

[DFayesMom]

Sleeping too much made me feel bad too, especially if I tried to take a nap. I would either feel dizzier or foggier, or I would get a migraine. I'm just not a napper! As you can tell from the siggies on this board, there are lots of different symptoms of PCS and not everyone has the same ones. That said, if you're concerned, talk to a doctor. It will at least serve to ease your mind.

[Lightrail11]

Originally Posted by chickenmonkeyrs

Im starting to worry that I don't have PCS but something else due to the fact that my main symptom is the disconnected, brain foggish feeling. My memory is fine, my reflex is fine,no nausea, i don't have trouble sleeping although sleeping too much puts my fog worse. My accupunture/naturopathic doctor dosen't seem to think its PCS.

The symptoms you describe are consistent with PCS. Not that they can't be caused by some other condition, but if these symptoms began with the head bump, I wouldn't dismiss mTBI as not being the cause. PCS is difficult to diagnose since symptoms vary widely. You mentioned seeing doctors, but were any of these neurologists? Another avenue to pursue would be to have an evaluation by a clinical neuropsychologist. This can be expensive but if you have health insurance it may be covered (mine were).

Wishing you the best in your recovery.

[chickenmonkeyrs]

I have seen 3 GP, 1 ENT. The ENT asked me if i experienced any head trauma lately and after I told him i did, he then proceeded to go on google and show me that it might me PCS. He then told me to come back in 2 months if my brain fog, disconneted feeling is still present. I'll be seeing a neurologist on Friday but im not expected too much. Will report back with my appointment!Its my first known head trauma so im not sure why its taking so long