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Old 05-20-2013, 05:51 PM #11
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And remember - that stress is DIFFERENT now!

What used to have an easy solution, roll off my back, be no biggie....can stump me, floor me, make me falter. My threshold is lower, and I have to remember that when avoiding stressors.
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Yep, I can personally relate to the psycho exes. My ex and I recently broke up due in large part to her being unsupportive with my recovery. I told myself I don't want to spend the rest of my life with someone like this. She really has made it difficult on my recovery due to the stress that it placed on me. But she just moved out yesterday and I am looking forward to healing and stress levels going down!
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I was in a snowboarding accident on January 19, 2013. I caught an edge on my snowboard while carving down the mountain without a helmet. I smacked the back of my head hard on the ground. I was not knocked out and it took about a week for symptoms to come into full effect.

Since my accident I have been in a cycle of feeling better and then relapsing. It has happened many times. Although I think the overall trend is slowly traveling up. My symptoms included headaches, anxiety, sensitivity to light and noise, dizziness, fatigue, confusion, trouble concentrating, brain fog, loss of social interest, irritability, and mood swings.

Many symptoms have since resolved and I am left with slight dizziness, sensitivity to large crowds and busy environments, small amounts of anxiety, and brain fog off and on.

I am currently under the care of a neuropsychologist at the UPMC Sports Medicine Concussion Clinic. I am also undergoing balance/vestibular physical therapy to help with my remaining symptoms.
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Hello T,

I hope your recovery will be smoother if the person you were with doesn't understand how what you are going through. This is a journey and thank God for this board to help us understand this journey better.

I am blessed. My husband took care of his folks. His dad died due to complications from alzheimers disease back in the 90s. Because of that experience, my husband does understand me and this PCS ordeal, and has been supportive and patient. That said, I know it's stressful for him too not having me be as I was before the accident. But, I am working toward becoming a more patient person and more receptive too.

Here's to peace and your recovery T.

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[SIZE="1"]What happened. I was in a car accident 2-23-2013, and got a mild concussion from it. I had some time off for brain rest, got somewhat better, but slipped into PCS in March 2013.

Symptoms I had: dizziness, light and sound sensitivity, fatigue, tinitis, occasional headaches and migraines,

Symptoms as of 5--2013: poor sleep, tinitis, some confusion /short term memory blanks, balance. The other symptoms are mostly gone, but flare up if I OVERdo something.

Therapy I had: vestibular

3 months in: I could drive more and for longer distances. I felt like a younger, happier version of myself and I feel so blessed to have this feeling.

9 months in and I am working full time. I do get tired, and some sound and light sensitivity from time to time, but mostly I am over most of my symptoms.
I pray every day and I m praying for your recovery.

Over a year in: I can multi task (limited) and have humor in my life. But when I am tired, I am very tired.
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Just a friendly reminder to my TBI friends. Please avoid stress at all costs. It will flare up your symptoms to the max, and cause you to relapse. I've even dealing with stress my entire recovery and always wondered why I never started to feel better. Once I removed myself from the stressful situation, my recovery started to head in the right direction.

After two years, I was finally starting to feel the old me coming back. My personality came flowing back to me. I was able to communicate myself fluently to people. My problems with overstimulation started to let up. Then, I hung out with my son's mother for a few days. Over a three day period, she's caused me to have multiple anger outbursts. These fits of anger have set me back MONTHS now and I feel very discouraged.

I don't want this to happen to any of you. So, stay away from stressful situations. I know it's hard to with "emotional lability" as a common symptom of TBI, but you'll be glad you did (and not too happy if you don't).

Oh, and try not to hit your head. That's a big no-no in the PCS world. I've done that at least 3 times in the last 2-3 weeks and it didn't turn out well.

Stay away from psycho exes and protect your brain.

This is your friendly neighborhood TBI buddy "SpaceCadet" signing out".

Nick
I don't know how todeal with this anymore. brain injury from drug interaction from doctor but samesymtoms as tbil so confused, head itches anxious depressed back neck head pain, cant focuse, i'm so scared!
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Hello Mark and welcome to NeuroTalk. This is a good place.

You can start your own thread and post more of your symptoms. Very good and nice people will offer their suggestions.

All for now

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[SIZE="1"]What happened. I was in a car accident 2-23-2013, and got a mild concussion from it. I had some time off for brain rest, got somewhat better, but slipped into PCS in March 2013.

Symptoms I had: dizziness, light and sound sensitivity, fatigue, tinitis, occasional headaches and migraines,

Symptoms as of 5--2013: poor sleep, tinitis, some confusion /short term memory blanks, balance. The other symptoms are mostly gone, but flare up if I OVERdo something.

Therapy I had: vestibular

3 months in: I could drive more and for longer distances. I felt like a younger, happier version of myself and I feel so blessed to have this feeling.

9 months in and I am working full time. I do get tired, and some sound and light sensitivity from time to time, but mostly I am over most of my symptoms.
I pray every day and I m praying for your recovery.

Over a year in: I can multi task (limited) and have humor in my life. But when I am tired, I am very tired.
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