As far as I'm concerned, the problem is solved. Now that I know what's going on, I can head off problems before they become problems. I can easily recognize when my uncontrolled emotions (especially anger) are the result of frontal lobe failure. At that point I give myself a time-out till the feeling goes away. After about 2 years, the anger sessions just mostly stopped happening; I guess my poor damaged brain can learn new stuff after all.

What really ticks me off (just kidding!) is that I could have headed off legal problems had I only known what was happening with my brain. This is why it's so important for people like us to share our experiences.

As I had mentioned earlier, I too have had anger management issues. It never occurred to me the loss of control which cost me my job shortly after the injury (something that prior to the concussion was not a issue) may have been related to the injury that happened in the very office I lost control in. I don't want to blame it all on the bump on the head, but it explains so much in the change in my attitudes and behavior since the injury.

It's been a while since I've posted anything. Recently I posted something about having some vague memories of some "bumps" on the head when I was just a kid. Well, the other night I had a flash from the past so to speak that was very vivid. A few years back I was tending bar at a local brew pub. A not so regular customer entered who appeared to be intoxicated so I immediately refused him service and asked him to leave the customers alone. He got very angry and yelled to me as I left I had better watch my back. I didn't give it much thought. About a week or so later he jumped me as I was walking to my car. I don't remember anything about the attack other than the fact that he was sitting on my chest, grabbing my head and pounding it into the concrete. A witness told me I had been blindsided (which put me to the ground) and then he started banging my head into the ground. The night before this memory returned I started getting headaches again, started feeling dizzy again (primarily when I stand up), lights seem to be bothering me more, I seem to hear the sound of static which I don't remember hearing before, and feel as if the outer edges of my vision getting kinda dark and out of focus (almost like I'm starting to look inside a large pipe). If it continues I know I'm going to have to go see a doc, but I really don't want too.