I am 42(female) and had my concussion & neck injury just over 7 months ago. I've had a lot of the same miserable symptoms that everyone else has had on here, but I don't think I've seen anyone mention running a low-grade fever. For 7 months I've ran a fever of 99.5-100, good days 99.0-99.5. Six months ago the doctor gave me antibiotics but that didn't do anything. Just wondering if a fever can be related to concussion symptoms somehow or is something else unrelated going on too?

I recommend that you see an endocrinologist to see if your hormones are out of whack.

Try to see an endo who is up to date about the latest concussion research in regards to the pituitary gland - it's called post-traumatic hypopituitarism and there are a lot of recent articles about it being more common than previously thought and that concussions can cause it. But not all endos "get it".

My body temperature was not normal and neither was my tolerance of temperature changes. They finally figured out my pituitary gland was not functioning correctly after the concussion I sustained in an MVA and now I'm taking supplemental hormones and I'm doing much better and my body isn't having hot and cold flashes like I was before.

Typically, if someone's pituitary gland isn't functioning well due to a concussion, then the problem usually resolves itself within the first year. If it is due to that, and it lasts over one year's length of time, then it could get worse. It could get worse rapidly or slowly, like over ten years time.

I too get chills and heat flashes from time to time and didnt know if that was normal after a concussion. They have gotten less frequent, but still come from time to time. I do not have insurance however and dont know if there is anything else that could cause this or if there is anyway to tell its my pituitary gland without seeing an endo? My hormones have definetly felt out of whack as some days I feel so happy just to be alive and the next I wake up in tears for no reason. Did you have trouble with your emotions since your hormones were off balanced? What supplement hormones do you take?

HRT, or hormone replacement therapy is very expensive. It's also very complex and I wouldn't recommend anyone try it without the supervision or recommendation of an MD because taking hormones you don't actually need can be harmful.

I did have trouble with my emotions before I started taking the hormones. It was not normal for me. I saw a therapist who helped me through the process.

Many experts postulate and speculate that many cases of PCS are actually hormonal imbalances within the brain that were caused by the in jury to the head/brain because the pituitary is located in a vulnerable position inside the skull.

But as I said, most of these cases resolve themselves within the first year after a concussion and Dr.'s are advised not to supplement hormones until after that point, if treating a head injury, because it could be harmful to the patient.

There is one case of someone's pituitary gland completely stopped working altogether after a concussion and he received HRT for five years and then his pituitary gland started working again. The treating physician's opinion was that they should have waited for those many years before giving HRT which I think is barbaric - one never knows if the pituitary will work again and life is pure hell without any hormones. I was debilitated and very disabled in many ways without them. And I still have some!

Get some insurance and see an endo. Figuring out you have a serious hormone imbalance is too expensive to treat ($1000's per month) if you can't even afford health insurance.

What hormones are you taking?

kacee,

I encourage you to check out https://www.womensinternational.com/..._referral.html to see if there is a good practitioner near you who can give you a good assessment. My wife uses bio-identical hormones through this company. It costs her about $50 per month and is not covered by insurance. The testing are also not covered but her practitioner takes payments. Between the hormones and annual testing, it costs about $100 per month. Well worth it.

A safe start is to take a 25 mg tablet of DHEA. It is a foundational hormone that helps the others balance. If 25 mgs is too much, you skin will get oily. I take 1/2 of a 25 mgs tablet each day.

Thanks mark I will check that out and perhaps give DHEA a try!