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Old 01-29-2014, 02:08 PM #1
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Default Concussion - Never rested after it happened

Hi,

I suffered a concussion 30 day ago. However, I did not rest a single day after it happened, because I did not recognize it as a discussion. As a result I'm experiencing a chronic headache now.

I got some blows on the top of my forehead and experienced headaches after it but I did not black out and I was not dizzy nor did I experience nausea. Also I could remember everything. Initially, I thought about a concussion but after having done some googling I dismissed. I thought, I did not have a concussion because I was not dizzy or anything just the headache (How stupidy can one be?).

The headache wasn't severe, it did not stop me from working.
As a consequence I did not rest a single day. Instead I was working all day long at the computer. Infact, each single day since then I did not do anything else than working at the computer and in addition even having the tv turned on at the side for hours. I got up and worked until until I went sleeping.
(I'm university student.)

Due to the fact that I had some other illness that simply needed time to get better, I was also focused on not to listen too much to my body but to distract myself. Unfortunately, this contributed to ignoring my headaches.
The headaches were never severe. (They are of that kind, that many people experience in the summer when it is very hot and very sticky.) I did not think about it and blamed it too other circumstances, too warm in my room, not having drunken enough, etc. At some point I noticed that I basically never really was symptom-free.

Well, you must think that I am the stupidest person on earth. Actually, my fellows consider me to be quite smart. Well, they judge me by my grades but obviously I am quite the opposite: I must be really, really stupid!
It is unbelievable to me how I could be that stupid.

I can't change the past. Is there anything I could do now?

Would there be any hope in taking a full rest now for a month or so? By saying "full rest", I really mean a rest of that kind that I should have taken immediately after the concussion happened: no computer, no tv, no reading, mainly lying in bed in a dark room.

The problem is, the concussion did not happened yesterday, it happened 30 day ago. Thus, a long time ago, too long ago.

What would you do if you were me? Being a student and not having to work to support a family, I would have the possibility to take a full rest for the next month. Is there any hope in it or is it simply too late now?


P.S. I'm not a native speaker. Thus, please excuse any mistakes.
Obviously this must be the stupiest story you have read on this board. Though everything is my own fault I still hope to get some replies. Thank you very much for reading this post.
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