Can I get better after suffering 3 years of post concussion symptoms? I'm overwhelmed now! Some say symptoms can be permanent... Also I read that as well

Many PCS symptoms can be prolonged or permanent. There is no rhyme or reason to how long they last. Most of us with prolonged symptoms have been able to minimize them with work-arounds and other accommodations.

Often, it helps to accept one's current condition and symptoms and try to move on despite them. This lowers the frustration levels reducing stress allowing better progress.

What symptoms are causing you the most struggle ?

What are you doing to minimize your symptoms ?

Please go see an endocrinologist to get your hormones tested. Or ask your primary care physician to test them for you.

I was finally diagnosed a few months before I hit 3 years after sustaining a concussion. I am now on hormone replacement therapy (HRT) and I'm doing significantly better than I was before I started the HRT.

There is a lot of new evidence that ongoing problems caused by a concussion may be caused by hormonal imbalances due to damage done to the pituitary gland or hypothalamus.

http://www.scientificamerican.com/ar...ne-deficiency/

http://w.jwci.org/uploadedFiles/Home...ituitarism.pdf

http://www.dcoe.mil/content/Navigati...ing_Slides.pdf

http://tbi-research.org/12hormone.pdf

http://www.tbi-research.org/neurotrauma09kreber.pdf

You will need to get these hormone levels tested:


» 0800 Cortisol levels (<12 mcg/dl, recommend follow up)
» IGF — 1 Insulin–like Growth Factor (anything less than 200 ng/ml needs stimulation testing, people after sustaining mtbi can have "normal" IGF-1 levels and still be growth hormone deficient)
» TSH — Thyroid Stimulating Hormone
» FT4 — Free Thyroxine
» LH — Luteinizing Hormone
» Testosterone (males only)
» FSH — Follicle Stimulating Hormone
» Estradiol (females only