Hey all, been lurking these forums for a bit now, and finally decided to post. Ill give a quick backstory. Ive had 3 major concussions, and probably two minor ones. Im 27, and my first major concussions came at age 17 and 19. The minor ones were spread out until last may one I had a minor one. Then this January, on the 10th, I fell on ice and landed on the back of my head. I blacked out briefly for a few seconds. Stayed at work, and as the day went on everything got worse and worse. Vomiting dizziness ect. They called an ambulance and they forced me to go because my blood pressure was 183/118. I do have a history of hypertension though, so it wasnt a surprise to me. They did a CT scan and said there was no bleeding, so that was a plus. This was about 8 hours after the fall. They also said I had a strained neck, but that hasnt caused me any problems.

Ive been out of work now for a little over two months and a few days. Im hating it. The first month was misery, I couldnt do anything. Couldnt watch tv couldnt be around people, couldnt stomach food ect. As time keeps going, my headaches are slowly progressing to be better. Before they were like an 8/10 all day long, now they are like a 4/10 all day long.

I still cannot sleep more than two hours at a time though. I wake up with just throbbing headaches (almost like ive been held upside down for too long.) The work dr has me on Fioricet, which seems to help a bit. I do want to apologize if this message is all over the place though, as I still have a hard time focusing/thinking and whats scary is that I have a short term memory loss. I have a hard time remembering stuff I did in the AM or conversations ive held ect.

So I guess ill just list out some stuff im still experiencing before I lose my focus even more haha
-Headaches
-not being able to stay asleep
-never really hungry
-left side of jaw hurts like a sob (although it has improved)
- Occasionally still getting dizzy
-Extremely bright light bothers me, but most moderate lighting does not
-Cannot be around a bunch of people. I had two birthday parties ive been to in the past two weeks, and had to leave a half hour in. Just way to much was going on and it effected my head

I havent tried anything physical since the last snow storm a few weeks ago, where just snowblowing my driveway made me feel like I had just hit my head all over again and put me back at step 1. But, about 3 weeks ago I woke up one night, and a clear kind of fluid was leaking out both ears and my nose, and I didnt have a cold. Ever since then the left side of my jaw has been hard to open. Although it is getting better.

Im just confused as to whats taking so long to recover? My work seems to be getting upset with me that its taking this long so far. Finally they have decided I need to see a neurologist and I go this Friday. What is he going to do? Think ill get lucky and he will clear me to go back to work on Monday (im saying lucky because im miserable not doing anything, as im normally a very active guy, I love my job, and I hate only getting 60% of my pay). Is there anything hes going to do differently than the work dr currently has (which has basically just been giving me scripts?)

Once again I apologize if this is a mumbled mess, just still having a hard time focusing. Im just worried they wont allow me back to work asap. Im also wondering what this neurologist will do, and when the heck Ill start feeling normal!! Thanks