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Old 06-17-2014, 12:22 PM #1
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Default Prefrontal Cortex damage/anxiety

For those of you that suffer/suffered from anxiety, did you sustain a forehead injury? I just read an article stating that those who damage their prefrontal cortex are more likely to experience emotional changes. If you did, are you any better now? How far along in recovery are you? Thank you in advance; just curious as to whether or not this anxiety will ever get better!
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Interesting. I hit the side of my head and part of my forehead. I think. I only remember hitting the side, but I had a bruise on the side of my forehead.

Anyway, I had anxiety before the concussion, but it got extremely bad for a few months. I am taking curcumin now, and that seemed to help a lot.

I still have weird anxiety attacks sometimes. Like I'll wake up at 2am unable to go back to sleep because I'm convinced someone is breaking in my house. Crazy stuff like that.
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Old 06-18-2014, 09:26 AM #3
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I'm glad your anxiety has gotten better over time!
I too have weird anxiety at night, mostly when I get adrenaline rushes as I'm trying to fall asleep, sometimes they'll even wake me up.
Hopefully it's something that goes away eventually.
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My injury was to the front of my head just above the hairline. First 2 months I suffered anxiety attacks but they gradually faded, I'm 3.5 months in and I would say they've gone. Any anxiety I have now is the manageable normal type. I want to get my hormone levels tested when I eventually get to see the PCS neurologist, just to see if they are normal because I reckon they might be out of balance.
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I had a contusion on the right side of my head, don't remember hitting it though but Dr said yes, I lost my memory for a while.

I get the same thing as redoslingberg, when I'm almost asleep I get this weird feeling, it is like a huge rush of adrenaline, the only thing that will stop it is to get right out of bed, happens every single night.

My accident was over a year ago and I have awful anxiety, almost lost it in the store last night.
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Have you been prescribed anything for it like sertaline for example? Just wondered.

PCS anxiety is weird, it just comes from nowhere, I used to have to put my shoes on and walk to clear my head. Perhaps it was my body telling me to exercise more and get the blood flowing!



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I had a contusion on the right side of my head, don't remember hitting it though but Dr said yes, I lost my memory for a while.

I get the same thing as redoslingberg, when I'm almost asleep I get this weird feeling, it is like a huge rush of adrenaline, the only thing that will stop it is to get right out of bed, happens every single night.

My accident was over a year ago and I have awful anxiety, almost lost it in the store last night.
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