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07-25-2014, 07:21 PM | #1 | ||
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I was wondering if short anxiety attacks can make your symptoms get worse for a temporary amount of time. I usually don't have any but I did something that theoretically could cause a concussion but in reality has a 0.0001% of causing one and I just couldn't stop thinking about it. I started obsessing over it and playing the scenario over and over which only made it worse. And while I felt pretty good most of the day one slight change seemed to make me start wondering and brought on worse symptoms. Is this something that anxiety can cause and simple confidence can restore? Thanks for any responses.
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07-25-2014, 08:33 PM | #2 | |||
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Sorry, I did not read anymore than the title...
Yes, anxiety can make you worse.
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The Start: MVA, t-boned, on 1-12-14 (my sons 5th birthday) and did not think anything of it.. my back hurt on site but everything else seemed ok. Lost about 10-12 hours from about 3 hours after the accident to the next day...Experienced terrible brain fog for over a month, plus intense headaches, nausea, dizziness, cognitive difficulties, disorientation, no short term memory, depression and just an overall hangover feeling daily. Current Situation: I'm about 7 months in and my local neurologist has waived her white flag and therefore I am headed to Dallas to be seen (I have family there). The headaches are still daily. I have nausea, dizziness as well. Drugs I have been on- Vicodin (off), Naproxen (off), proanolol (off), topamax (off), cataflam (off), Midrin (off), Flexeril (off) and now Namenda XR (off), Nortrptylin (off), Verapamil (off) Therapy- Osteopath, Vestibular and balance therapy, fuzion/soft tissue massage, acupuncture Drs- ER (no help), GP, Chiropractor, Neurologist and Osteopath |
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07-25-2014, 08:37 PM | #3 | ||
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Yes it can. Anxiety alone can cause a brain fog and headaches to even uninjured people.
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07-25-2014, 09:46 PM | #4 | ||
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As the others said, yes, anxiety can make concussion symptoms worse.
Regarding your risk of a concussion, there are many things we do every day that with just a single wrong move can end up causing a concussion. It is the nature of life. btw, What did you do ?
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07-27-2014, 02:17 PM | #5 | ||
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What happened - MVA Multiple injuries - here for support of mtbi, chronic headache and cognitive deficits. |
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