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Old 08-18-2014, 02:24 PM #11
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I don't know if this is relevant but have many of you found you are clumsier since your accidents?
I was fairly graceful before but now I trip over, walk into things, bump my head on the cupboard, drop things and knock things over.
I'm not aware of this being a common symptom of PCS, but I'm still learning about it.

Having read posts on here and general info about multiple head injuries, I'm now terrified of having another bump to the head or minor car accident
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Old 08-18-2014, 03:19 PM #12
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Clutziness is a common symptom of PCS. Often, we try to move as if we have the same skills as before and in doing so, out do our ability to track our surroundings. We may not notice that trip item on the floor that prior to our PCS, we would have stepped over without even noticing it. Now, it is a trip hazard. These movements need to be done with more deliberateness, not the automatic, subconscious way we did them previously.

The basic concept is we have lost this subconscious awareness skill so we need to change how we interact with our environment by being more attentive. It is a tough skill to learn.

It may require others in the household to help out by reducing the hazards.

We had a way of dealing with things our kids left out of place. They got picked up and banished to the attic for a time out. They would wonder where the item was and we would say, Where did you leave it last ?
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Old 08-18-2014, 03:29 PM #13
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Wow, that's impressive! You must've been one of the best runners in your state at the time. I only ran 9:39 for the 2 mile in high school, but got better in college and ran a sub 15 minute 5k. I won't be running with the team, still just walking for me. I've got my brain and an injured hamstring to heal before I get back to running. I hope my days of chasing running personal records aren't behind me though, I'd be devastated if this concussion ended my running career.

Just curious, do you advise against running because the bouncing injures the healing brain, neck, or both?
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26 year-old PhD student in evolutionary biology, slipped on ice in Feb 2014 while clipping my fingernails and walking to save time (dumbest reason for PCS ever?). Initially just had headaches and didn't feel quite right, but a minor head bump 5 days later started a downward spiral of anxiety, depression, insomnia and fatigue. Had trouble concentrating on reading/looking at screens

April 2014 - did exertion test, passed, started exercising and doing more, but didn't feel much better.

May 2014 - Went on backpacking trip OK'd by doctor, trip itself went fine, but felt worse a few days after getting back, more difficulty concentrating, worse headaches.

June 2014 - Bumped head on ceiling walking slowly down stairs, no immediate symptoms, but caused worsening headahces, more difficulty concentrating and looking at screens. Have not felt as good as I did before this since this bump.

December 2014 - after feeling relatively better I went xc skiing and fell but didn't hit my head (something my psychologist who specializes in brain injuries told me he hoped would happen so I saw it was OK), felt worse

Feb 2015 - back in grad school, light teaching load and some research, nowhere close to operating at my full capacity. Still have constant headaches, difficulty reading/looking at screens, mild anxiety and depression, and just not feeling like my normal sharp self.

Trying, but struggling, to believe that I'll get back to my old self, or at least get close.
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