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Old 02-11-2014, 01:46 PM #91
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The links I posted earlier don't seem to be working now and I can't edit my post. Here are some more links about hormonal imbalance and neuroendocrine dysfunction after concussion:

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

If you start looking, you can fond dozens and dozens of articles about growth hormone deficiency, neuroendocrine dysfunction, hypopituitarism and post-traumatic hypopituitarism caused by mTBI if you start Googling them. This seems to be what a lot of experts are researching these days. I suspect in the next 10 years or so, that a lot more information will be gained about this subject, and that will include changing the hormone levels that are considered "normal" or average so that more people can be treated. There also seems to be some discrepancies among experts opinions concerning different gender needs of GH.
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There is a lot of information in this link that I can personally connect with, unfortunately. Thank you....<3
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New to this. May do it wrong. Treating mTBI for over 5 years in both civilians, and military blast victims (IED, RPG, mortars, etc) with HBOT. (hyperbaric oxygen therapy) with excellent permanent results. *edit*
Can you let me know more about Hyperbaric oxygen therapy and what you found worked?
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Referrals for binocular vision screening (for convergence insufficiency and vision therapy, etc) are available at http://www.braininjuries.org and http://www.nora.cc
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Thanks for this, Margo. What kind of treatment did you get, if you don't mind my asking?
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i need help , about 2 -3 weeks ago i was at the gym and a rubber (but heavy) weight fell on my head , it didnt knock me out but about 20 mins later i felt strange and drousey and had to be rushed to hospital by my family , they did a CT scan and everything was fine. The next day i felt ok and returned to work the day after , but i noticed i started feeling strange , 3-4 days after my injury i was at work and just felt terrible all of a sudden everything became super bright and noisy , i felt so overwhelmed i called my manager and said someone needs to cover for me and was crying. i felt like i was going CRAZY!!

for the whole of that week i felt DRAINED , i had a very weird heavy feeling on my left side , it was teriible i literally could not do anything my brain just felt fried. During that week i had a consultation booked (i have cosmetic surgery booked) i just felt still really low and heavy , the surgeon advised for an ambulance to be called , they took me there and i was told i had post concussion and i need to rest and time off work.

i must say i feel like ive improved since my first week but i still feel so terrible. im still sensitive to light and loud sounds , i have a weird kind off numbing feeling on the left side of my head and kid of in my ear , i feel so " not on earth" its like im dreaming , i just feel so down and stressed , my home dont feel like my home anymore , i feel so alone , i used to love watching youtube videos and movies and i just cant anymore because i cant concentrate , time just dont feel like it use to be , i go to sleep like this , wake up like this and its so overwhelming to deal with

i had soooooooooo much planned , surgery , a trip booked to america with my friends , i just cant see it all happening now , this has effected my life so much!!! im only 20

I'm new to this forum (a fall in my condo 8 months ago has me dealing with similar symptoms to yours). If you rest and don't try to push through it you will heal. Reading through the stories on this forum gives me hope. I had a very similar experience to you. I didn't realize I had a problem at first and now here I am with getting tired just from talking to my friends, sensitivity to noise and getting dizzy from just walking.

BUT each week when I don't overdo it I do see improvement. The key is to have patience. It sucks to lose your social life, especially at your age when going out is expected but you just have to tell your friends you are sick and just stay home. Let yourself heal now. It's better to have a boring year at 20 than to live it up in misery and suffer for longer. Rest now so you can enjoy the rest of your 20s when you are ready.

You might want to postpone the trip - America isn't going anywhere. Our pizza will be here waiting for you over the next 80 years of your life. You will get here!

When you are depressed come to this forum and see there are people who understand.

Hang in there!
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Article from today - NeuroTalk News Forum

Even Mild Traumatic Brain Injury May Cause Brain Damage
http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/thread207059.html

http://psychcentral.com/news/2014/07...age/72677.html
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White matter correlates of cognitive dysfunction after mild traumatic brain injury
Published online before print July 16, 2014,

http://www.neurology.org/content/ear...00000000000666
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Neurology Now:
June/July 2014 - Volume 10 - Issue 3 - p 24-31
doi: 10.1097/01.NNN.0000451324.82915.54

Tracking Traumatic Brain Injury:
What new biomarkers may reveal about concussion over the short and long term.
Shaw, Gina

http://journals.lww.com/neurologynow...at_new.16.aspx
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Vestibular Migraine (a.k.a. Migraine Associated Vertigo or MAV)

http://vestibular.org/migraine-associated-vertigo-mav
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http://bianj.org/wp-content/uploads/...rommildtbi.pdf

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