Hi lightrail,

Thank you so much for responding. My injury was on the 29th of September 2014, my symptoms that are the most problematic are predominantly cognitive.

I'm a lot better than I was, as I've started working with a funtional neurologist, however I still struggle with both long term and short term memory problems (accessing my long term memories is difficult), attention difficulties, anxiety, the dreaded 'fog' and as I have mentioned, personality issues.

I was someone who was a constant thinker, humorous and charming and now I find myself with a loss of beliefs and sense of self. Its frustrating as this obviously interferes with every social interaction and I find myself with an inability to find relief.

I have heard numerous other stories on other websites where this was common for the first couple of months/year, it would take a long time but there was an eventual turn back to a sense of self, or a 'better' self considering their new found appreciation of things.

I know that each brain injury is unique and everyone heals differently, I just find it hopeful to read success stories.