[Acsiky]

Im sure everyone on this forum understands the anger, depression, and other negative feels cause by a pcs. Ill try my best to not talk about those factors. My current and prolonged symptoms since my initial accident are: Headaches, Migraines, Dizziness, Extreme Sensitivity to head movements, Inability to do any physical activity that cause an increased heart rate, Sensitivity and symptom inducing from electronic screens, Sensitivity and Symptom inducing from lifting heavier objects, and finally Minor Cognitive impairment. CT scan and MRI show no abnormalities.

I received my concussion early April of 2014. I was teaching my friend how to snowboard and when i wasn't paying attention, I caught an edge and was thrown in the air and landed on my butt. As soon as I landed hard on my butt I also felt an intense whiplash and literally felt my brain bounce back and forth in my skull. Ive had a concussion that has lasted me for 3 months with a full recovery a year prior. With that being said I know exactly what a concussion feels like and I knew I had a concussion instantly after the snowboard fall.

I went home and tried to dislodge the fact I had just gotten a concussion and drank a beer. After that beer my head was hurting so much I laid in bed for the next 4 days. Still feeling awful, I returned to work. My at the time was a Snowcat operator (ski hill groomer) and just took 2 extra strength tylenols everyday for two more weeks until the ski hill closed for the season. The last day of grooming my snowcat had a mechanical fault and the emergency break turned on out of nowhere and I slammed my face head into the windshield... Surprisingly enough I only felt a bit more concussed from that.

As the skill hill closed and i went into my summer job I did not take any time off of work. I took it easy, but my job was still physically demanding. I was still trying to ignore my concussion because it seemed to be getting better and all of the symptoms I described above were not very bad.

As I continued working from April - September, I did a number of unintelligent things to stunt my recovery. I went skateboarding a few times, drank alcohol twice, did a number of hikes, and smoked marijuana. When September came, my symptoms were out of control and I had to quit my job. I have not worked since Sept2014 to the present. I have felt that I have improved since September, but at the same time I feel like I have not. I haven't done anything to worsen my symptoms since September, but in the months of December and January I had several panic attacks and numbness to parts of my brain and certain body parts. I went to the hospital each time and stroke was fortunately dismissed from the doctors.

So here I am going into march now, getting closer to the one year mark. I feel like i have improved and again not at all. I believe I start neurophysiotherapy in a month. Well see what happens. Im merely writing this as a way from dying of boredom. Since I am an extremely physically active person this pcs/tbi has been very hard on me. If anyone has any opinions or help feel free...