I got kicked in the head by a crowd surfer wearing high heels at a concert on April 6th. It left a small gash and large bump, I was bleeding, and I blacked out for a second or two from it. Now at this time I didn't even think anything of it. Because I was enjoying the concert. For the next 10 days I had pure insomnia because I was cold turkey withdrawing from phenibut (some of you may know what this is like) and only attributed any sort of symptom I had to the phenibut. The insomnia finally ended. But of course I still had a very bad pounding pain where I was struck in the head.

Anyway I don't feel like getting into the rest of the story. I had weird symptoms appear later in April. More symptoms appear in May. And plenty more in June.

I went through so many different tests and failed to tell doctors I was struck and had head trauma. I don't know why, maybe that's a symptom itself.



Currently I have plenty of classic symptoms:
- Migraines everyday
- Insomnia
- Anxiety/depression, irrational decision making
- Fatigue, demotivation
- Appetite issues
- Cognitive issues
- Random tunnel vision
- Memory loss, mostly short term

I'll have good days (nowhere near perfect however) and bad days (where I feel like dying). I haven't had suicidal thoughts or anything of that nature, though.

I'm only on clonazepam right now because my anxiety and insomnia was horrid the past three weeks before I got this PCS diagnosis.

Before my next visit to my neurologist, what can I expect from this late diagnosis? He didn't give me much info at the first visit. I was in a a bad state during the visit. Felt very depersonalized and wasn't retaining anything he said. It was one of my very bad days.

I just don't know how he can treat my other symptoms while I'm already on clonazepam.

also keep an awareness of sound both regular and sharp ones sensitivity and light sensitivity as well as new allergies, yeah, allergies.
there are other differences you may note if you keep yourself 'keen'. thanks

Littlebear41

Today itself was a bad day. Yesterday was great. I could have written so much in my original post, but because I was having a bad period today. I was struggling to even type and have proper grammar.

As for allergies, yeah. I have congestion in my chest. Nice heavy cough out of nowhere. Fluid in my right ear as well. I have to figure all that out now too.

derekka,

Welcome to NeuroTalk.

Other than anxiety and head aches, there is not much that can be treated. Amitriptyline is often prescribed in low doses (10 mgs) It has shown to help with anxiety/depression, insomnia and head aches.

Most concussion symptoms need quiet rest meaning you avoid or minimize cognitive stress and sensory overload. With quiet rest and enough time, most symptoms resolve. Many of us find we do better with nutritional support. There is a vitamins and supplements regimen in the Vitamins sticky at the top.

Despite what littlebear said, allergy symptoms are not common to concussions. With the anxiety already caused by a concussion, we do not need to go looking for additional symptoms. Any chest congestion is not a symptom of a concussion or allergies. Maybe you have something else going on. I would have though your ear drainage would have been checked by the doctor.