So a couple days ago I had my follow up at upmc with Micky Collins.
I was discharged from vestibular therapy because my vestibular system seems healed. My impact scores were also wayyyyyy better. Like well above average for all categories even for the non concussed population ( was even the 100 percentile for reaction time) so the doc was happy, but that being said, I still have this stupid foggy dreamy feeling. Dr now thinks that anxiety is perpetuating symptoms that were originally from the concussion. He decided to switch me from lexapro to Zoloft and to place me on Klonopin in the interim. One of them is making me feel like crap. I am horribly tired and only wanna sleep. I also have a full head ache. I kinda feel hungover.
Any advice guys? I go back in 4 weeks As the dr thinks the Zoloft is gonna make a huge difference.

Klonopin made me drowsy. Get off it as soon as possible. I was only taking .5 mgs at night.

Why do you need an SSRI ? The foggy feeling can be from the SSRI. Paroxetine left me not quite right. Glad to be off it.

I take 5-HTP and L-Theanine now instead of an SSRI.

I was placed on klonopin for sleep after I didn't sleep for 3 nights straight a week after my concussion. It helped with sleep, but I felt worse after I started taking it. Was on it for 2.5 months, I forget the exact dosage, but I think it was around 1-2mg at night, which was apparently a lot. Thankfully didn't have much trouble weaning off. I have wondered if my recovery had gone differently, given getting on klonopin made me feel worse, and probably produced more anxiety overall than it helped. Just my experience though, from what I'm told it's best if only used for short periods of time, so perhaps taking it short-term could be helpful?

Mark ,

The ssri is not causing the foggy dreamy feeling. I had it long before I started one. The thought was that getting my anxiety under control would fix the foggy feeling. I've only taken a few Klonopin. I'm not taking anymore. They are making me sleep like 15 hours a day