Good afternoon


I posted on here a few months back regarding a injury I sustained on the 15th of November 2016, I will briefly explain what happened again from the start

I work in a structural steel environment there are a lot of heavy beams in and around shop floor I was working on a certain beam and I needed to turn it over I operated the over head crane to chain the beam up. I dropped the chain on the floor and upon getting up I was stopped by the beam i hit my head getting up it wasn't enough to knock me out but it did hurt and dazed me a little.

i carried on my duties went home felt a little tired and my head was sore and a swollen spot on my head were i hit it.

the next few days i started to feel really strange pressure in my head ringing in my ears felt really dizzy so i attended the hospital emergency dep they examined me told me i have suffered a concucssion then sent me on my way i went back to work the next day no better a week went on with this not 'rite' feeling.

towards 2 weekends after the incident i found my self driving to the shop and i went into a full blown panic mode i rushed up to the hospital told them my symptoms
pressure in head
head pains
weird sensations on the top left side of my head that got worse when i touched the left side of my face
throbbing in the head
brain fog
dizzeness
unbalanced feeling
feeling sick


they gave me a ct scan told me it was fine and sent me on my way since then i have visted back to the hospital with chest pains along with my head problems they told me it was stress i have been given propranolol tablets because they say i have anxiety my doctor also related my chest problems to anxiety.

and i have been reffered to a nurologist but the waiting time is very long
all my symptoms have virtually gone apart from the sensation on my head i can feel it pretty much all the time it is in a certain spot near were i hit it the feeling gets worse if i make contact with my face raise my eyebrows. it goes away a little bit when i am lay down or when i wear a hat i have no dizziness the odd headache and ringing in the ears but i do not feel no were near as bad as i did

i am just frustrated with the pressure feeling sometimes it throbs sometimes its just there it is NOT painfull but it allways gets worse when i touch my face for example it I run my fingers down my cheek i feel the same sensation at the top of my head weird I know!!! ive been told it could be nerve damage??

i am just wondering if anyone has experienced this and has got any advise


I have still got the chest pains also they feel like a stabbing pain over the left
side over my heart area they are short they come and go they never wake me up at night but they can come at anytime when i am completely relaxed or when i am stressed running around at work any advise would be helpful on that


kindest regards
stay safe BRENDON

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The nerves that run through the skin on and around the head can take a long time to heal, many months or longer for some. They have nothing to do with the brain or its function. But, the sensitivity can be very uncomfortable. That discomfort can trigger anxiety.

Anxiety can manifest as chest discomfort.

It is helpful to try to differentiate the different discomforts.

I'm confused. You said:
[towards 2 weekends after the incident i found my self driving to the shop and i went into a full blown panic mode i rushed up to the hospital told them my symptoms ]

Did you intend to go to the shop or was this an episode where you don't know why you were driving to the shop ?

You lack of punctuation makes it difficult to understand everything you say.

Many of us find we need to spend time rereading and editing our posts so they are easier to understand. I rarely post something without rereading it a few times. Otherwise, It would not make sense.

btw, I once suffered a trauma that affected my head, neck and shoulder. The ortho put me through some range of motion and other tests that caused chest pains later that day that were symptomatic of a heart attack. After lots of cardiac tests, the skeletal-muscular problem was resolved and the pain attacks went away. A PT believes I inflamed something in the shoulder to neck nerves that caused the chest pains to come and go. I have had it once since and PT or chiro has resolved it.

sorry my my writing is not very good I am more of a talker haha

Yes I was going to the shop with my partner to pick up some household equipment. I just felt a sudden urge of panic with the pressure feeling in my head and the dizziness.

I understand the nerve damage issue sometimes it completely goes like today for example I started work at 7.00am all the way through till 3.00pm I didn't feel my the spot on my head at all I even touched my face when I got in the car I felt nothing, I have had a couple of pains in my chest today nothing to bad. driving home from work I went to pick my daughter up from school and as soon as I got home through the door I could feel the spot on my head pulsating I touched my face and it got worse I have had it ever since I got in from work - I have tried to tell myself that I am fine and lower my anxiety but I am having a hard time associating my chest pain to anxiety & my head with nerve damage if that makes sense.

I am set to see a neurologist in may, maybe with it being nerve damage would I be best to see a chiropractor in the meantime??

i got given 10mg propranolol tablets by my doctor 2 weeks ago he told me to take 2-3 a day to help with my anxiety i did for a week then went back to see him because they didn't really do anything for me - i stopped taking them the day i went to see him i think it was early this week he then gave me 80mg slow release propranolol I am yet to take them i do not feel anxious and i do not see how they are going to help I am only anxious about my health nothing else if i didn't get the symptoms i was getting i would be fine!!!

sorry to go on and on i am just really fed up.. and the poor punctuation

thankyou for your reply any more advise would be greatly appreciated!!

The propranolol will not be much help unless you learn to understand your symptoms.

I have it but I only use it when I have a problem and only 1/2 of a 10 mg tab.

The nerve damage I mentioned is like a bruise on your skin. The nerves in the skin on your head take a long time to heal. There is no therapy to speed up that healing, just as you cannot speed up a muscle bruise healing. Or, a smashed fingernail with take a very long time to heal.

Do you drink coffee, caffeine ? Do you take any meds besides the propranolol ?

Anxiety responses can be triggered by many things. Sounds, voices, lights, fast moving visual objects, smells, and many other things can be triggers. The PCS brain is very susceptible to even minor triggers.

Many of us have learned to stop when these happen, take a breath and say, "This will pass." and then move on. You sure sound like you are wracked with anxiety. Don't check for symptoms like touching your face or head to see if it hurts. Just don't do that....

Have you even tried to reread your posts ? You need to do that so you slow down and settle your mind. Use a new line when you finish a sentence. otherwise, I can't tell if a though is tied to the previous or following sentence.

Read the Vitamins sticky at the top. It has some good information.

A chiro can help with some symptoms but most chiros are too aggressive and can make things worse.

The effort to slow your thought processes will be helpful.

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