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04-05-2017, 03:03 PM | #1 | ||
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When I was walking my dog the other day, I took a step abruptly off a curb and felt a really unpleasant lurching in my head. My knee may have veen locked at an awkward angle. I felt really weird. I tried to tell myself it was nothing, but I have been feeling truly miserable since then. I feel like I've gone 100% backwards and I'm really really scared that I've reinjured myself
I attributed it to pillow in another thread, but now I've realized this. Could you get a concussion this way? I recall reading marks post about something similar and im honestly kind of panicking I apologize for multiple posts in a short time but I'm really scared. I feel like I'm losing it |
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04-05-2017, 03:38 PM | #2 | |||
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You had several concussions in a short period of time so your equilibrium is off and your brain hasn't fully recovered. Your recovery is going to take some time. You need quiet rest. Sounds like you are likely making your symptoms worse with anxiety. Quiet rest, good nutrition, read the sticky thread above regarding supplements. You are likely to recover but it will take time. Breathe. Relax.
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What Happened: On November 29, 2010, I was walking across the street and was hit by a light rail commuter train. Result was a severe traumatic brain injury and multiple fractures (skull, pelvis, ribs). Total hospital stay was two months, one in ICU followed by an additional month in neuro-rehab. Upon hospital discharge, neurological testing revealed deficits in short term memory, executive functioning, and spatial recognition. Today: Neuropsychological examination five months post-accident indicated a return to normal cognitive functioning, and I returned to work approximately 6 months after the accident. I am grateful to be alive and am looking forward to enjoying the rest of my life. |
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04-05-2017, 03:58 PM | #3 | ||
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Thank you very much for responding though |
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04-05-2017, 07:40 PM | #4 | ||
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When I did this, I had a perfect storm of conditions that made the drop much worse. I thought it was a ramp so I did not expect the drop. It was a tall curb from a sloped sidewalk. I was carrying a large garbage bag so my back was arched and my head was back so there was no normal S curve in the spine to absorb any of the impact. I jarred my pelvis, back and neck and messed up my shoulder. It required physical therapy for my pelvis, back and shoulder. I also knew I had rung my bell with this event.
Since then, I did an unexpected step off a front porch but without my back arched and noticed the jolt but did not suffer any symptoms at all.
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04-07-2017, 05:13 PM | #5 | ||
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It seems I just can't catch a break though- Yesterday I hit my head against a car headrest. right in the spot where I hit my head when I fainted in November. I immediately felt a jolt and felt okay the rest of the day and I tried to forget it. Yet today I seem to spiraling further and further backwards. ** Last edited by Jomar; 04-07-2017 at 09:12 PM. Reason: per guidelines |
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04-07-2017, 06:25 PM | #6 | ||
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A car headrest is designed to have enough give to prevent a concussion or injury except in the most extreme circumstances. So, unless you hit the headrest with enough force to break it, you did not injury yourself.
Your biggest need is help with your anxiety. Anxiety can mimic all the symptoms of a concussion. Try to remember that just walking, especially up or down steps, subjects the head to far more force than any of these bumps and your brain tolerates these foot plant impacts hundreds of times a day. It appears you have become so anxious about touching your head against anything that head bumps that you did without even thinking twice are now pushing you over the edge. Hits happen. The brain tolerates then. Give yourself a break.
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