So a bit over two years ago, I was hit from behind in a car accident. I thought I was fine, if maybe a bit giddy at being alive, and went to work, only getting checked out by my family gp and chiro.

Fast forward to the following week, and I woke up to severe disorientation, dizziness, nausea, and what felt like fluid trickling from my ear, and difficulty staying awake for more than an hour, among other things. I was fortunate, and they got me into an outpatient concussion clinic in a city nearby, and I went for pt, occupational, and speech therapy for about 3 months. They sent me off with assurances that I would be totally better in 3-6 months.

At about 9 months, I checked back in with them. I was still having trouble with "overdoing" it, especially at work. They sent me to the psych portion of their unit for counseling on anxiety, and how to handle it when people ask for things I can't give at that moment.

At the two year mark, I could finally say I had days where I felt almost normal. It was still a battle of up and down days, and I had a stretch of about a month where I felt like I could actually function fairly well if I watched my energy levels.

And then. Then I really overdid it, and it was as if someone had knocked me back to the 6 month recovery point. What had been a daily issue of having to watch my energy level, avoid lots of noise, and tinnitus flared back up, plus the fogginess, major irritation, and sitting at my desk praying nobody would ask me a question, because I couldn't parse what they were talking about. My concussion headaches have returned, and I'm still trying to get back to that having a good day feeling after 4 months.

So, I returned to the neurologist to try to figure out what was happening. He did a lot of "follow my finger" movements, checked my reflexes, had me walk forward and backward, and then declared there was nothing wrong with me that a neurologist could help me with. He left me with a "get more exercise, and see someone who specializes in anxiety".

Ok, so rationally I get it...he felt like I was wasting his time, and that this is anxiety driven. All I can say is that I am seriously not anxious at all, until after I feel the dreaded decline in cognition set in for several weeks. The neurologist said once you improve, you don't get worse again. I'm still chewing on this a bit, since that has been my experience since day 1, on a smaller scale...try to pile on too much social, noise, or cognitive, and be prepared to be useless in all capacities for several days.

Sorry to ramble, but I've got to admit I'm frustrated. I know I am bad at explaining what's going on with me, and feel like I missed an opportunity to have someone take another serious look at whether or not there was anything that got overlooked the first time around. I mentioned my issues with neck pain go hand in hand with the fogginess, and he said there was no relationship between neck pain and concussion.

So my questions for the community is if anyone else knows what I'm talking about? Or do I take the neurologist at his word, and pursue a psych eval and a gym membership?