Hi. How long after a hard concussion can i activate and train my brain? Or is rest..

brandnewconcussion · 09-14-2017, 01:09 PM

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Originally Posted by temporary

Hi mark. Thanks for your answer!
Yeah, well. I can skip alcohol then until i am back to normal. I don't like that drug even. But ocassionally i can drink beer...
Good to know. One beer will not have a negative impact on me, but i mostly wanted to know how dizzy i got and i got dizzy, but i did not push it.
Will stay away from it a while. I will not drink beer then to get buzzed, or drunk.
Good to know. I agree It's a poison. I don't get agressive towards people when drinking. I can normally put on hard rock instead. Or cry sometimes. It only happens when i drink sometimes.. Dont know why, but thats how it works on me. Or i get happy it all depends.
But i will listen and stay away from it until i feel normal when walking..

I get worried sometimes that.. "What if i would feel like this for life. I don't want that/this. Would be very hard/though to have these symptoms all of my life."
....
But that is in my head. I sure do hope it will go away eventually! I don't want headaches/dizzy walking/foggy, etc. I want to be clear headed again and feel like before that stupid skateboard accident. Hmm.
But i need patience. It might be good in a month and 10 days. 3 months total.

I can ride a bicycle and it feels alright when i have tried it. But as i wrote.. The walking bit annoys me sometimes. I also Kinda have a hard time accepting how i ****ed up like that in a skateboard pool.. Without an helmet that particular time! But i need to accept it. It was clumsy, but **** happens i guess. Wish i would not been that clumsy and i would enjoy life more right now.

Still love life, but this is no fun at all the situation...
Pardon, im rambling. But i need to accept how and that it happened, and i need to think more positive. Have more patience! And stop worrying this is permanent. That will not help, and i might be fully healed in time. Might just take a while. Meditation. Acceptence. Recovery. And i'm alive! Could have died also, so yeah. I should be more grateful.

Anyways! Thanks mark, and rowing machine sounds good! If exercise like that don't affect my recovery i could perhaps try it out. Rowing machine is quite tough though after a while.

Before this i would sometimes row nonstop for like 30-40 min and yeah, that is good.
But i would take it slow if i started now. Or i can do push ups at home maybe.. Good that you mentioned muscle tension in the neck. I need to get my computer in a better place soon. Doing yoga for neck tension sometimes...
I got back pain since 3 years ago now and have not fixed that yet. Tried gym last year, but i can manage the back pain. Yoga is the best for me. Doing yoga for that at home.. Sometimes.

And alright. If symptoms shows up after exercise like those headaches i can wake up with once a week after 8 hours sleeep.. After not doing much the day before i will avoid it. Sometimes have a headache where every heartbeat feels in the head or when i walk, but not every Day. Thankful It's not that often i wake up with those and the Day is rest..

But i could also just "practice" longer walks... Then the brain needs to adjust and It's just me walking.. Rest, sleep, walk a bit.. Rest sleep.. Walk a bit.. Then it should go away the dizzy feeling eventually. And i can get a vestibular assessment if this persists more then 3 months...
Anyways. Thanks for the answer. Keep it up! Rowing is good for the body. Peace

Edit. Here is an awesome yoga video if anyone has neck pain or back pain. Thought i could post it. It has helped me Anyways.
Yoga Stretches for Back Pain Relief, Sciatica, Neck Pain & Flexibility, Beginners Level Workout - YouTube

When I saw the optimism in your first post, saying that you might be as good as new after a moderately severe concussion I knew you were setting yourself up for disappointment. Unfortunately, you will never be as good as new.

temporary · 09-14-2017, 02:40 PM

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Originally Posted by brandnewconcussion

When I saw the optimism in your first post, saying that you might be as good as new after a moderately severe concussion I knew you were setting yourself up for disappointment. Unfortunately, you will never be as good as new.

Yeah, well, that's just, like, your opinion, man.
I will be the judge of that. Time will tell.

brandnewconcussion · 09-14-2017, 04:04 PM

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Originally Posted by temporary

Yeah, well, that's just, like, your opinion, man.
I will be the judge of that. Time will tell.

Well, its clear you have an optimistic outlook, judging from your username too. Going unconscious for such an extended period is terrible and reflects rather significant brain damage though, you should be undergoing therapy at a hospital. Smutsik, who gave you advice, hit his head on a metal beam and felt no symptoms for days, making his a "mild concussion", and is still suffering badly from the symptoms. Your injury seems to be several orders of magnitude more severe.

Jomar · 09-14-2017, 04:17 PM

Something to remember is every person & every injury is different.

Nobody can predict future outcomes, just too many variables..

The goal here is to share helpful information & be supportive to fellow members.

temporary · 09-15-2017, 08:37 AM

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Originally Posted by brandnewconcussion

Well, its clear you have an optimistic outlook, judging from your username too. Going unconscious for such an extended period is terrible and reflects rather significant brain damage though, you should be undergoing therapy at a hospital. Smutsik, who gave you advice, hit his head on a metal beam and felt no symptoms for days, making his a "mild concussion", and is still suffering badly from the symptoms. Your injury seems to be several orders of magnitude more severe.

Time will tell.
I will try walking every day, and let time heal me. I don't need hospital therapy. Thanks anyways. And i don't know how severe or not severe mine is compared to other peoples. Everyone heals different and everyone is different.
I was unconscious for 5 min, was up a bit, then and fell asleep for a while. But i did not throw up, and that might been a good sign. There are people who have shitted themselves and throwing up after a bad hit.. Like snowboarding, etc. And some of them have even recovered fully!
So everyone is different. I'm going to try and stay positive. But might take a break from this thread and try to heal for a while. (Try to limit the computer.) But i appreciate the answers/advice/knowledge on here.

smutsik · 09-16-2017, 12:32 PM

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Originally Posted by brandnewconcussion

Well, its clear you have an optimistic outlook, judging from your username too. Going unconscious for such an extended period is terrible and reflects rather significant brain damage though, you should be undergoing therapy at a hospital. Smutsik, who gave you advice, hit his head on a metal beam and felt no symptoms for days, making his a "mild concussion", and is still suffering badly from the symptoms. Your injury seems to be several orders of magnitude more severe.

I'm not sure about which impact of mine that you are referring to as the first concussion I sustained 1,5 years ago was against a window sill and the more recent one against a ceiling, but in both cases I felt substantial symptoms immediately. Maybe you have me confused with someone else?

I can only speak for myself, but I'm hoping for a complete recovery. I still have trouble with noisy environments and being around people but I'm currently managing studying sociology at university at full speed. It might take years before I'm fully (or as good as fully) recovered but I can't be sure that my healing has stagnated until I'm in the grave. I feel like the mentality regarding one's recovery has to be one's own.

brandnewconcussion · 09-20-2017, 02:46 AM

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Originally Posted by smutsik

I'm not sure about which impact of mine that you are referring to as the first concussion I sustained 1,5 years ago was against a window sill and the more recent one against a ceiling, but in both cases I felt substantial symptoms immediately. Maybe you have me confused with someone else?

I can only speak for myself, but I'm hoping for a complete recovery. I still have trouble with noisy environments and being around people but I'm currently managing studying sociology at university at full speed. It might take years before I'm fully (or as good as fully) recovered but I can't be sure that my healing has stagnated until I'm in the grave. I feel like the mentality regarding one's recovery has to be one's own.

Oh my bad, i thought you were the person who hit his head on a metal beam had no immediate symptoms then symptosm developed over the next few days.

temporary · 02-18-2018, 04:34 PM

Hi. I'm tired when writing this.. But i have had ups and downs. Still recovering, though. I have had days when i have felt quite fine (almost no symptoms at all.), and days when i felt a bit dizzy.
I feel like allot has recovered, but not fully recovered. Been 7 months now! That is a long time! I have not been to any doctor yet, but might go because i am wondering about the twitching i have before falling asleep, or resting from time to time. Might got epilepsy after that hit.. But i am conscious, or half awake.. My head twitches.. And sometimes my body. More like glitches.
It's mostly annoying. It started the first night after i hit my head. Then i was shaking in my sleep i think. (yeah, i woke up from that the first nights at home.) Now i just sleep deep and never wake up until after 8 hours, or how the night is.
I might go and see a doctor about this and just ask about why my head is shaking or twitching before i fall asleep, etc. Or when i'm resting sometimes.. Not sure if it's necessary.
Guess my nerve system got a big hit and my brain is trying to recover when i sometimes twitch. Or if it's "epilepsy" i don't know. Have not checked it out yet, but will or might..

Have anyone of you got epilepsy or twitching after hitting your head hard? Did it go away? But not unconscious epilepsy or twitching. I think, and i hope it will go away eventually. This might take time!
Thanks!

Edit: Found this
Involuntary Muscle Jerks Shakes Twitches - YouTube
Why Do We Twitch Before Falling Asleep? - YouTube

Almost like the dude resting, but sometimes a bit more "violent" and sometimes not.. My head moves to the side of the pillow and it feels like it's my nerves mostly. I can like throw up a leg sometimes, etc.
Wery wierd hehe. But apart from that i feel quite fine actually.

Almost back to normal. Not fully, but almost. Will wait out a year more. This will go away eventually. Might not be epilepsy, and Involuntary Muscle Jerks.. When resting or fallin asleep.

Read this in one comment under the video:
"This is perfectly normal. It's simply energy adjusting and harmonizing itself thorough the organism via the nervous system."

Or

"For me it is pretty obvious that the twitches are related to stress and anxiety but how can you decrease stress and anxiety?"

I don't have any footage on my twitches though. Apart from that i feel fine most of the time.

I can also really really recommend LIONS MANE for you dudes, or girls. Research about it. I have taken it one month and things have improved! Seems like a miracle mushroom i stumbled across a while back. (NGF Nerve growth factor and neurogenesis.) Peace

Mark in Idaho · 02-18-2018, 04:59 PM

The twitching is not epilepsy. I had it bad in the beginning. My doctor first treated it with clonazepam (a benzo) before bed. It made me sleepy the next day. He switched me to gabapentin and it worked great.

I never got a full explanation from my neuro but the gist is that it is just a benign event that is sort of a nerve restlessness as the motor nerves and proprioception nerves let go as one transitions from awake to sleep.

For me, there appeared to be a neck inflammation component. Once I learned how to mitigate my upper neck inflammation, the twitching all but ended. I get it on rare occasions now but they are few and far between. I still take 300 mgs of gabapentin before bed because my nervous system seems to want to stay on alert status if I don't.

Some of my sleep disturbance issues are due to sleep apnea. I can stop breathing properly even when I am awake.

I have had many different seizure like symptoms since my bad concussion at 10 years old in 1965. Every neuro told me these were not epilepsy. At most, they were a trauma related intermittent seizure disorder.

A hypnagogic jerk is an involuntary muscle spasm that occurs as a person is drifting off to sleep. The phenomenon is so named in reference to the hypnagogic state — the transitional period between wakefulness and sleep. Hypnagogic jerks, are also commonly known as hypnic jerks or sleep starts.

Hypnic Jerks - The Reason Why We Twitch Before Falling Asleep

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