"All I know is that PCS has destroyed my family relationships. I had PCS for 3 months now. I wasn't knocked out, but I had all symptoms: diiziness, sentivity to light/noise, depression, irritability, unberable headaches/migraines, etc. I may have had second impact as well. After 3 months, I still have cognitive issues, which include attention, memory, processing, learning, etc. They have come up in nueropsyc tests -- above average IQ but extremly below avg memory, etc. The worst is the fatigue.

I am a law student and I have always done well in school. But of course not now. I was scheduled to take the bar this year, but all my plans have changed.

From the begining, my family didn't understand or believe me to a point where I have speculated that my anger toward them has exacerbated the concussion. Everyone thinks that it is all in my head b/c I have a normal MRI/CAT. To cope, I have cut ties with most of my family.

I have bought a DVD titled "the hidden epidemic," which may help my cause. It is a film all about PCS. You should all check it out. I am hoping people will start to believe me. Life is not good, but at least I started to do Tai-Chi again"


I too, did not get knocked out. And in my neurological assessment I scored 99th percentile on most everything. Except my multitasking is officially impaired. But luckily my family and my friends do not doubt that I am miserable. I know how angry i got when doctors acted like I was faking or exaggerating. I could not handle my friends or family giving me that ****. I am so sorry. Im not sure if ive said this to you in a separate thread, but MRIs and CT scans of people with PCS do not typically show anything. Your doctors know this, but again, its standard practice to tell the patient they should be fine, and that the CT/MRI show nothing to explain the symptoms your having. Its crummy that any doctor would do that but they do.