hi thanks for the link interesting, sounds like that poor guy has had the runaround so I am expecting the same
good thing the internet keep in touch kay

You are welcome. Keep us posted on your progress

hi Melek, Lucy and Vini, I too suffered a concussion, but as a child. I suffer slower thinking, poor verbal memory and socialising problems. My situation is different to yours in a way, as I have not gone from a high-functioning state to a lower one due to my injury. It is something I am more accustomed to. I am working as a postman and have just finished a part-time degree.

I have had a few other knocks to my head in the past few years which seem to have made matters worse, but I haven't seen anyone about them yet. I don't know if it is just psychological or if I have actually damaged something in these latter injuries. If you walk into a low doorway and hit your head can you cause damage? I didn't pass out, but I seem different in myself. I heard that frontal lobe damage can affect personality and 'executive functioning'.

It will be good to exchange experiences here...

John

Boy your story sounds eerily familar. I am a cpa, always the go to person for difficult issues in the office. Since my last concussion (4 concussions in 18 months, pcs issues after the last one 2 1/2 years ago), I can't make it through an IRS reg without feeling loopy. For some, that may not be surprising, but when your job depends on it, not a good thing. I have struggled through two tax seasons, making lots of errors and feeling like an idiot for making basic, repetitive mistakes. I reduced my work week to two five hour days after 3 months. I held on for the six month recovery, then 12 month recovery and then 18 month recovery. But all of my issues remain (blurry/double vision, headaches, difficulty sleeping, concentrating, focusing and processing information, moodiness).

So after 20 years in the field, at age 41 I am leaving accounting. I have finally realized that this is where I am at and I can't work in a job that fills me with constant negative feelings and leaves me in tears. There is more to life than making it through another day of work. I'm sure there is something else out there for me, but thankfully I am able to take some time off and not think about it. From your posting threads, it sounds like you reached this conclusion faster than I. Good luck!

Our stories are very similar, though I am not a CPA. I'm 'the' administrative person in a small accounting firm.

I'm hoping that I too will be able to move on to something that is not as stressful and I understand too well the "constant negative feelings".

I'm still here, bobbing in the ocean of not being able to do as I have done in the past, my head more under the water than afloat.

I don't have options of leaving at this point, as I don't have any other source of income nor any retirement/disability. Though I do know that I can not continue to struggle with what I no longer am able to do. It is not the right thing for me nor for my employer. They have been good and patient with me for these last 3 years. But my mistakes, errors, forgetfulness is really showing.

I stay positive and trusting that when the time it right, it will be.

You are very fortunate that you can take the time, take it! I think you will find that your mind, body and spirit will be better able to see what is 'out there' for you, once the stress and struggle are not all consuming.

Good luck and keep posting...I'd like to hear how you are doing without the struggle of trying to work in accounting, after a brain injury.