i read on here that some people have the same symptoms as me after a concussion were they feel like there in a dream while awake and things seem dark and foggy. they called it depersonalization i was wondering for those that have this did it get better? did it fully dissappear? is there anything i can do to speed up healing and get back to normal? can i take any medication for this because i just wanna get back to normal i dont think i can live like this


by the way its been two weeks since it happened

Hi there hurricance 12. I am so sorry to hear what has happened to you. I think that you will find that we have all felt like you at some stage or other.

You can not do anything to help yourself other than resting, staying calm, no over stimulation of your senses and NO stress. It does sound like being lazy - I agree, it is something that you will have to learn to do.

No more banging your head. I am 6 years now with pcs, but unfortunately keep knocking my head. My symptons are worse when I am tired. At the moment I have hit rock bottom as I have struggled to work these past years and have had an exhausting weekend. I take antidepressants and sleeping pills. PCS plays havoc with your ability to sleep and can make you depressed very easily. You need to find yourself a good understanding doctor who can send you to suitable specialists. If you don't find your current doctor helpful go and find one who is. How you react and are treated early on has a huge effect on your recovery.

Lynlee

PS Jeffn - where are you again?

I had exactly the same thing. My brother did too, without having PCS. It started to go away when I started to relax, I think it's anxiety related. It's starting to go away completely now, and I'm 2 and a half months post injury. You have to understand that it's only temporary, it's incredibly unpleasant but it's only temporary. You need to be very kind to yourself. Try and find things that make you feel better and do a bit of that. For me it was talking.
Positivity is hard but important at this point. It's a simple matter of focussing on good thoughts and not letting the bad ones in. I'm having psychotherapy and it really helps.
All the best to you, you'll be ok!!!!

Also, don't make the mistake I did and presume that it's due to a physical/physiological change in your brain as a result of the trauma as this will only serve to make you feel less empowered to recover from it (although brains do heal/rebalance well albeit slowly).

Depression/anxiety is very common following MTBI and can occur after a very mild concussion. In some cases the injury seems to have a way of tapping into psychological weaknesses which may be underlying for whatever reason. I had experienced very mild depersonalisation aswell as panic attacks intermittently for the 10 years prior to my injury and it was as if the physical disturbance of my brain had brought these problems to the fore and intensified them. My belief is that the recovery is very much psychological. I think it's important to focus on what you love so that your mind has a sense of what it needs to get back to. To leave the tunnel you have to be able to see the light at the end!!!
And remember a lot of people have experienced what you're going through and 99 percent were better within a year.

Do you have any other symptoms BTW?

thanks for the help i really hope i do get better
i do have other symptoms such as blurred vision, loss of coordination, headache, stiff neck, sensitive ears, lack of emotion, trouble thinking and concentration but the depersonalization is the worst symptom i feel like im in another world its the scariest thing i ever experienced in my life.

...everything except the blurred vision can be attributed to acute stress. I'm not saying that's definitely all it is but if you can manage to stay reasonably relaxed for a few days, do absolutely nothing if necessary, you may well find your symptoms start to wane.
Depersonalisation, when you've never felt it before is terrifying, and you can feel trapped in it. One way I found to deal with it was to simply remain somewhere very familiar, and to maintain regular contact with my family. Talk about how you feel, they probably won't be able to understand but you'll feel a bit better for it and it will help you to feel more connected.
And remember.....it will improve!!! Be patient.

i may have made the symptoms worst because i started to lift weights after the injury for two weeks because the doctors didnt tell me what i had the first time i went to the emergency room they didnt even do a ct scan or nothing so i went home thinking things were fine and did my normal activities which made me feel 10x worse which made me have to go to the emergency room again 2 weeks after when i found out what i actually have by that time i felt worse then i did before

the symptoms of depersonalizations are 100X worst at nighttime at night i feel like i cant see nothing like im just walking in the dark i cant recognize my surroundings or nothing it litterally feels like im in a dream that i cant wake up from

man i feel like im the only one i tried telling some of my family but they look at me and think im ok but i feel like im going to lose it

its like theres no way u can get someone else to understand how u feel
u can explain it to them but they dont have the same experience

its especially hard when u see your family and friends go on with there lives like nothing happened having fun being able to watch tv and play games while your stuck in pain feeling like your living in another darker world

i really hope i do get better

You will get better.
You did too much after your concussion because you didn't get the help and advice you needed.....me too. Not really knowing what was wrong with me, I tried to push through the weird feelings by doing things I would normally do but it all just kept getting worse.

You won't lose it. I felt like I was losing it a few times but you don't, the fact that you feel like you might means you are still sane.

There are a lot of people who understand how you feel, if it helps try and get in touch with some over the net. But don't spend too much time on the computer cos it puts a strain on your brain which is trying to get back to normal.