Goodscout: I want to address your question of alternate therapies. I won't go into my teenage daughter's history -- you can look it up, if you want. What helped her were: (1) acupuncture; (2) homeopathy/osteopathy (we found a guy in NY who practices both); and (3) Effexor (she started on Elavil). While the meds are classified as antidepressants, the use of low doses in PCS is to help re-establish nerve pathways. Now, after 2 1/2 loooooooong years she is practically symptom free. The hardest part is maintaing a positive attitude. It's so difficult when you are consumed by misery and despair. But know that time is a great healer, and while you may never be back to the way you were before the accident, you will learn what exacerbates your symptoms and make the appropriate modifications in your lifestyle. Good luck to you.

Hi, I'm Donna

And I was in physical therapy from the very beginning of my PCS.
Reason being I had a stiff non moving neck on the right side.

But they did lots of different things to try and get it to move.
But they also thought about the pain I was in. They used
hot packs, with hot towels. Or at times we used the cold packs too.

Sometimes we used ultrasound and then sometimes we had just
a type of massage because I was just aching and couldn't take
the therapy.

But I have been having issues with a neck bulge for about 4 months.

And physical therapy didn't work, so my therapist suggested a very
good massage therapist. Who happens to be in my price range.

And honestly, I can say she is doing wonders for my neck, headaches.
And I have rocks at times for my legs and feet.

She has just started to do massages for them too.

And I can walk without having to worry about falling. Its a big thing.

Good luck, let me know through pm if I can help.

Donna

I wake every morning with pretty bad stiffness in my neck and upper back and sometimes in the night too. I've always put it down to stress as I would get the same thing before my accident at times. I stress terribly over the thought of there being little bits of damage in my brain (thanks to all these theories about PCS) and the prospect of being permanently mentally unwell. If the problem is in your neck and you experience stiffness and fogginess, that sounds much more like stress/spinal issues than PCS (whatever PCS is!!).

thank you for posting this lord it helps so much i heard antidepressants did not help

Hi PCSMOM,

I read what you wrote about your daughters pcs and it is so familiar. I am so frustrated. My daughter is 13 and received a concussion playing soccer. It has been over a month and we have tried a lot of things, but nothing has helped. I have tried the chiropractor and now I am thinking of accupuncture. I don't know what else to do. I thought about medication but she is so young. I am sorry for your daughter but it was nice to hear that someone else is having this problem, because I thought how can this possibly be going on for this long.

Thank you,
cari108