thanks JW

can you post the link to the artical

vini

I have read about this too. I was confused and disorientated during my concussion for a good 15 minutes and I only remember a few bits of that time, but I do remember how incredibly petrified I was at not knowing quite where I was, who I was or what had happened. I knew I had hit my head but I kept on asking how over and over. Then I felt my memory return and I began to get my head together. I remember how hard I was working at not descending into complete panic.

I don't believe I have PTSD as I was able to easily return to the location of the accident and don't find much difficulty in talking about it although doing so does make me foggy. I also have had no experiences of reliving it or having its memory intrude on my thoughts. I would however say that I sometimes spend 50% of my day thinking about concussion and what's wrong with me and if I'll ever fully recover. Maybe some people form their own type of PTS and this is mine....I dunno.

benjamin you might not have PTSD but the accident might have triggered a general form of anxiety disorder that you may have been predisposed to. Our brain responds to traumatic events differently. Depending on genetics,family history of anxiety, personal accounts with anxiety could all play a big role in triggering your brain to go into panic mode. PTSD is just a variation of anxiety disorder attached to the event itself. Your brain might not have been effected by the event or area in which you received the blow to the head but it still might have been effected by the general situation of being put in harm and feeling like there's something wrong with you and that impending doom is on the way. This triggers your brain to go into a panic state which leads to anxiety through out the day. IE constant concern over your health and thinking the worst. The only difference with me is that I'm constantly thinking about the event itself and replaying it over and over, this starts a vicious cycle of anxiety. Sometimes I start to panic over the idea of having something really wrong with me. The most irritable part about this is that PTSD and anxiety disorders in general have similar symptoms to PCS. Feeling spacey, hard time concentrating, foggy memory. My brother went through something similar as to what i'm going through when he had his anxiety disorder which was caused by OCD. In fact most of the anxiety disorders have similar outcomes anyway even if its just a general anxiety disorder you're going through. Look back into your past and see if you were predisposed to anxiety disorders or anything like that (this doesn't necessarily mean you aren't going through one) but it can help trace the origins of it.


ps vini i have to post twice more to bring that link up

anxiety disorder is like the most vicious and uncomfortable period of healing from a traumatic event. I remember i had it bad a few days ago where i was pretty much on the verge of panic attacks all day. I couldn't even eat. I had no appetite and worst of all my emotions are all shot and i feel emotionally numb. Except for the constant panic and anxiety. But its been getting some what tolerable and manageable since i went on the SSRI's. But they're pretty much worthless when the panic attacks start up.

http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/art...i?artid=395832 heres the link vini.

I have suffered several panic attacks and anxiety and a lot of stress since I was a teenager. Last year I would wake up often in the night with my neck so stiff I could hardly move it and feeling like I had a head full of rubbish all just bouncing around randomly. That was BEFORE my accident. I also have a brother who suffered depersonalization and acute anxiety for a year or so and the only difference between our symptoms is that I get sensitive to noises and have tinnitus (but this could be TMJ related as I have TMJ problems to do with tension).

thanks jake and Benjamin

you have both hit your heads quite bad by the sounds of it, try not to go off on tangents by giving your self lots of different disorders PCS will do for now , but I think the most common thing that go,s with this is PTSD this also can heal with time, and depends on the the degree of mental trauma / injury ? to ones Psyche take someone who witnesses violence or is a victim of same .its the same with an accident, you were attacked by the stairs or a snow bank or what ever , so our brain is on the look out , at a subliminal level, hence the the panic attacks and anxiety
keep improving guys sorry for the psycho babble

vini

thanks jake but it dos ant say you are less likely to get pcs but are less likely to get ptsd but some times not knowing HOW WHY WHEN OR WERE can cause its own set of probs

good link thanks

well vini PTSD occurs more likely if you remember the actual incident and can probably come with PCS. I'm fairly certain i don't have PCs currently. The symptoms from PCs don't seem to be synonymous with this type of anxiety / intrusive thoughts. Not to mention i don't have any head aches. The depersonalization seems to be more common with PTSD and not PCS. But thats just a natural function of the brain to induce a chemical stimulation to protect your mind from further stress. This happens when you're in a fight or flight situation and helps you deal with life and death stress levels in say a combat situation or even accident. With PTSD that chemical is released almost everyday until you feel comfortable and your mind feels confident again. It's quite unpleasant. It is not unlikely that after a head injury PTSD may develop. This is especially prevalent with people who have had a history with anxiety disorder and family history of anxiety. My brother for example went through something i'm going through for 6 months with his OCD. Every symptom i describe he experienced when he went through his stress disorder. Maybe there's a direct correlation between PTSD and PCs after an accident, science is still very premature when it comes to the human brain.