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12-09-2013, 11:07 PM | #31 | ||
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Jake - I've had a similar experience. And had a hard time navigating the system. Finally found a concussion clinic. There, I am normal. One of the key things with concussion is it is an invisible injury, so no one sees how you are suffering. I've had the scary anxiety like I've never had before and it started later in my condition.
I fell down some stairs and broke a few bones in my back - they scanned my brain and said it was okay - (I thought I had done something to my head). But a scan doesn't pick up a concussion. And it sounds like you are in school or working or both. Well any of that work will set you off. The only thing to date that helps a concussion is rest and relaxation. And alcohol is deadly. The good news is with time you can return to your normal self. But if you don't take time now to give your brain a rest, you may not get better. Your brain gets scrapped and bruised in a concussion. So now it has to heal itself, which it pretty much does when we sleep. So, if you are back in your normal schedule, your brain doesn't have the time and space to heal. So when I say rest, I mean, very little stimulation. Like not much tv, music, internet. You need to try meditation. It is the only thing I have found to help. And also consider reiki - which I have no idea how it works, but it relaxes you. Take some short walks in nature- keep it light. I went back to work part time after a couple of weeks and slowly started to get worse. Since I took one week off to rest. I am starting to feel better, but I am not going to rush because the anxiety is frightening. Don't lose hope. You are not crazy. This is totally reversible, but you can't ignore it. I know exactly how you feel and there is very little knowledge about this - except now with the news coming out about football players. Okay? Keep in touch el Quote:
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