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Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) | Last Active: Jul 3 7:10am | Replies (13)
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I had a moderate TBI 33 years ago and noticed that my filters were damaged. I couldn't block noise or other sensory input as well as before due to the brain trauma. I'm still a bit sensitive to noise but everything else normalized through time. Does you medical provider include cognitive pain management, retraining the brain to compartmentalize it so that it doesn't hit you as hard? Having the fibromyalgia pain and inflammation slapping you around would be hard. I hope your support team can give you the pain and emotional care that is needed.
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@kayabbott
Thank you for this reply! When you had your filters examined did you have any doctors tell you nothing was wrong at first ever?
Currently I’m doing post concussion therapy and it’s helped a lot so far. I had sensory issues prior to the whiplash due to fibromyalgia but now my sensory input, light and sound, plus pain levels, basically heighten twice the amount prior to my concussion.
Long story short, after a car accident in 2020 my primary care doctor said I had a concussion and all of a sudden I had head to toe high pain levels. I was diagnosed with fibromyalgia, Raynaud's, etc in 2021 at the Mayo Clinic. Never did I never did therapy for my concussion then. 2022 I had a whiplash injury and got concussion and my pain levels doubled basically, I just now am doing concussion treatment.
I did the cognitive behavioral therapy at the Mayo Clinic pain clinic in 2021 but I don’t live close by to Mayo and haven’t been back. I don’t think the specialists at the hospital I go to do cognitive pain retraining however I’m sure I can find one in my area