Hello, I am Lisa. I work as a psychiatric RN in a psychiatric hospital that only treats involuntarily hospitalized patients. I was assaulted in April of 2025 by a patient and sustained a significant right shoulder injury and head injury. I did not lose consciousness. I was assessed at ER, no concerns. However over the next few days I noticed changes. My vision became blurry, I was running into things, getting very lightheaded and dizzy, the nausea kicked in, my headaches began, my speech was slowed, I stuttered, my cognition was slowed, I could not taste vinegar, sugar or salt, visual changes, anxiety was constant, sleep was nonexistent, pain, ptsd and much more. I was unable to drive for about 4 months. Headaches for weeks at a time. It is 8 months past injury and I'm back to driving since mid-August because I decided to try to take my life back and my distance vision was good and oculomotor skills had improved a lot. However I am still unable to converge my eyes at 10-12", I still get very uncomfortable shifting my gaze upwards/downwards regardless of my head movement. Headaches come and go frequently, occasional ringing in my ears, I have a blind spot in my left eye, anxiety and ptsd are still present as well but improved. I'm only able to work 10-15 hours a week doing light duty work such as chart auditing and helping out with computer stuff but my eyes get very tired and the headaches continue and I'm exhausted after a few days of this, I cognitively slow down to the point where I stutter still at times. I've completed concussion therapy with OT, speech and PT. However I've been waiting months to see a neuro-opthamologist and finally get to go this coming Monday. I'm not exactly hopeful that they can do anything for this blind spot that also increases in size during activity such as exercise and my headaches. It is always present but definitely grows. Sometimes nothing helps the headaches. I tried sumatriptan but that made me cry uncontrollably. I take showers/baths to help with the headaches. Excedrin helps for maybe an hour. I eat nutrient dense foods and get regular exercise. I'm not sure what else I can do and what the future holds but this is all very discouraging how long it has lasted and impacted my life. I try to push through it, then find myself cognitively fatigued. I do give myself grace, I try my best and wing it. But hope is dwindling.