Thank you @lakelifelady for your reply to @ourlife2017. I'm sure she'll appreciate hearing from someone who has been there and how they are doing. You posted your experience in another thread here: http://mayocl.in/2tYqRRr

For convenience, I have copied and pasted it here:
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Posted by @lakelifelady, 1 hour ago
It has been two years now since the accident. I continue to be dizzy nearly every day and take a small dose of Lorazapam twice daily which helps some. Noise and noisy places where many people are talking at once continue to overwhelm me. My head feels like it swells up to a larger size and a loud buzz in my ears takes place. It is very tiring and small talk is difficult. Bright lights do the same as does bright sunlight. Concentration is better, but I am forgetful if easily distracted. Driving in a car is anxiety producing and I over react to perceived threats. Once when we came upon a bad accident on the roadway, I began gasping for breath like I was having an asthma attack. Then I cried for some time. This happened twice.
At first PTSD episodes bedeviled me………now, not so much. I can use relaxation exercises and cognitive reframing to combat panic. Anxiety persists, although diminished.
I continue to play the piano, flute, paint and sing although all activities seem to exhaust me. Walking has improved but much diminished and it feels like all those terrible injuries healed together crooked and it hurts. I still go on no matter. I have accepted that my life has been impaired and so be it. I will do what I can as much as I can and enjoy what is.
@lakelifelady

It has been three years last May that my accident and TBI happened. I continue to have difficult experiences most every day. Still have exaggerated startle responses where my hands fly up and flutter at loud noises, braking suddenly in traffic, a car beginning to pull out or other close calls in traffic. Often I am terrified in heavy traffic. Once when driving on a crowded freeway it began to rain heavily with wind. I was so terrified that I had to exit.
Recently I attended a meeting in a room that had a full ceiling bank of fluorescent lighting and no sound absorbing surfaces. People were talking all at once. My head felt like it swelled up, my ears rang and I got very dizzy and shaky. I pretended I had another place to be and left. This type of thing happens all the time.
Another issue is holding onto negative emotional issues, especially at night and then I cannot sleep.
And of course, fatigue, always fatigue.
Exercise always helps. Mental games help. Music does too. Talking with others. Just keep going.