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@johannawest I am almost 8 months into my brain injury some days seem good but every morning I wake up totally anxious I have meds but I am finding I can't function in the mornings most of the time I'm doing a couple of programs to help me through this but it's so discouraging. I'm even trying acupuncture my head is fine It's just my stomach with the anxiety and the depression

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@margaretallen 23.5 months here. Being anxious, anxiety. Things have improved, just incredibly slow. I have erratic high BP now and think that is built up anxiety from stress and worry. I wake up like a blend of those silly movies Groundhog Day or 50 frst Dates. A bit of panic and first thing I ask myself is what day it is and what day of the week it is. I still struggle with dates. I still can't tell you when something happened (what used to be no problem). Such as, when did my face start having eletrical tingling sensations. I know I told my DR. But I use holidays for reference points now - so was it Halloween/Oct? or Thanksgiving/Nov, etc. I don't remember. I just remember it started, was really weird, and DR said it was nerves regenerating. And funny thing is - I thought it was about a year afterwards, that would make it summer time. But I would have to ask the DR when it was, because I can't tell you. I don't have any one helping me, so my mind spins in circles - worried I will forget this or that. The wrong word still comes out at times. Still have lots of typos and my speech gets jumbled at times. Yesterday, I helped with the elections and talked so much - that it was like marbles in my mouth trying to talk. Too many words trying to get out and just awkward sentences. Not the smooth quick witty little snippetts I used to do to make someone smile. .Luckily I have polite people that have corrected me when it was significant, like a wrong date or wrong location. Still have to proofread and a message takes me forever now. This one has taken 3 hours ha. I still find I have to start over a lot, and not be interrupted. I don't know what the answer is. I try sitting outside for the sun, herbal teas, essential oils, vitamins, combat breathing (3 sec slow breaths in, hold 3 sec, exhale 3 sec).