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im mack from australia and memorys got pretty bad from tbi yeah... many accidents and falls unfortunately
i seem to have developed multiple personalites due to the memory loss, waking up barely knowing who you are, does this happen to anybody else? i wear my hardhat now but it doesnt seem like i can shake the memory issues

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Hi @whatwasidoingagain - welcome to Mayo Clinic Connect. Really sorry to hear you've had multiple accidents and falls over time and are having memory loss from that.

I'm tagging fellow members @shooter987 @lylii @4nichola who may know something about personality changes and experiencing mental health issues, or awakening barely knowing who you are post-traumatic brain injury. @kb2014 @daniellmorgan also may have some thoughts for you.

What is your doctor recommending you do to manage the memory issues and the multiple personalities you mentioned?

@whatwasidoingagain this has not happened to me. I have an acquired brain injury. Craniotimy done may 2014 remove access left temporal lobe bacterial meningitis of my brain from chronic sinusitis. I was septic multi organ failure on a vent medically induced coma. I went into cardiopulmonary arrest. I had to relearn everything walking talking driving my Healthcare knowledge. I am retired nurse. I have ptsd. I have been under care of neurologist ever since. I have been seizure free all this time. Only take lamotrigine ER 100mg for seizure prevention. I am licensed to drive. Did my personality and life change after this? Yes. I learned what happened to me why causative factors etc. I also had trauma recovery donestic violence treatmrnt 5 years of care with an allergist. I had PT. I am more assertive careful about who and what I allow in my life. I do a lot of research online in health care medicine psychology neurology neuroscience etc. I am not perfect but since this happened I follow best practices or evidence based medicine. I work with my health care providers for the best outcome. The only time I had something odd occur was in 2015. I was just waking up after a nights sleep and had an image of a dog in a dirt pile outside my apt. The complex did nit allow pets. I was on the phone later that day with my neurologist made an app. Nothing was found to be wrong but what happened could be attributed to my surgery and a healing brain. With any brain injury a process of neuroplasticity occurs. The brain heals rewires new cells form.