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@colleenyoung

Hi @mugglemary, welcome to the group. I, of course, have to ask, Are you a Harry Potter fan?
Your story of poor followup after a head injury is unfortunately not an isolated one. It sounds like you have taken charge and that you are now getting some rehabilitation help with PT, speech therapy and acupuncture. I'd like to invite you to share more about your experience with acupuncture in this discussion:
- Alternative Medicine https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/alternative-medicine-1/

What other treatments have you been encourage to get from the concussion doctor? What TBI effect or effects are you finding the most challenging?

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I remember him saying that acupuncture, massage, PT, OT and Speech Therapy, and also said chiropractic care would help. I really tried to follow all his recommendations. My father was an MD, and had a very large problem with chiropractors. It's pretty common among physicians and their families.
Most challenging: No sense of smell. Walking like I'm drunk. Walking slowly. No short term memory so I forget why I went from one room to another, and also misplacing things. like my stapler, of which I have 2 regular, but are no where to be found. I try to relax and say it's no big deal, but I still get overly mad. I also forget what task I'm doing, and start another, and another, but I just say I'm not stressing over it, because I'm getting tasks done, eventually.