Hello @willow11 and welcome to Mayo Clinic Connect. You, understandably, sound frustrated with your situation. In case it is helpful as you explore this condition, I wanted to share some information about typical symptoms and also care options:

- Chronic traumatic encephalopathy: https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/chronic-traumatic-encephalopathy/symptoms-causes/syc-20370921

Aside from your symptoms you shared, you also mentioned an abusive situation at home which should not be overlooked. Are you still living with your spouse?

No Magtein just contains Magnesium-L.
My GP recommended 400mg Magnesium and 400mg of B2 (Riboflavin), because it had shown in Medical Journals to help people with migraines. It helped with my regular all day concussion head aches, but the Magnesium Oxide I started with, was doing other things, I didn’t need (it is regularly prescribe for constipation which was not my problem). On reading up on the different Magnesium supplements I found that Magnesium - L-Threonate was the only Magnesium that passed the blood brain barrier and I knew that was what I needed. I couldn’t find it in my local Pharmacy, but noticed that Magtein contained it as a main ingredient, so I began taking that after looking at its clinical trials online which seemed favorable and the fact that it had gone through trials was good news.

Before the Concussion I went to a UCBerkely free Psych clinic and was diagnosed there with PTSD from my abusive husband that I had left. After the diagnosis, they used rapid eye movement to help during my fear episodes and it worked great.

However, after the concussion and the vestibular issues began I was unable to successfully use the rapid eye movement to control my fear episodes. That was coupled with an new abusive boss that took advantage of my delicate state and fired me for the Workers Compensation Concussion injury I sustained at work.

Entering the Workers Compensation Injury meant it was almost impossible to get the care I needed. It was delayed and I had to fight for the care that I needed.

I understand that Businesses can not afford to care for their injured workers and they buy Workers Comp Insurance. However, the Insurance can’t make money by caring for the employees, so it is routine to deny the doctors request for care. It is a flawed system. It was hard with the Concussion and my PTSD past issues to fight for care. That stress brought on Aphasia, so I went to and paid for a Stanford Neurologist-ophthalmologist who confirmed my vestibular problems and recommended Vestibular Therapy and Speach Therapy.

Vestibular Therapy helped immensely and I was able to drive safely again and walked out with strategies to cope on my bad days.

The Speach Therapist helped me find ways to cope when stressed with my inability to speak and was identify things that I didn’t know that I had lost like my math skills (I was an advanced math student in school and now could not do my multiplication or complex equations anymore)

She was continuing to help me identify issues I didn’t know I had lost, till examined and was helping to identify ways for me to cope, but again Workers Compensation denied care and I was cut short in my therapy.

It is now 5 years later after the accident and my Workers Compensation Case has been stalled and is still open. It is sad, because my care was delayed which is slowing my recovery and possibly means I will not fully recover because of the delay. It is also sad that they probably have lost a lot of money fighting to deny and it would have been cheaper for them, and a better outcome for me if they had given me the care I needed after the concussion.