Continued dizziness 1 yr post-car accident TBI. Will it go away?

Posted by lakelifelady @lakelifelady, May 27, 2016

Vestibular position therapy does not work well as I also have a neck fracture not totally healed. I am doing visual positioning though with some relief. Lorazepam 1 mg twice a day seems to help, but that is addicting. Does dizzy ever go away after a TBI?

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Colleen Young, Connect Director | @colleenyoung | May 27, 2016

Welcome back to Connect @lakelifelady. So sorry to hear about your injuries from the car accident!
I'd like to introduce you to a few Connect members who have recently spoken about traumatic brain injuries. Please meet @kathyzendner @DiannaTV both who suffered TBI as a result of a car accident and @oceanfun1 @ieysha.

@lakelifelady tells a bit more about yourself. How do you manage your day to day?

lakelifelady | @lakelifelady | May 28, 2016

In reply to @colleenyoung "Welcome back to Connect @lakelifelady. So sorry to hear about your injuries from the car accident!..." + (show)

In Jan. of 2015 I had a heart attack. LAD was blocked and a stent was inserted. I recovered well from that trauma only to be in a car accident 5 months later. My husband, who does not drink, fell asleep at the wheel, we ran into a ditch, hit an approach, went air borne and hit a tree. My husband, Russ, was slumped over the wheel, so I crawled out the back of the car, scrambled up the ditch , over a road and crawled down a long driveway to a porch light which was glowing, not knowing that I had two brain bleeds, a broken neck, six broken ribs, numerous fractures down my back and a bone chipped ankle. We were soon air lifted to a regional hospital. Back braces , neck brace , ankle brace all summer. In short, after so many tests, scans and treatments, a year later all is as well as can be expected. I have some cognitive issues, like depression, PTSD, a brain fog which I feel as fatigue and anxiety. I still play my piano, flute and sing in choirs and I paint water colors. I feel strange when with others, like having a purple nose or something and I wonder what it would feel like without ringing in my ears, dizziness and tiredness.

waterwoman9 | @waterwoman9 | Feb 15 1:01pm

I am wondering if anyone has ultimately received relief when doing exercises prescribed by a PT for repositioning crystals to alleviate some dizziness or any other exercises or treatments? I am lucky that is the worst right now after having a brain bleed and concussion, broken ribs, collarbone, etc., having sustained some dead brain tissue in the left front temporal lobe. The neurologist says it very likely won't get worse, losing other sensations, etc.