I'm surprised he didn't mention nutrition. My doctor (a neurologist, nutritionist, and chiropractor) realized that my brain was still inflamed and that by changing my diet, a lot of my symptoms (anxiety, chronic stress, persistent pressure headaches) went away. This was after 9 years of post concussion syndrome and of being misdiagnosed with mental illness. Being misdiagnosed and treated for mental illness made my post concussion symptoms far worse.
I had a bad concussion 7 years ago and I was not given any of these tools. I was even told that I should be over this by now...thank you for such compassionate, susinct information. I am currently recovering from my 5th concussion. I am 62. The first one happened when I was 12. I have had depression and anxiety issues most of my life. This video was very helpful in explaining my risk to develop pcs.
I strongly urge anyone who has suffered a head injury to go and do an eye test, i had what i thought was PCS for many months before learning my right eye had been knocked out of alignment which was the cause of my dizzy spells, extreme fatigue and nausea. I got glasses and the symptoms tapered off quickly and now i am 100%.
This might be what i have. Idk yet tho. Its only been a weak. I went to an opthalmologist and regular eye doctor and they told me my eye sight looked fine from a punch but 1 nurse told me my right eye looked as if it im deeper then the other and i can see it
Thank you Doctor from Fergus Canadá No one listened to me ...they won’t even consider my old concussion I will be looking deep into this as well as my nutrition and so on Thank you again for giving me a guidance ...English is my second language and my field are numbers. I never even hear the sentence Post concussion syndrome
Did you try upper cervical chiropractor? It really helped me the problem a lot of time is in the neck being misaligned and blocking off cerebrospinal fluid flow.
Hi Janae - we're so sorry to hear of your struggle. We're here to help you navigate those conversations with your doctor. If you need support please reach out to our CLF HelpLine team at ConcussionFoundation.org/Helpline. Take care!
