u/Abusive_Apple27

The worst realization that I’ve ever had is that we live only once.

One life one chance.

I’m really sorry for my English, it’s not my first language.

It’s been 5 months since my concussion with whiplash, I’m 20 years old. Unfortunately, I live in a country where our health care system doesn’t treat consequences of this type of TBI and doctors understimate whiplash as well. I’m on my own as there are no treatments in my country to recover. I feel cognitively slow and I can’t even function all the time.

Please, tell me about all the supplements, tips, and even your own stories (if you have such) related to brain recovery.

I know about cerebrolysin and cortexin, so no need to mention them (already tried them). Thanks in advance! <3

I’m really sorry for my English, it’s not my first language.

It’s been 5 months since my concussion with whiplash, I’m 20 years old. Unfortunately, I live in a country where our health care system doesn’t treat consequences of this type of TBI and doctors understimate whiplash as well. I’m on my own as there are no treatments in my country to recover. I feel cognitively slow and I can’t even function all the time.

Please, tell me about all the supplements, tips, and even your own stories (if you have such) related to brain recovery.

I know about cerebrolysin and cortexin, so no need to mention them (already tried them). Thanks in advance! <3

I’m really sorry for my English, it’s not my first language.

It’s been 5 months since my concussion with whiplash, I’m 20 years old. Unfortunately, I live in a country where our health care system doesn’t treat consequences of this type of TBI and doctors understimate whiplash as well. I’m on my own as there are no treatments in my country to recover. I feel cognitively slow and I can’t even function all the time.

Please, tell me about all the supplements, tips, and even your own stories (if you have such) related to brain recovery.

I know about cerebrolysin and cortexin, so no need to mention them (already tried them). Thanks in advance! <3

My hearing got worse after my concussion.

It’s been 5 months already and my hearing got worse after the 3rd month. At first I got tinnitus and thought it was a normal thing. Passed audiometry which showed that my hearing is normal though I never knew my baseline.

I can definitely say that my hearing is much worse, I can’t even hear what people are saying or what they are whispering about. I just can’t accept this fact: how does it even work? I’m only 20…

Fuck. These. Injuries.

I want this injury to die. Not me, but this injury.

I’m really sorry for my English, it’s not my first language. I’m only 20 years old, why on earth I’m enduring this horror in my life? I was only 19 after my mTBI (concussion with whiplash) and I can’t take it anymore. I really want to heal but the only thing I can do is lying in my bed and doing nothing.

It wasn’t a car accident, it wasn’t something terrifying or painful… I just slipped on ice and fell on my back not even hitting my head (I know you can get TBI without hitting your head)

The worst symptom I have is this heavy derealization and discomfort. I know it’s not psychological and it goes from my neck but I can’t do anything about it. I tried to do exercises, massages, and just let my body heal but everything I do is pointless. I can’t even describe this feeling: it feels like pressure outside and inside my body.

It would be much easier if I lived abroad where I could get access to treatments and concussion specialists but I just can’t. Our health care system doesn’t even recognize PCS.

It’s been the worst months of my life. I woke up every two hours without getting deep sleep because my nervous system somehow was hypervigilant but I didn’t feel any anxiety at the same time. My brain just couldn’t sleep 8-10 hours straight and it woke me up every time… I was so exhausted I couldn’t even make a plan to take care of myself. I don’t even know what my fucking neck wants from me. Often people with whiplash get pain and that’s the driver of their symptoms but while I have pain it’s not so debilitating I just don’t feel like I’m here I’m just existing

I already asked for help in two other subs dedicated to concussions and PCS and I went to the doctors to check my neck and they said that WHIPLASH ISN’T THAT SERIOUS AND YOUR NECK CAN’T WAKE YOU UP EVERY TWO HOURS

Now I can get some sleep if I take amitriptyline but that’s not the solution. The dissociation and unsteadiness are so strong that I can’t function most of the time and my mind is just blank. I tried to find people with the same problem but it seems like I’m the only one who wake up every cycle. Not to mention that I had had amblyopia, astigmatism and myopia before my injury but I was comfortable with my condition because I’ve been living like this since I was a kid. Now I have some dysfuctions in my vision because of that stupid hit

I just don’t know what to do. How I should treat all these conditions if my cause is so complicated? No concussions docs, no neuro-optometrist in my country. It would be really simple if I could sleep just like other people 8-9 hours without waking up.

I have my family but they don’t understand and everyone thinks I’m making this up except for my internet friends and they seem to not give a fuck either. The worst advice I got is to accept it and solve the problems on my own. HOW THE FUCK AM I SUPPOSED TO MAKE DECISIONS IN THIS STATE I’M NOT A DOCTOR I’M JUST NOBODY JUST HOW?

And one more thing is my hearing… It just got worse… I passed audiometry and they told my hearing is okay which I know is not. When people talk to me in noisy places I just don’t get it. Tinnitus is still there and everything sounds so muffled. I used to even hear people’s whispers and everything behind doors.

Even with my conditions I considered myself healthy. I could too everything I want: studying, staying up late, socializing, reading books and I was so smart and people really liked me. I just don’t understand how to get better… I know that human body is very limited in healing. Even my mindset and thinking just changed… Sorry for this long post, I’m just so devastated… Sometimes I think suicide is the only right choice because I won’t survive these limitations especially my intelligence and the way I lived… I miss everything. It’s only my fault that I wasn’t cautious when walking on ice… I just wish things were different… If that fall hadn’t happened I would be the happiest person in the world…