Hello all...
I'm obviously new, so here is a quick rundown of my history-
-Car wreck in 2005, I took a series of very heavy impacts to the left side and back of my head while being ejected from the car via an open window, then slamming headfirst into the pavement. I have no memory of any of this, or anything from a bout a month prior.
-The most significant symptom following the crash was/is vertigo that ranges from mild 'seasick' feelings to vertigo so bad I can't walk normally or keep my balance in standing positions. Fatigue makes it far worse
-my short term memory is comparable to swiss cheese, better on some days than others, fatigue makes it far worse
-I began having very strong, surreal episodes of inability to think coherently, sometimes with a powerful sensation of "the world is about to be squashed down on my head" fear, a pinkish hue to ambient light, I get completely spaced out to whatever is going on, occasionally a smell of sausage cooking, stomach upset. I also have tremendously painful headaches that alternate from a sharp focus to my whole head radiating in pain. A neuropsychologist diagnosed the episodes as complex partial seizures. My neurologist (speciality in epilepsy treatment) diagnosed them as "transformed migraines."
-Sometimes, especially in conjunction with these episodes, I get extremely hot, to the point where I have run my head under faucets. My wife says that I radiate heat for several inches from my body while this is going on. I have a hard time adjusting between temperature differences, especially in the summer months.
-An MRI turned up lesions on my left prefronal cortex, classified as moderate brain injury.
-Took Depakote for 6 months, it made my body feel awful, so I stopped it. It didn't seem to help out too much anyway.
Recently I have been experiencing a surge of the episodes/migraines/seizures. Whil driving the other day, a very, very strong one came on (after a day of extreme headache) and I experienced a sensation that I hadn't yet had- my right arm, from the elbo down, was numb and tingly. I felt like I was on the verge of fading in and out of consciousness. I honestly thoguht that I was experiencing an aura for a more severe seizure. I was able to get to work safely, and cool down, but I had to go back home- my mind was shot by that point.
Has anybody else developed similar problems following a TBI, and if so, how have they developed for you? I am concerned about the escalating nature of all this, and I am interested in getting feedback from other sufferers- sometimes the doctors don't seem to really get what I am telling them about these things. And I don't want a more severe problem to take me by suprise. Thanks,
Randy
I'm obviously new, so here is a quick rundown of my history-
-Car wreck in 2005, I took a series of very heavy impacts to the left side and back of my head while being ejected from the car via an open window, then slamming headfirst into the pavement. I have no memory of any of this, or anything from a bout a month prior.
-The most significant symptom following the crash was/is vertigo that ranges from mild 'seasick' feelings to vertigo so bad I can't walk normally or keep my balance in standing positions. Fatigue makes it far worse
-my short term memory is comparable to swiss cheese, better on some days than others, fatigue makes it far worse
-I began having very strong, surreal episodes of inability to think coherently, sometimes with a powerful sensation of "the world is about to be squashed down on my head" fear, a pinkish hue to ambient light, I get completely spaced out to whatever is going on, occasionally a smell of sausage cooking, stomach upset. I also have tremendously painful headaches that alternate from a sharp focus to my whole head radiating in pain. A neuropsychologist diagnosed the episodes as complex partial seizures. My neurologist (speciality in epilepsy treatment) diagnosed them as "transformed migraines."
-Sometimes, especially in conjunction with these episodes, I get extremely hot, to the point where I have run my head under faucets. My wife says that I radiate heat for several inches from my body while this is going on. I have a hard time adjusting between temperature differences, especially in the summer months.
-An MRI turned up lesions on my left prefronal cortex, classified as moderate brain injury.
-Took Depakote for 6 months, it made my body feel awful, so I stopped it. It didn't seem to help out too much anyway.
Recently I have been experiencing a surge of the episodes/migraines/seizures. Whil driving the other day, a very, very strong one came on (after a day of extreme headache) and I experienced a sensation that I hadn't yet had- my right arm, from the elbo down, was numb and tingly. I felt like I was on the verge of fading in and out of consciousness. I honestly thoguht that I was experiencing an aura for a more severe seizure. I was able to get to work safely, and cool down, but I had to go back home- my mind was shot by that point.
Has anybody else developed similar problems following a TBI, and if so, how have they developed for you? I am concerned about the escalating nature of all this, and I am interested in getting feedback from other sufferers- sometimes the doctors don't seem to really get what I am telling them about these things. And I don't want a more severe problem to take me by suprise. Thanks,
Randy
