Cold, wet? Feeling one one side of head after my second concussion

[Pickleshello]

Hi. So I had a concussion a year ago and it really messed up my neck and caused me to develop horrid health anxiety. I had always had anxiety but it was never debilitating or health related. I started having panic attacks about my health and had to go to physio for my beck because it turns out i had a horrible neck injury. The physio really helped with my anxiety!

Now a year later I got another concussion, (yup bad luck) but only on one side of my head? So this kid fell on me off a playground and her forgead smashed into the left side of my forehead. I went to the ER and was diagnosed with a mild concussion and hairline fracture by my left eye.

Now whenever I lay on the left I get this cold, wet sometimes tingly feeling on the top left side of my head and it freaks me out. I keep thinking I have a brain bleed but it's been 2 weeks and I think I would have really noticed intense symptoms by now if i had one. Is this an anxiety symptom?? It really bothers me and mostly happens when I lay down the left side... sometimes I will feel it get cold at work but I always calm myself by looking for the nearest air vent and telling myself it's the A/C blowing on me or something...

Thanks for any advice

[Dogdoo]

Sounds like you may have dinged a nerve in your head when you fell.

It might be bruised a bit and takes time to heal.

You mentioned the neck injury; it could also be nerve related from that.

Maybe touch base with your physio about it?

If you can, go see your dr for a check.

It would be reassuring to know your okay.

If you had a brain bleed, you'd know pretty quickly.

2 weeks out, i wouldn't worry about that at all.

[Pickleshello in reply to Dogdoo]

The cold feeling isn't on my forehead though which is odd, it's more on the side/top so i dont know if the injury just radiated the nerves and kind of jiggled them or if it's just anxiety? I just had an appointment with my dr and get nervojs about having too many because i don't want her to think I'm someone who goes to the dr for every little thing. I start to feel ridiculous and it adds to my anxiety

[Dogdoo in reply to Pickleshello]

Nerve stuff can radiate.

For example, i have some back issues, been through many surgeries.

Anyway, nerve damage in my back caused neuropathy in my foot and one toe.

[Indigojoe]

check back in with y our doc about this AND discuss that fact that this has given you constant preoccupation about your health.

It takes awhile for any kind of injury to heal. THe body knows how to fix itself.

Can you simply change position when this happens ?

[Pickleshello in reply to Indigojoe]

Yeah, it goes away when I turn on my back or the other side. Today i napped on the left and woke up with it and it seemed to go away the second i turned over. Then when I stood up it felt a little tingly then slowly went away.. i wonder if i need to drink more water (probably) and my concussion just needs to heal. But if this is an anxiety symptom i don't want it to stick around. I don't have plans to go back to physio so i worry o won't cope with it on my own