Hello everyone , I'm new to the forum. I am interested in occipital neuralgia and post concussion . I have had an accident in February and then 3 to 4 medium/light blows to my head in May. However since them I have an extremely sensitive head with very minor knocks causing headaches and throbbing and discomfort.
I am aware that I am not in great pain but still a bit wary.
Not sure if I should ignore the symptoms & carry on as normal.
I would seek a professional opinion. The brain is a complicated thing and even a slight shake after a larger one can cause different symptoms etc best bet would be to get it checked and even talk to headway 😀 all the best.
Hello Merlin,. Welcome to the forum. Headaches are a common symptom after concussion / mild traumatic brain injury.
As Beachlovingkiwi says, do go and talk to your doctor about this - also ring the Headway helpline in office hours 0808 800 2244 for information and advice - possibly before speaking to your GP.
In the meantime perhaps you can tell us a little more about your accident, what carrying on as normal entails, and whether you've had a CT or MRI scan at all please? (Plus, please try not to bang your head - these knocks can have cumulative effects)
Hope this helps 🌸
Hi thanks for getting back to me I really apprecaite that. My appraoch has been to stick my head in the sand and hope my symptons go away hence my lack of response to your msg, sorry about that. I have noe made an appt with GP. My accident was climbing up a loft ladder which collapsed and falling and landing on my back. I did also hit my head and my have passed out for a split second.
My main concern was my v.painful back and quick quicky I made what I thought was a full recovery. about 10 days later I started getting headaches and feeling slightly dizzy and extremely tired. This again improved after rest.
however in May I was attacked by seagulls 3 to 4 times in a couple of weeks, sounds daft but these were quite some blows to my head and I developed small lumps with tender areas. I vaguely remember some throbbing sensantions at the back of my head when waking but this also went away.
In SEptember I hit my head on a dog kennel cage! which reselted in a very bad headaches at night and feeling very tired and drowsy a few days later. about this time I also undertook excercises for my knees which involved lot of up and down movements , I did these reps for 3 days and had to stop and this resulted in extremly dizziness and headaches.
In the last 3 months I have caught my head on various things( very minor incidents )5 times, each time I have delayed headaches and dizziness which is quite minor & always disappears by about 2 weeks. Most recently in the last 24 hours I have developed Chronic fatigue type symptons & low mood , I am hoping this will pass too.
Today is a bad day & I am increasingly worried and despairing that I will be caught up in this cycle indefinately.
Oh dear Merlin, very sorry to hear that. I think it's good that you have decided to talk to your GP about all these knocks. My guess is that the key one was the loft ladder.
Concussions can and do clear up. My first one did. My current bother has been caused by a second one quite a few years after the first.
So definitely get a good overhaul and check up from your GP - including a full set of blood tests to rule anything else out. (Vitamin D deficiency can make you feel exhausted, for example.) The other cause of exhaustion can very surprisingly be depression, even if you don't feel typically depressed - which can often actually be triggered by a brain injury, (but antidepressants can sort out the disturbance in the white matter caused by the knock). So it is possible to have more than one thing going on at the same time. I think you've made a very wise decision to go to the GP to try and unravel everything. Sometimes these things do just go away, but if it's dragging on for you, it's time to get some information and support.
Let us know how you get on, and wishing you a better year in 2022 🙂
Thanks for your kind response & may your God bless you!
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