Well It is time to start posting in this forum-Disease, Illness & Conditions
It looks like my recovery from a concussion is not going to be straightforward. I am starting to be able to tell when it is acting up again, though...👍
Yesterday, when I was putting on makeup and doing my hair for the first time in years, I started shaking from my waist down. I just figured it was from standing in front of the mirror longer than usual. I did think it was strange. I was shaking pretty good and I couldn't make it stop by shifting how I was standing..I just ignored it. I couldn't do anything about it anyway.🙄
Then I started to get cranky, as can be seen by my last 2 posts... Then I couldn't sleep again last night. I got 1 1/2 hours in before I had to get up to take my daughter to work. Driving was ok. It was raining like crazy, but I did fine. I will still have my oldest pick up my younger daughter from work today, though.😔
I am worried about my daughter, who was in the wreck with me. She has been having an issue with her mind interpreting what she hears. Right after the wreck, she had pressure off and on in one ear. Now she thinks she hears her co-workers talking, but it is customers in the store. I'm not gonna worry too much just yet. It is supposed to take up to 4 weeks to recover from a concussion, so I will worry more if it doesn't get better by then. 😔
Anyway, it seems like 2 steps forward and 3 steps back in the recovery from this..I guess the one thing I am worried about is this..My Husband and I argue pretty often, but the arguments have not been super intense because I have been learning to remain calm and not argue back. However, I don't seem to have control over this new irritability. 😯
This is not going to be good. If I argue back, the arguments will escalate and last longer. Then, when we argue, I seem to go into fight or flight mode (bad history between the two of us, and past childhood abuse makes this happen), so I stop thinking logically and just start reacting. My Husband has no patience with me when I act this way, and it gets ugly.😔
From what I have been reading, the fight or flight response is what is messed up with me right now...😯
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"Post-concussion, individuals may experience symptoms related to the fight or flight response due to autonomic nervous system dysfunction. This can include increased heart rate, anxiety, and heightened stress responses, which are common after a brain injury."
On the plus side, if I don't eat, the nausea is gone.Oh, well, I have until the 31st to get over this issue before my Husband comes home to stay. Maybe, just maybe, this will be better by then...😔
