Headaches

[Florinde]

He, I’m 16 years old and at the moment I get a lot of headaches. Most of the time the pain is in my forehead and stings. Sometimes there's this pressure to on the sides of my head. I really want to get rid of it because next year will be my exam year. I’m afraid it's going to be a big problem if I'm still stuck with those headaches!
I don’t have a very stressful life or something, and I don’t listen hard music or scream a lot. At school it is busy, hectic and loud sometimes, but not always. I really don’t know what I have to do about it. What I would like to know is what can be the cause of these pains and what can I do about it? Thanks a lot!

[SamPCS]

You have classic symptoms of Post Concussion Syndrome.  There are many things you can do to relieve the symptoms and is a trial and error effort.

Headache medicines, therapies, addressing neck injuries, vision issues, ear issues etc.,    Find a right doctor who knows about Post Concussion Syndrome and unfortunately there are not that many.  

Some don't even have a clue about it so be careful when you go to some one and dont get disappointed.  I have been suffering for 2.5 years and finding my own way of dealing with things.  Now I ask lot of questions to doctors and demand what I want to be done.  You are the one who take care of your health so take control.

[Florinde]

Thanks for reacting! I had an incident in march 2010, a scooter drove in to me and my bike. I slapped hard on the ground and at the hospital I was told I had a heavy concussion. I've laid flat for a week, wasn't allowed to do anything more strenuous but sleeping, eating and sitting. After that week I slowly picked op daily things. I went to school for 2 or 4 hours a day and that was more then enough that week. I was very tired and was that third week still not able to go to school whole days. I dance and that to I couldn't do for more then a month.
After that month everything went a bit to normal, I was still tired and had to take much rest and time for myself. My head was at the first week hurting a lot, with every step I took. That became less with the days and after two months it was not more then a shimmering pain in my forehead.
I did notice that the pain came back more strong at busy moments or when I was watching a screen for more then an hour. That is how it is now, but with less structure. It comes at moments I really don’t expect the pain, like when I get out of bed in the morning. That what I’m worried about, the times the pain comes when it shouldn’t.

That’s the story so far, I hope you can help me.

[WPV]

Hello Floor,

Ofcourse, since you are at the age of 16, there is a slight possibility that these pains come from "growing up".
But since you are looking for help at the traumatic brain injury community you obviously hav had some trauma to your head.

Could you please describe the incident in which you suffered the head-trauma and how your health was until the first 4 weeks after that incident.

CU, WPV