Post Concussion Syndrome?

[mannin347]

I have suffered from 2 concussions.  My first one happened tubing behind a boat in summer 2011. Fell off the tube and immediately felt dizzy, almost as if it took me a few seconds to regain myself.  I had never felt that feeling before, but assumed the jolt my head took when it hit the water that I had suffered a concussion.  I didn't begin to feel that "pressure headache" until a couple of hours later that afternoon.  Once that started it took almost a week an a half for the pressure to finally subside and I could go back to normal activity. I vouched I would never do that again....trying to sleep lying my head down on my pillow at night and that pressure building and building.  I thought my head was going to explode, it was awful. However in July 2012, I was jumping into a swimming pool to catch a football and just happened to land sideways in the water.  Instead of the known act "belly-flop", I did what I call a "head-flop" landing on the right side on my head/ear. If you can recall, if the water is hit just right it almost feels like you have hit concrete and that is exactly what happened here.  I felt the same immediate symptoms of that day in the summer of 2011 and I knew I had messed up again. The pressure began a couple hours later and I dealt with it again for roughly another week and a half. Except after this last hit, I have had trouble getting rid of this slight pressure in my head. Any type of pressure I put on my head (30 push-ups) or even bending over for just a short while can cause dizziness and a pressure-build in my head. It usually ends in me taking a Tylenol to get it to subside. If I exercise or do any overexertion of activity above my threshold I get groggy and dizzy.  After a couple days of rest go by, these symptoms go away, but that "background"pressure remains. Sometimes just lying on my pillow at night the wrong way can cause the pressure to build and I have to re-adjust.  I am sick of dealing with this and would like to not have to think about how my next actions are going to affect my head. I have done a lot of reading and through others comments, have come to the conclusion that Post Concussion Syndrome may be what I have. My parents think I'm crazy and just freaking out. Some days when the pressure is bad,  (I do a lot of bending down at work and that really irritates it) I begin to get worried and bring up getting an MRI to make sure everything is okay, they say well you seemed to be fine yesterday or the day before. From those that have been dealing with this, you know that some days you have mild pressure and some days you have extensive depending on your daily demands. For that, it is not something that is not talked about every day and that is why my parents give me grief. I even feel as if I have trouble remembering things, but that could just be a psychological effectcause I'm worried about it all.  I did talk to my doctor, but he seemed to blow-off concussions as no big deal. Is there any treatment for this? I appreciate any help in this matter.  Thank you

[FoxyJack]

I am getting tired of a variety of headaches resulting from a concussion I got while driving. All the airbags went off to the back of my MDX Acura. I have had issues with everything on the list of symptoms that you will find on the internet. While I am much better (no issues with speech, balance, and endurance is picking up some) I still have significant issues.  I did suffer a minor concussion waterskiing back in  2009. Never went to the hospital or got treated. In a short period of time the symptoms relating to vision mostly went away.  Never thought about it.
Now I am trying to recover from concussion #2 incurred in November 2015.  I am still (1.25 years later)l having headaches like you that are triggered by intense thinking and mostly movement.  If I bend over to pick some lint off the floor, for get push ups or a downward dog pose done slowly I instantly get a strong headache. usually in the front part of my head. Painful pressure and when I visit Mayo Concussion Clinic neurologist she  just says perhaps I am focusing too much on my symptoms (which is not true) or my other 2 options is for her to give me daily meds. me for the rest of my life or try out a Cefaly (Like a TENS unit) unit on my forehead for 20 minutes each day and that may help. She is no longer listening to me since she does not know what to do.  She is more interested in demanding that I tell her if I am  going to sue her and frustrated that I have not gotten well yet!  She says maybe you should go back to the first neurologist that saw you. The audiologist at Mayo is the only one that I feel listens to me.  The rest have their heads buried in their protocols which one can get on the interne. They do not listen if it doesn't fit their predetermined treatment plan! Maybe treating ourselves is better.  
PS One thing that is strange about min is @6 mo. ago I did a forward roll with the PT and I do not remember it triggering a headache.  No I am not certain I want to try it.  especially on Sunday when I have to return to work on Monday.

[nuggetone]

MRI my friend.