moderate-severe brain injury....please i need answers...any neurologist here?

Question

I had a moderate to severe head injury last year, February 2006 as i remembered and since then, the symptons are STILL here..in fact it's getting worse and worse. I think i basically have a long-term untreatable head injury (on the back of my left side brain)....here are my symptoms: dizziness, loss of short-term memory, i feel like my head is about to explode because of the heaviness of it (lightheadness), when i wake up in the morning my eyes are awake but my mind is still asleep and in school my brain barely function, i get seizures everyday, i cannot read books because i could not understand the words since only my eyes reads them....when i study for a test, i read the words but they could not get IN my head, confusion, headache --> gets worse over time for a year, my sleep patterns had change, my logic ability to reason changed, tired eyes (healthy according to me ophtalmologist), i have trouble concentrating, and it's very hard for me to think since i feel like my brain hurts so

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...much, and i am often unconcious--> like i'm not even awake, i feel tired and restless all the time, my hand-eye coordination does not function much, and i get arms and neck numbness. Please, i need answers...i do not have my appointment until May 31st with my local neurologist and yet my symptons are getting worst and i feel like i'm about to pass out and die.

Answer 1

If you don't have an appointment until May 31, maybe you should go to the emergency room instead of relying on people's unprofessional opinions on the internet.

Answer 2

Recovery from traumatic brain injury occurs in a predictable sequence. From what you say, it appears that your insight into your deficits is actually IMPROVING. You are continuing to experience attention problems (not unlike ADD, but it has a different etiology). In addition to the cognitive problems (memory, attention, reasoning, insight), you likely have a degree of "alexia without agraphia" , which is an acquired language disorder.
Be sure to write down every problem that has been troubling you, and show all of it to the neurologist. You could benefit from seeing a speech pathologist as an outpatient; ask the neurologist to refer you for an evaluation and treatment. He/she can communicate to the school about your deficits; you need extra help in school, too.

Answer 3

Eight years ago I had a brain injury. I had amnesia for a year and a half. I still have all the symptoms you have. I have been going to therapy for Eight years.
The old you is gone. You have to learn to cope with the new you.
You are not the only one. Contact your local Brain Injury Association.

Answer 4

nicely, bigger intracranial tension might nicely be brought about via extremely some multiple issues, like a techniques tumor, intracranial hemmorhaging (bleeding in the techniques), trauma, a blockage of CSF and another situations inclusive of meningitis could reason bigger ICP. Now, whilst all i could be doing is guessing right here, i'm assuming which you're in seek of for guesses to in keeping with risk provide you a concept of what it may be. Its actual not meningitis, as she'd be lifeless with it for 3 months, and its maximum possibly not any sort of trauma, because of the fact i could think of which you're able to have secure that had shehad any head trauma. My suited wager could be a tumor. reckoning on the component to the techniques a tumor is in, it could have many diverse outcomes, as diverse components of the techniques administration multiple issues. whilst the unexpected onset would not unavoidably make experience for something different than trauma (which, returned, i could think of you're able to comprehend approximately) it extremely is attainable that a tumor replaced into there and grew to a factor to result a definite area of the techniques, and as quickly because it grew to that factor, her indicators began. an alternate determination, whilst unlikely and uncommon, could be Reye's syndrome. Its oftentimes a ailment that outcomes babies, some 19 and below, and infrequently adults, and between the reasons is on the subject of taking aspirin whilst having viruses such because of the fact the flu or fowl pox.

Answer 5

Since you have very lucidly explained your problem,there is no abnormality whatsoever in you.I think you are suffering from only plain anxiety and related nervousness.You appear to be perfectly normal in your writing.Maybe its psychological.In case you had an injury, it might have healed up by now.Our mind/brain is unique.It has the ability to repair itself over a period of time.I know of one friend of mind who met with an accident and had severe internal haemorrahage in his brain.Docs told that he may not survive.Since he was not in a condition to bear the medical expenses involved,inspite of we all contributing our mite,his family had no other option but to leave everything to fate.After a month or two, he recovered but symptoms akin to yours continued.Even some of them were worse then yours.He could not recognize anyone,lost his power of speech,equilibrium,had severe head aches etc.But today after more then 2 yrs he has joined a job and is continueing happily.So I mean to say head injuries if serious,end up as fatalities very soon.But those who survive for more then 7-10 days, get cured over a period of time.

Answer 6

http://www.webmd.com/brain/tc/Traumatic-Brain-Injury-Concussion-Overview
http://www.webmd.com/mental-health/dementia-head-injury
http://www.webmd.com/search/search_results/default.aspx?query=brain%20injury&sourceType=undefined
There are videos on here, too.
http://www.neurology.org/
http://www.brainandspine.org.uk/information/publications/brain_and_spine_booklets/head_injury_and_concussion/recovery_from_a.html

http://www2.braintrauma.org/guidelines/index.php
http://www.severe-brain-injury.com/
http://tbilaw.com/AboutSeverePage.html
I am a retired electrician. I hope that I have helped.

Answer 7

sorry!1..........