Anyone with experience?
I may really need to know.
My melon has been crushed a couple times.
Anyone with experience?
I may really need to know.
My melon has been crushed a couple times.
Football players have been getting all the attention, until they studied hockey players.
Concussed kids are taken seriously now.
Is there a healing process or is it irrevocable?
Here, I’ll be that guy: Talk to your doctor. I’m assuming that every situation is different.
A friend of mine had their bell rung a few times. After the last incident, they were told that the next time could be their last.
Between 9 documented concussions and Ehlers Danlos, I've had to stop doing a lot. The key is to find something that relaxes you that you enjoy to manage to stay centered and as opposed to thinking about what you're not able to do. It also seems to help with the brain fog.
2 documented concussions here, and I hope to never have another. No obvious effects as of now, though.
My last one many years back I lost a week. I functioned and did stuff. No memory of any of it. A big wake up that maybe I was not invincible. That was 35 years ago. I have been very carful ever since.
You only got one brain take good care of it.
Captdownshift (Forum Supporter) said:Between 9 documented concussions and Ehlers Danlos, I've had to stop doing a lot. The key is to find something that relaxes you that you enjoy to manage to stay centered and as opposed to thinking about what you're not able to do. It also seems to help with the brain fog.
Wait, are you saying those behavioral things could be from concussions? I've had at least 5 concussions (4 while wearing helmets). Guess I need to do some research.
Thank you for posting. This is something I hadn't thought of before.
What exactly are you asking?
I've had one suspected concussion. I don't seem to be any worse for the wear because it was likely quite a mild one, and a single one. The more severe it is and the more you get, the worse things get. In other words, I don't have any recognizable CTE symptoms (yet), though I do suffer from PTSD (and it has greatly worsened by depression, anxiety, and ADHD, all of which worsen each other) and my doc said to start thinking about my recovery as if I'd been hit by a bus because the resulting brain injury presents itself similarly.
I have numerous college football players in my family. My children will never play football, do any kind of boxing/mma, play rugby, etc. There are a couple of people who are... well, they've become stupid because of it.
Hockey is the closest I'll let them play, because I'm more comfortable with the risks and since I only have a daughter right now, there won't be checking.
Helmets do not prevent concussions. You cannot stop your brain from hitting the inside of the skull. There are things you can do to improve it, but at the end of the day we are chasing very small margins of improvement, at least in hockey.
Last I checked, CTE can only be diagnosed by looking at the brain in slices under microscope. For some reason, they don't tend to do this while you are alive.
Experts can make a presumptive diagnosis of CTE based on a person's symptoms, physical and neurological exam, and history of head injuries. They may also recommend certain lab and imaging tests, but these tests usually rule out other conditions instead of diagnosing CTE. Symptoms include memory loss, confusion, aggression, poor impulse control, and slow movement. However, CTE symptoms can overlap with many other conditions, some of which are treatable.
I've had 6 documented concussions and around 2-3 dozen more. This is something I was really researched up on but have let it slide as the only real recourse is to have people who love and care about you monitor your behavior and emotions.
In reply to mtn :
I remember that thread. Where is foxtrapper now? Is he still posting?
The most recent post I could find quickly:
foxtrapper UltimaDork
7/11/24 5:50 p.m.
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