New To Group Hi

[Fitz5]

HI, I probably should've posted about me first, never been on blogs and such. My name is Dawn, was in a car accident last May and suffered a concussion-my third. For the first few weeks, I was light and sound sensitive and my balance was really bad. After almost a year with Physical, Occupational, and recently Speech therapy because I started to stutter and have issues finding the right words when too stimulated in addition to medication for the most part my symptoms are managable. My Speech therapist also discovered I have some short term memory loss that I am also working on. This bothers me the most because in my job I have to be able to think on my feet. Always. I don't know if this is my new normal and what my next step will be -still out of work. But I do know I was soooo excited to find this group because I just need others to "talk to"Thanks for letting me "vent'.

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[steve55]

hi i too suffer from short term memory loss, i can be in the middle of a conversation and ive lost track of what im saying or cant think of the word im looking for, so i try to describe it, i can see what im trying to say and the word could be on the tip of my tongue but no i cant say say it.

do you suffer from any of the following......noise intolerance or mood swings?

welcome to the group, hope to hear from you again.

steve

[Chelle3069 in reply to steve55]

I suffer with the same problem when it comes to words, I know what they are in my head but by the time it gets to my mouth it is something completely different and often something really stupid and people laugh at it. I can be having a conversation with someone and I completely forget what it is I was talking about, when I ask what we were talking about it has completely gone and have no idea what the conversation was about, or what it was about. My moods are awful, one minute I can be on top of the world with no cares, and then rock bottom crying my eyes out and not knowing why I've changed so quickly. I was thinking I was going nuts.

[steve55 in reply to Chelle3069]

have you tried meditation?

[Fitz5 in reply to steve55]

Hi Steve! Thx for the welcome. I had a really hard time with noise for a while. I wore ear plugs for a long time and they really helped. The silicone ones were great. I know exactly what u mean about the word on the tip of your tongue! And ugh the short term memory- I need that back in order to do my job really working on that. Check out the Lumosity app. It’s is games to help with memory. It’s been great help

[keeley24]

Memory loss and different levels of it is probably the most common effect of BI some like me just have the short term memory problems that do improve others can have memory loss of past events in distant future. Someone who goes to BI group I go to has needed speech therapy and is terrible at remembering people’s names. He it one of nicest men tho and very polite and constantly apologies for forgetting names but can not remember even one name and struggles saying names unless you say them clearly directly to him. Memory can get better as I used to forget to lock doors and turn oven off after using it but that has improved now and I would say my memory is ok now.

[Fitz5 in reply to keeley24]

That’s what I’m hoping the therapy will help with. I found an app- Lumosity it has brain games that seem to be helpful

[keeley24 in reply to Fitz5]

Yea brain games are probably best thing as they are enjoyable so you are more likely to keep doing them. I remember while I was in hospital occupational therapist tested me at solving a maze puzzle I only had quick go at it but couldn’t do it and they are so simple usually so it shows how BI can effect your thinking.

[Brigita]

Hi Im also new to the group and had my head injury in April - attended OT Speech - all seemed ok (slow at mastering bits and pieces) and discharged- staying with physio for the horrendous vertigo which magically appeared at 3 week post head injuty. Im now thinking I had better go back (I have been in denial) to OT as I struggle to go back to work. I too am in a middle of a conversation then all of a sudden forget what I am talking about. Sometimes I try to find a word and my mind is just blank. I have found myself doing a little dance and clicking my fingers when I am trying to find the word, looking up to the left of my scattered brain. I def know that things are different. Best of luck and so happy you found the group too.

[Fitz5 in reply to Brigita]

They put me on Nortryptiline that has really helped with the dizziness. I’d def go back to speech and OT too they will help.