What To Do If You Think You Have Had a Concussion?

I have tingling in my right foot right hand and face. Doctor says give it time

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Such good information, wish I knew this then (and could do something about it....). When I was 9 years old, I fell off a bucking horse, lost my head protection before my head slammed into the ground. I remember the pain and a 'blinding flash'(?) in my brain.

I felt very sick, don't remember if I vomited. When I was taken home, I had extremely high fever for many days.
(My mother who had been present at the fall, told my father I had caught some bad virus, and was never told the truth...as I found out when I was an adult and much older).

I used to be a brilliant kid before the accident/fall...photographic memory, top of my class and happy-go-lucky. A lot of it changed including memory, retention, personality and feeling like I was in a fog much of the time.

I am here to tell you that while my life changed (think lost opportunities and maybe related health challenges overcome and to come), there is hope. Without any diagnosis, I survived..... one day (literally and dramatically), the fog lifted and while I never regained my prowess as 'super-kid', I did function for much of my life. Maybe the brain regrew new pathways?

While I do feel the irresponsibility and abuse of one parent changed my life in childhood development years, I am more concerned at the age of 65, in preparing for the remaining years. Are the current loss of my vocabulary, memory and some confusion and decline in physical abilities, a result of longer term damage to my 9 year old self, or just my aging self?

Will the CT scan/Neurological test/MRI help at this stage?

Sometimes, the symptoms of brain injury show up months later. I hit my head in mid-October and just a few weeks ago, I started having unexplained headaches, dizziness, and nausea. I had a CT scan out of an abundance of caution and then had a neuro workup. Sure enough, I failed most of the tests; a classic example of "limbic and mid-brain" concussion that did not heal. What works 50% of the time, is Neurofeedback, but fortunately, I know about Brainwave Optimization (Brain State Technology), which is much faster and works 100% of the time. So, I am doing that next week. If I'd known I had a concussion earlier, I would have stopped drinking wine, lifting weights and working so much, and taken the time to REST. Hindsight is 20/20...but maybe I can help someone else. Get a neuro workup, even if you feel okay. And look into Brainwave Optimization.

My girlfriend hits me all the time . I take the beatings because I'm afraid to be alone. My question is, how many concussions are dangerous?

I’ve had a series of concussions and for me, the more I resisted and the more I told people I was “fine” when it happened, the worse off I ended up being when I actually went into the hospital and was formally diagnosed. In sports, often the players are visibly angry at being taken out of the game for concussion protocol yet are later happy they were. As I write this, I’m two days into a recent a concussion so I apologize in advance for the poor sentence structure (I’m not kidding, unfortunately). My point: angry resistance is likely a sign that you have a concussion-you aren’t less of a man or woman for getting yourself checked out.

I am 15 and yesterday during colorguard practice (colorguard is the girls during the football halftime shows that come out with the 5 feet long flags and twirl them around and toss them). But yeah we were doing the work for one of the sets and the girl next to me didn't move to her next spot which ended in me getting smacked by the medal part of the flag on my head a couple inches away from my left side temple. It stung for around 1 minute. Now its the next day and I have a headache and woke up later then normal. I don't know if that's the cause of me being naturally tired from the game or practice all week. Also the left side of my neck is starting to hurt. What do I do ?

I drank this weekend and I was over intoxicated I fell off my bed it's about 3feet up. My floor is concrete cause I live in a dorm I think my head bashed against the floor I'm having headaches and I have swelling on the left side of my head, and my left eye has also been bothering me as well should I wait and see if this goes away or should I go see a doctor?

I was involved in a motorcycle accident and only started feeling nauseous dizzy and double vision headaches pain around my neck and fatigue the next day what should I do?

I fainted at work and fell straight back I hit my head on concrete I couldn't barely walk, my vision wasn't right, I had a weird taste in my mouth, my mouth was so dry. I couldn't focus, everything sounded weird around me. I was falling in and out of sleep and I still don't feel right today?

I am almost 14. Today i got hit on the head with a ball with a soccer ball. I was sent out of the game because I wasn't feeling to good and I am researching if I have a concussion. 

I just got in an auto accident today in FtW TX (I was rear ended and got shoved). The accident appeared minor, but the back of my head hit the seat. When I got out of the car, I got dizzy and I afterwards threw up and started to have cold sweats. Part of me thinks it is shock of the accident, but part of me is concerned: What if? The police dismissed the accident as minor, but I am still in pain and I am concerned. I asked my work mates and my husband to watch me the next couple days to see any abnormalities in my behavior. I can't afford a CT scan. The insurance told me it is up to me if I seek any medical tests, but I have to pay for it. What should I do?