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Q: car accident and memory loss ??

asked by: MandeeMoo on March 11th, 2009

Experienced User

a few years back i was in a serious car accident where i head butted the windscreen an the pole the car hit, i had slight amnisia after where i didnt no who i was where i was what the date or time was or who the people around me were i got that memory back 10 mins later, i dont remember everything that happend in the accident but ever since then my memory has been really bad with short term stuff, could the accident have caused this?

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MimGregg

replied on March 19th, 2009

New User

MandeeMoo/car accident

Yes Mandee, the car accident with head butt could definitely cause memory issues. If you have insurance, I would highly recommend you get a neuropsychological evaluation to measure the extent of damage to the brain. I had a head injury, and the evaluation was very helpful in determining where the damage was and why I have some long term memory issues and very bad short term memory issues.

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