I had a concussion about a month ago
today. I was diagnosed by a neurologist.
My original symptoms were usual concussion
symptoms; disconnected thoughts, slowed
reaction times, headaches, feeling akward,
major anxiety, but one I thought was odd
was wherever I went, it visually looked
like everything slanted left. Some of the
symptoms have gone away but the thing that
took longest to go away was the slanting
room. Now its fine, but now it seems no
matter where I look, I'm looking downward.
I first noticed this on a long drive home
from college, some people have told me
they've noticed the same thing like you
cant tell whether the road is going down
or up. Before I would train my brain to
think when I look forward and it looks
down, just to look somewhere else and
preoccupy myself and it worked for a
little while, but now I feel like I'm
getting into a habit of "you're just
blocking it out, what you're seeing is
reality", if that makes any sense. I don't
understand why. Now every time I get in a
car especially, I'll feel the need to
focus on what's in front of me, and it
turns into what would seem like I was
looking down from inside my car, but down
being where the street meets the sky.
Thats the best I can explain it, that
when I look forward, it's like I'm looking
down. Where the skyline meets whatever
structure I'm looking at, it looks down.
It's extremely traumatic because it's like
I'm ALWAYS looking down, like I'm going to
fall forward. It used to be only outside,
but now its when I'm indoors too. I'll
focus on the wall in front of me and think
"that is down" and it looks like its down
too. Gravity is the only thing keeping me
sane, the only thing I can tell myself is
if that were down, you'd be pulled that
way, but it doesnt help the feeling that
I'm visibly seeing what's in front of me
is down.
If anyone has any reply that would be
great.
Thanks,
Travis
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Tmddyan
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Posted: 04-08-08 17:52pm
Hey Travis, i hope that you get some
answers. did they give you any mental
exercises to do? perhaps it will take a
little time for the part of the brain that
deals with vision to heal.
hang in there
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Travis13
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Joined: 22 Mar 2005 Posts: 29
Posted: 04-10-08 14:31pm
Nah, not at all. They gave me Klonopin to
deal with the anxiety attacks but it
doesnt help my vision at all and it
usually just sedates me to where I dont
care about anything. Thanks for the post.
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Georgia59
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Posted: 05-02-08 14:02pm
Travis- if you're still around, have you
been back to see another neurologist? I
really hope you get this figured out.
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