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Q: Constant fatigue, groggyness and mental fog.
asked by: Pheliciano on February 11th, 2008
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Around 3 months ago I had a drunken fall onto a concrete floor, hitting my forehead hard and splitting the skin open. A day later I started getting vertigo. Every time I sat up from lying down or vice-versa, the room would spin really badly. This recovered after about a week, but i still had other symptoms that remained until a month after the fall such as feeling disconnected, brain-fog, groggyness.

My doctor put me on Prochlorperazine for a week as he said I had 'mild residual vertigo' and a day after coming off the tablets I felt back to normal for a day. That evening I took a Diazepam for a crick in my neck that had developed during the day and the next day I woke up feeling fatigued.

The fatigue has continued since then (about 2 months) but along with it I have a groggy feeling like being slightly tipsy and a kind of brain fog where I don't feel completely with it. I also get occasional fellings of falling or shifting that last for a second or two about 5 or 6 times a day. I also get these sometimes when I turn over in bed at night. On top of this I have a tension at my temples which feels like someone is pressing on them constantly. My eyes also feel like the cannot focus properly too.

The symptoms vary in severity but the brain-fog; groggyness and tiredness are always there to some degree. When I am in a situation with lots going on (for example looking for something specific in a large; busy; unfamilier shop) They symptoms get worse and I feel overwhelmed and as if I am drunk.

I have been to my GP had a CT scan and blood tests which have all come back clear. I have also seen a consultant neurologist who told me that there was nothing wrong with me; that it was brought on by anxiety and that I sould stop worrying so much.

I don't think it is anxiety as the only times I feel anxious are when I think about my symptoms. The anxiety may be making things worse, but I think it is brought on the by the presence of the symptoms.

My co-ordination, memory etc all seem unaffected, which make it difficult for the doctors to understand what I am feeling.

I'm worried that it might be a result of the head injury or that the diazepam I took has somehow affected me or interacted with the prochlorperazine and changed my brain chemistry. I'm worried because of the fact that I got better and this has come on since. What I'm most worried about is that they won't be able to find anything physiologically wrong with me and I'll have to live like this.

If someone has any insight please let me know.

Many thanks.
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illustriously fickle
replied on February 14th, 2008
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I don't mean to pry ... but do you drink heavily very frequently?

Alcohol DOES change your brain chemistry.
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Verizon-y
replied on February 17th, 2008
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Don't give up, you need to see more than one doctor before you find your answer. The answer is out there, someone else must have had the exact same thing happen to them at some time or another.
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brtammy
replied on February 26th, 2008
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many prescription drugs cause fatique, as does drinking alcohol, if you are still drinking and taking any pills, you will feel tired, its a side effect.
the damage done when you fell may take a long time to go away.I am very anti prescription drug, I have seen more damage than good done to anyone who takes chemicals into thier body.
I would gather that these drugs may be giving you more anxiety than you may have naturally, creating a domino effect.
alcohol is made from sugar and grain, two things that cause fatique and anxiety to begin with, as well and ruining kidneys liver and giving you diabetes.
I would be afraid to ever drink more than a glass of wine with a meal after falling like that. I want to keep my senses.
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