Medical Question

[FayetheADHDsquirrel]

If someone fell into a shelf striking their head on the edge or corner and later had dizzy spells for around 2 years or so even going blind for just a few seconds a couple of times along that time line, would that be likely to have been a TBI?

 

[Judge]

"Dizzy spells lasting for two years could be related to a traumatic brain injury, especially if they followed an incident like a concussion. It's important to consult a healthcare professional to determine the cause and appropriate treatment."

Persistent post-concussive symptoms (Post-concussion syndrome) - Symptoms and causes

How Head Injuries Cause Vertigo Years Later

 

[Masked Man]

If someone fell into a shelf striking their head on the edge or corner and later had dizzy spells for around 2 years or so even going blind for just a few seconds a couple of times along that time line, would that be likely to have been a TBI?

Very possibly, yes, especially if those symptoms occur only after a traumatic event and never before.

 

[FayetheADHDsquirrel]

That was many years ago, I don't usually have dizzy spells now. Yes, they started after the injury. I have had other head injuries including a few that left me with similar symptoms for just a few days as opposed to multiple years but I am pretty sure the time described was the most severe.

 

[Jumpinbare]

I got a bit of a bump years ago. I've got so many neurological glitches it's hard to tell if there was lasting effects in my case.


I would bring your symptoms up at your next Dr visit.

 

[FayetheADHDsquirrel]

@Jumpinbare Ouch! That looks painful. What happened? I don't go to regular doctor appointments. In fact, the last time a doctor saw me (other than a psychiatrist) was when someone stomped my ribcage and I got pneumonia at the same time. That was about two decades ago.

 

[Jumpinbare]

One of these collapsed at work and hit me in the head

 

[FayetheADHDsquirrel]

One of these collapsed at work and hit me in the head
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So it was a workplace injury?

 

[Rodafina]

That was many years ago, I don't usually have dizzy spells now. Yes, they started after the injury. I have had other head injuries including a few that left me with similar symptoms for just a few days as apposed to multiple years but I am pretty sure the time described was the most severe.

From what I understand, there can be a cumulative effect from multiple concussions. I wonder if this might be part of it.

It does sound like something to discuss with a doctor if you can.

 

[Dagan]

Not to strike fear, but I would personally be worried about the chance of blood clots / aneurysm.

There's an old phrasing that rings quite true - if you hit your head quite hard, but you don't feel a knot on the outside...the damage done is very likely pressing inward instead.

 

[Ronald Zeeman]

A month prior to my stroke I lost the hearing in my left ear for a few minutes. I went to my doctor thinking it was wax buildup, while there he also gave me a flu shot, this was on a Friday evening after work Monday I was sick felt like flu
was to start my five weeks vacation and last day at work having my retirement luncheon on Thursday. Just felt well enough on Thursday to go back to work suspect I had reaction to flu vaccine. Ten days after my birthday I had my stroke suspect stroke now was caused by blood clot caused by covid which either my sister or a attendee from a function we attended in Niagara falls which some Americans also attended, my sister had come back from a business meeting in new York city, where she caught covid. Either way I ended in hospital for three months lost ability to walk
relearned by will power as been their done that So do not ignore. My older brother passed from a stroke two months prior to my hearing lose incidence. He had fallen and hit his head a prior broke his toilet prior to this. So do not ignore. I think he was fainting told no one. We his family fixed his toilet as he could not afford plumber My sister had visited him called us, while he was in hospital.

 

[FayetheADHDsquirrel]

@Ronald Zeeman I'm sorry to hear about your brother. I hope you are doing much better now yourself.

 

[FayetheADHDsquirrel]

I think everyone misunderstood part of the original post. I did not say that I was currently having dizzy spells or going blind for a few seconds. I was referring to a past occurrence. I was just trying to get verification of whether it would have likely counted as a TBI back at the time.

 

[Judge]

I was just trying to get verification of whether it would have likely counted as a TBI back at the time.

Verification? Counted for what? For what specific purpose? It really depends on what you are truly contemplating.

If you're looking at some kind of compensation, that could get really complicated in terms like workers compensation or SSDI coverage. Where there are no simple answers for many questions under even the best of circumstances.

 

[Ronald Zeeman]

@Ronald Zeeman I'm sorry to hear about your brother. I hope you are doing much better now yourself.

Thanks, my brother passed away five years ago 2019I was more concerned about my siblings as they almost lost two of us in the span of a few months. My stats scare me brother was 65 when he passed I was 10 days into my 65 year.
I keep seeing friends and family get sick pass on inflection points basically musical chairs.

 

[FayetheADHDsquirrel]

Verification? Counted for what? For what specific purpose? It really depends on what you are truly contemplating.

If you're looking at some kind of compensation, that could get really complicated in terms like workers compensation or SSDI coverage. Where there are no simple answers for many questions under even the best of circumstances.

It's not financial. I guess you could say it has to do with solving my own curiosity plus being able to speak up for myself about certain things to both professionals and the general public because mentioning a past head injury seems to get better responses from professionals whereas if autism is given as the reason for certain things they make weird assumptions and I do have several symptoms that were not part of my early childhood (frequent brain fog, visual snow, frequent mood incongruent laughter, occasional mood incongruent crying, sudden major mood shifts that don't last long enough to be bipolar). That said I do think my ASD diagnosis is correct because I already had obsessive interests, didn't like certain textures, ect.

 

[Jumpinbare]

So it was a workplace injury?

Yes it was. Good thing, because I didn't lose any pay during my recovery time.

 

[FayetheADHDsquirrel]

If you're looking at some kind of compensation, that could get really complicated in terms like workers compensation or SSDI coverage. Where there are no simple answers for many questions under even the best of circumstances.

It wasn't a job injury. It was a ADHD child deciding to balance and stuff on top of a ball and at some point it going out from under her injury. I didn't learn. I still like my balance tricks and such.

 

[Judge]

It wasn't a job injury. It was a ADHD child deciding to balance and stuff on top of a ball and at some point it going out from under her injury. I didn't learn. I still like my balance tricks and such.

I can relate to a degree in that in learning of my autism, I sometimes wonder if I do also have comorbid ADHD. A thought that continues to vex me as some things seem unusually difficult to learn, and how at times it becomes difficult to focus when I need to.

It bothers me to think that when I learn on my own, things seem to go better for me than when I must be in a formal learning capacity. Though in my old age, much of it all no longer matters.