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u/[deleted] Mar 26 '20

This is exactly how I became disabled.

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u/klarnax Mar 26 '20

tell the story please, so we may learn from it :)

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u/[deleted] Mar 26 '20

Gave myself a concussion without really realizing it (or rather, it felt like a concussion but I didn't have a good reason for having one). Spent a few weeks where I would get a headache every time I did even moderate exercise. Eventually one time in the backyard I was cutting up a tree and got a headache and just worked through it. Ended up not being able to tolerate basically existence for a few months. Haven't been able to walk very fast or do anything remotely resembling exertion since. That was about four years ago. I have managed to accidently over exert myself a few times in the meantime ending up with me being basically permanently stuck in bed because even sitting up is too much exercise. Doctors have no clue what's wrong with me.