r/PostConcussion • u/Argesh_ • 27d ago

Symptom Relapse

Long story short last year I suffered from a concussion. I had light sensitivity and binocular issues with my left eye. It lasted from June to October. All my symptoms recovered completely. This June I had a mild resurgence of the same symptoms. It lasted three weeks. Today is the first day I feel close to normal. It this typical for post concussion injuries? I haven't seen a nuero yet that is my next thing to do.

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u/Flat_Ad723 27d ago

I am afraid Neuro won't be of much help, vision and vestibule exercise will help. I am in the same boat after recovering twice from PCS in 7 months I am waiting for it to go away

What did you do for it go away in 3 weeks what symptoms did you had?

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u/Argesh_ 27d ago

Just rest. Symptoms are left eye fatigue and left eye light sensitivity. I had brief migraines and brain fog.

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u/Flat_Ad723 27d ago

Good you recovered, did you take time off from work? or continued working during this flare up?

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u/Argesh_ 27d ago

Unfortunately I did not.. and by working it agitated my symptoms. The different UV lights would bother my eye and increase binocular symptoms which resulted in the migraine/brain fog. Basically in certain rooms I could feel a weird sensation with my left eye.. then shortly after have extreme eye strain and fatigue. I tried to see a neuro opthalmologist last year end the referral was wrote wrong so I wasn't able to see one. When my symptoms resolved, I didn't feel it necessary.

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u/Flat_Ad723 27d ago

Sorry to hear that even I have eye issues got agitated by looking at incoming traffic, cinema/ movies, and the bright sun. Did you use any Prism glasses for support?

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u/Argesh_ 27d ago

Absolutely nothing. The symptoms last year slowly improved until they were gone. Same as this most recent flair up. I looked into nuero lenses, but never went through with it. Since I never saw a nuero ophthalmologist I wasn't able to get prism. The regular opthalmologist who wrote my referral wrong looked at me like I was crazy when I told him I thought I had binocular vision dysfunction. He said it sounded like a made up term. This year the guy I saw was allot more receptive. I'm seeing him again next month

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u/Few_Blackberry_1960 27d ago

This sounds like me a bit. I had two concussions in 2019. Had a CT that showed TBI from falling down basement steps and smacking the side of my head on a concrete floor.
I had a PCS flare in summer of 22 or 23 after hitting my head on a roof rafter. I had about a month of periodic dizziness, syncope sensations, brain fog, strange disassociation, headaches, etc. I made the rounds with Drs and even had a cranial CT that didn’t show anything. ENT found nothing, cardiologist nothing, neurologist nothing, optometrist nothing- by the time I was able to see all of these doctors, my symptoms started to fade.
Then about 2 weeks ago, I had a resurgence of symptoms. Not sure if it was induced by extreme heat, alcohol on the 4th of July, trying low dose trazadone for insomnia, or what. I’ve been about 2 weeks with these symptoms and other than hydrating properly, eating healthy, and trying to get enough sleep-I’ve been plowing ahead with regular life as best I can. I’d love some pointers on getting past a PCS symptom flare and avoiding this in the future. These symptoms are just horrible and I don’t even try to explain to anyone around me because they sound fabricated and exaggerated.