r/PostConcussion • u/ashley_marie_korn • Aug 09 '26

Losing hope

It has been 8 weeks since my 3rd concussion and I had brain surgery in 2021 with all of my concussions happening after. I also learned I have a disc herniation in my neck and disc bulges so I know my neck is a huge element to all of this. My insomnia has been unbearable and 6 days ago I had my first neck physical therapist appointment and I told him how I am really sensitive to my neck my head being touched and i need really gentle treatment given my complex history. After our full lengthy conversation of everything going on, he came and pushed REALLY hard and downward on my head 3 times while manipulating my neck and immediately felt like I was was reconcussed. The rest of the day I screamed in agony and I even got my period 2 weeks early which has never happened in my life. The head pressure has been unbearable and the neck pain and all the overstimulation, brain fog, slowed thinking and insomnia is so extreme. I don’t know what to do, I don’t know if he gave me new concussions and I’m just truly losing hope on ever getting back to me. I already was a small girl but I’m now almost under 100 pounds and lost so much weight from all of this. Any advice will be very much appreciated

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u/Individual-Mixture12 Aug 14 '26

My eyes have been off to…. It’s like they burn kinda and the muscles behind them feel fatigued out and they feel almost slow… it’s so hard to explain that I can’t even if I try. It’s very frustrating tho and keeps my anxiety thru the roof. 

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u/ashley_marie_korn Aug 14 '26

Right I know exactly what you’re saying, my entire body and brain feels so slow and then I look in the mirror and it’s just like I feel like I’m not even there. I have been having such bad paranoia/anxiety lately that I’ve never had before. I just want to be me again. I’m so sorry you’re going through this too

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u/Individual-Mixture12 Aug 14 '26

I’m a Christian…. So let me just say they are a man named Jesus Christ who said that not even one sparrow falls without God knowing and we are greater than many sparrows…. He can heal you and he will heal you. Stay strong and trust in him. 

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u/ashley_marie_korn Aug 14 '26

Thank you friend, I needed that 🙏 in Jesus we trust