Has anyone had a concussion before?

[sephora]

I'm asking because I was at a party and I passed out in the bathroom, and my friend told me that people kept opening the door and hitting me in the head. So we were joking that I might have a concussion, and all I've been having is headaches and today I had a short memory lapse..but I don't want to be paranoid over nothing.

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Thankyou everyone for all the advice! :) I feel much better today. I was probably being paranoid.

[Betawolf]

I have had four. Big deal since I play soccer A LOT, and they usually don't let you keep playing after you have had two or three due to the risk of death or serious injury. I got my first one being pushed out of the back of a pickup truck, landed right on my head =P. The other three were all in different play-off soccer games in high school and college. All three were because I ran by the last defender and was about to score so they decided to slide tackle me from behind. Clipped the post in one, and made some pretty good face impressions in the ground on the other two.

Some minor symptoms that I have had:

Headaches

Dizziness

Feeling of Spinning

Ringing in the Ears

Fatigue

Stuttering

Some major symptoms that I have had:

Vomiting

Nausea

Loss of Hearing

Loss of Memory (very short-term)

Passing Out

I still pass out randomly every once in a great while from my previous concussions. This is a reason why I shouldn't be playing soccer. Soccer is my life though, so I don't tell the doctors that I have had more than two. Occasionally I will lose my train of thought and blank my words, or I'll just forget what is happening around me for a while.

For you. You could have a concussion. The headaches are always a sign of it, especially if they are constant and go on for prolonged amounts of time. The short memory lapse could also be a symptom, but you were at a party and passed out, from drinking I'm going to assume. The lapse could have been because by the alcohol and passing out. Same with the headaches too, you could just have some pain from the door hitting you so much. I would say you have a MINOR concussion if one at all.

Things to do:

Sleep (on your side)

Don't drive or operate vehicles if you can help it

Drink a lot of water

Ibuprofen or some other form of anti-swelling medicine

Ice your head

If it doesn't go away in a day or two I would definitely head into the doctor.

[sephora]

thanks!, I've been drinking lots of water.

[Betawolf]

Good! Hope you feel better =)

[RicoSuave]

I had one when I was 14 or 15 I don't remember

Long story short. . .

In HS while playing hand ball I slipped and hit

my head on the edge of a brick. I remember the

impact was pretty hard, as if someone had flashed

bright light in my eyes. I lay there out of it. My friends

came to me, I could see them around me but for some

reason I couldn't move or gain control of myself. don't know

how much time passed. But than I remember just being

in the nurse office. I had a huge bump in the back of my

head. Nurse also told me to not go to sleep.

apparently it's dangerous. They mentioned if one goes

to sleep they may not wake up. I don't know if it's true or not. Me being

scared, I didn't go to sleep. Although for some reason it makes

you feel drowsy, tired and definitely sleepy.

[kady4e]

yeah, that's true. you shouldn't go to sleep right after hitting your head, you may have a light leakage on your brain after the hit (like how it happens when you hit your leg somewhere and it gets with that purple color) if you keep awake your blood pressure keeps normal and that will vanish... but if you go to sleep your blood pressure will slow down and that blood can coagulate and that may because death :s

[rachiee]

How much were you drinking? You may have blackened out from drinking. I've had two concussions. One where I was 12 shots deep of vodka. Anyways the concussion caused me to basically sober up right away after I woke up (about a few minutes) and puke everywhere. There was a huge knot on my head that lasted weeks as well. It sounds like you're just hungover plus head trauma which is causing the headaches. The memory lapse could be from drinking and blacking out.

[roxygirlskier]

do you feel more tired? in a strange mood? is there a particular part on your head that hurts? do you have any nausea/vomitting? you might want to check with the school health center just in case. n/v is more severe. sometimes when you get a mild concussion you just feel kind of tired and a little off. adequate rest and nutrition are the key to healing. don't do anything to physically or mentally straining either. let your brain rest

[Dantemustdie]

When someone suffers from a concussion, the head receives some kind of trauma, which causes your brain to hit against the sides of your skull, it is usually caused by somethign more than what you've described. I think the memory loss and headaches are indicative of a hangover since you were passed out lol, I've never had a concussion before but I've seen people who did. nice profile pic btw

[sephora]

the party was on Saturday, so I don't think I would be hungover till Monday, so I think ill just see if I'm fine tomorow...thanks for liking my profile pic lol.

[InquisitiveMale]

You can have a hangover that lasts 48hours by the way. It happens.

[Dantemustdie]

yeah that is true, only if you've had a godlike amount of drink though, or you just aren't used to dealing with booze

[turbonergrodude92]

I would get it checked out by a doctor just to be sure, it can lead to more serious problems like strokes either now or latter on in your life. And all the doctor needs to do is shine a light in your eyes. I know if you have trouble with your balance or becoming confused about simple things GET TO A HOSPITAL STRAIGHT AWAY.

[theydidntnameme]

i had one in 1st grade. it was a footrace between other kids to get a ball that was kicked away. the ball was bouncing toward a wall and apparently everyone stopped short of the wall but me lol... I don't really remember much though so I can't be of much help. but I ended up going home for the day after seeing a doctor and I ate cereal when I got home :)

[NoOneListens21]

aawww

[Karass]

I had one for over a week. Lost my hearing one side, changed emotions quickly, passed out, slept a lot, vommitted, memory loss, black out. All you can do is relax take pain killers I never went to a doctor but I still have a dent in my head from it nothing noticable but you can feel it with fingers.

[JohnnyBlaze]

You've probably had a mild one. Others are right; if it doesn't go away in a day or two, call your doctor to at least get it checked out.

I had a major one, in the fall of 2010 (about two months before Sydney Crosby had his first), and much like Sid the Kid, I'm still feeling its effects. Yeah, concussions suck.

[InquisitiveMale]

I've had several in my youth. So much so that after the third, unless severe, the hospital would simply send me home with my mother. She knew the routine.

You're fine. You're just suffering from a hang-over.

[sephora]

the party was on Saturday, so I don't think I would be hungover till Monday. lol

[InquisitiveMale]

The procedures for the most part are simple. Check your vitals (your fine, you're here with us 48hours later), they ask you questions like, what is your name, what is today's date, where are you, (to make sure you're lucid) but you're communicating with us so again you can check this off your list. Then sometimes they hook you up to an Iv and give you a drip for the first 24-48hours (you've passed the time frame already), and they also wake you up every 2 hours to insure you don't go into a coma

[InquisitiveMale]

It's typically the most 24-48 hours that are most dangerous with concussions. You've passed the critical moments and if you had suffered a concussion you can almost be positive you're out of the woods now.

Only thing I would say now is... if you did suffer a concussion be careful in the future. You're more susceptible to receiving another one for upwards of two years after.

[sarahh_12]

Well it could be a severe hangover... WAtch out for dizziness, vomiting, ringing in the ears, and really if it lasts longer than just today you should go to a physician to be safe and make sure there's no sever brain damage.

[Mr_Solo_Dolo]

I had one when I was about nine years old. I don't remember a lot of it though. I just remember blacking out like three or four times on the way to the hospital and then just waking up in a bed by myself.

[KERMlT]

I had one when I was younger and made it home. I don't remember it but my mom told me that anything I said was garbled and incoherent. She made sure I didn't fall asleep that night and by the next day we were in the clear.

[cgrizzlybarron]

Haha headaches? That's definitely a concussion lol. I had one in November and your brain is probably been damaged even worse because you had alcohol in your system while you got your concussion(s).

[wormyrug]

Those are the symptons of concussion, although nice to know that people were so caring as to move you out of the way of the door.

[MyNameIsJonas]

DId you have a large bruise or a bump on your head? If not then your probably fine, you just had a wild night of drinking.

[martyfellow]

almost everyone has. There are degrees of concussion, all of us have had the lower level concussions.

[Operations]

Probably not, but if you did have some sort of concussion, it's mild. Might want to confirm it with a physician. My father did in mid-'11 and he's still suffering from it. Mostly recovered, but only remembers bits and pieces of information.

[emerald77]

I have had a few, and you should really get that checked. If you do happen to have one and it goes untreated it can lead to more serious complication which could have been easily avoided. Good luck!

[JanJan]

I would check with a doctor, just in case. It sounds like you might have a mild one. Don't drink alchohol for at least a week just in case!

[AndyWes]

I had a concussion from hitting a tree with my bike. I was dazed, nauseous, could not walk easily, and had a big lump.

[Iadoreyou87]

maybe you should go to the doctor and have you check out... as precaution?

[Anonymous]

I had a concussion before and had post concussion syndrome by the time I went to the ER. They did a CT and prescribed me Naxopren for the pain. It really helped. You should go see a doctor.

[MikeK]

You shouldn't be drinking PERIOD at your age, let alone to the point of blacking out

[Iadoreyou87]

I think she's over 18!

[sephora]

Im 20, old enough to drink.

[MikeK]

21 is the legal drinking age honey... still too young to be a full-out drunk

[sephora]

I live in Canada..drinking age is 19

[Xx_DRE_xX]

I almost blacked out from getting hit by a car @ 12 but I didn't ha ha :D

[AmberChick]

What nice friends you have!

[sephora]

lol, no it wasn't like that, there was also somebody else in the bathroom in the same state I was and they were also helping him, I was just in the way and couldn't move.

[JustAnOpinion]

what kind of friends do that?

[sephora]

they were actually taking care of me, but there was a bunch of people in the bathroom