Concussions....(yeah, they suck)

[EMAGDNIM]

Yeah...so I had one yesterday.

I was at my local skatepark riding my BMX and I had landed akward trying a 180 over the hip...lets just say, falling on your head with no helmet (Kids wear you helmets, I've learn my lesson but anyways) ended my head and knocked me out cold. I was woken up by paramedics and I couldn't remember my entire morning (I'm talking about getting up, I don;t even know if I had breakfast and driving there)...

My motor skills are kinda fucked (Like me taking forever to write and type), I'm finding that I'm repeading myself while talking to others....

Oh yeah, and I'm throwing up once in a while (because my head hurts soooo freakin much). I'm getting x rays today and a follow up on yesterdays trip to the ER today.

So then I heard (from the doc) that this could last for up to 3 days? I can't handle it now, and it's only a day an a bit. I have not slept in god knows how long and this throbbing in my head needs to freakin stop...

So what do I have to look forward to (people who have had this happen before?)

[-mex-]

If I remember correctly, you get to look foward to hardcore caffene consumption cuz if you fall asleep you go into a coma.

[dat shit cray]

Originally Posted by Wikipedia

Some concussions can have serious, lasting effects. The symptoms of most concussions are resolved in 48 to 72 hours, but in many patients, problems persist. In postconcussive syndrome (PCS), concussion symptoms do not resolve for weeks, months, or even years, and the patient may have headaches, light and sound sensitivity, memory and attention problems, dizziness, difficulty with directed movements, depression, and anxiety. Symptoms usually peak 4 to 6 weeks after the concussion, but may go on longer, some even lasting a year or more. Children commonly experience more severe symptoms of postconcussion syndrome than adults do. Physical therapy plus rest is the best recovery technique, and symptoms usually go away on their own.

also

If a patient receives a second blow days or weeks after a concussion, before concussion symptoms have gone away, they are at risk of developing Second Impact Syndrome (SIS) or recurrent traumatic brain injury. In this rare condition, the brain swells dangerously after a minor blow.

What Mexicans said is probably not true- an old wives tale or something but rest assured you shouldn't have to worry about going into a coma if you fall asleep. Just make sure you don't do anything that puts you in danger of hitting your head again for a little while, until the concussion symptoms go away. Hopefully your concussion clears up in the expected time.

[Spaz667]

Hey man,

Your really right...My friend had one and I didn't know so when I was talking to him he was repeating himself alot and saying some random things that had nothing to do with anything.

[津軽]

;~;

I don't know much about it, but please get better soon!

[nVGDlm_zk]

Moral of the story : Skating is stupid.

[phuzion]

Originally Posted by VGD

Moral of the story : Skating is stupid.

No, skating beyond your limit is stupid.

I skate, I know my limit. I don't exceed it by leaps and bounds on purpose.

And on the subject of concussions, there is this kid at my school who got one on Friday, and he can't remember anyone from school.

[Fuchikoma]

BMX =/= Skating, tards.

[Paul]

I nailed my head on the concrete after hitting a hand rail when I was younger, I had my helmet on but I was sorta shook up seeing what could happen if I didn't have the thing on.

[WiLLiSTER]

So... that's why I repeat things and stuff... damnit...

Don't worry, not much is going to happen. Thigns will get harder to remember and you will blank out every once and a while. Example: You'll be watching tv, see a commercial, and right after it ends, you will have no idea what you just saw.

Sucks, but yea. Try not to hurt your head anymore. Things start to REALLY SUCK when you have repeated head injuries. =[

EDIT: Oh yea, to get better, you should really push your limits. You're going to fall and get hurt. Oh well, that's part of any sport. I haven't worn a helmet. Ever. Even when I was riding trails and dirt jumps, I still wore no helmet. Though I should as often as I crash. Maybe if I stop riding flatland and go to street ill try a helmet or something, but I doubt it, lol.

[EMAGDNIM]

So I wnet for my follow up. I still have minor swelling and still have the pounding headachs but I should be getting better. They didn't find any fractures in my skull and I should be better in a week or so. I have to go again next week sometime.

But this morning was trippy as well. I had left my house with my cell, only to be driving and thinking that I had left it at home. Then when I was at work. I had noticed that it was infact in my pocket.

for now on, I'm going to leave my helmet in my trunk so that I can never forget it while driving to parks or spots...

[-mex-]

Originally Posted by Irob

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What Mexicans said is probably not true- an old wives tale or something but rest assured you shouldn't have to worry about going into a coma if you fall asleep. Just make sure you don't do anything that puts you in danger of hitting your head again for a little while, until the concussion symptoms go away. Hopefully your concussion clears up in the expected time.

Also, that's funny, cuz that's what the doctors at the hospital did for my brother when he cracked his head on a table (it fell on his head). And that's what happened to another kid I know.

Wives tale? D:

[Eth3rStrik3r]

i got a concussion when i got thrown into a metal chainlink fence, which then pushed my head onto the ground pretty hard. Sucked for a day or 2, but eventually went away, and no problems since.

[Nomi]

The fall asleep=coma thing is total nonsense. Minor concussions don't really lead to comas, boys, the brain isn't traumatized enough for it to go into a state like that. With more severe brain injuries you can have coma concerns, but that's not going to happen from a fall like that. Car accidents maybe, but not skate park falls.

I've never had one myself (very close though from a horseback riding accident) but my brother has had several, and so have his soccer teammates. Got to hear my dad calm down the parents on the field every time with his doctor speech. Concussions really aren't that huge of a deal most of the time.

[xybur]

Yeah, I'd like to think that humans are much more resilient than that.

And in most cases we are, its pretty impressive what we can put ourselves through before you actually do any major, major damage.