Source: cbc.ca | Repost Duerson Fund 5/15/2023 –
Almost half of those with concussions still have symptoms 6 months later, study finds.
After Michelle Tobin-Forgrave fell and hit her head more than five years ago, she developed a constellation of symptoms that began to derail her day-to-day life.
The Miramichi, N.B., resident knew she had a concussion — her second one — and expected to have a quick recovery, just like her first experience years earlier. But this round felt different.
Tobin-Forgrave went back to her job in the education sector after taking two months off work, then realized she needed to take hourly breaks from her computer. Sometimes she’d just lay on a yoga mat in her office, wracked by fatigue. The busy mother of two also started experiencing insomnia, couldn’t remember basic words like the names of household appliances, and developed issues with her vision and depth perception.