It took me a couple of years before I started seeing some improvement from my accident. I was hit repeatedly in the head by several falling boxes. I went through everything you just described and then some. I would leave in plenty of time to get to work and would still be 2-3 hours late getting there. Had no idea how I got there and it appeared that I used no extra gas. I have no clue. Anyhow, it has been going on 10 years since my accident and I still have episodes but I can function. I went back to college and graduated last year with an associates degree in general technology. So it does get better. I still can\'t work but that is do to all of my medical problems combined. I hope this helps you. God bless.
Robyn

It was wrong of that nurse to tell you your symptoms WILL get better. She doesn\'t know that and there is no guarentee they will. It\'s been thirteen years for me and I still have the headaches and bad balance and memory issues. Here\'s hoping you will improve more than I did. :)

I have a lot of knowledge about brain injuries because I am a survivor of one and I have also done a lot of research on the subject. The brain has a phenominal capacity to heal, I mean I was back in college within a year of being pronounced brain dead. With that being said, the brain heals very slowly. Think of "slow and steady wins the race". Please know that you will continue to see improvements in your cognitive functioning over time. Please be patient with yourself and don\'t try to take on too much. My brain doctor told me that\'s the most common reason for failure after a brain injury. The person thinks they can take on all that they were doing before the injury. Take your time, read a lot and the best thing, by far to heal a brain is being physically active. I learned that from a doctor who has a PhD from MIT, so he certainly knows his stuff. You gotta exercise your brain though, do cross word puzzles and stuff like that. Also, something that I was doing in the early stages of my recover, read a short newspaper article, put it down, then try to remember the who, what, where, when, & why\'s of the article. That really exercises the short term memory, which can really be affected by a brain injury. As for the physical thing with walking and whatnot, that just takes time and practice. Watch yourself around traffic and be safe in that respect. Try walking around in your home to practice in a safe environment. I am the brain injury community leader, so anything you have any questions about, please don\'t hesitate to ask me about. Good luck and God Bless

I guess I feel kind of like a hypocondriac(sp?). Most everyone I have read about has had very serious injuries-auto accidents, being in a coma, etc. I only fell and hit my head on a concrete floor-nothing nearly as devistating as most of your injuries. And I feel that maybe I am making too much of a deal about my unbalance, etc. Can a fall like mine really have such a serious effect, or am I making a mountain out of a molehill? Thanks for all your support and education about this injury. God Bless-Kathy

A fall can cause a mild TBI, I was reading this book "Cracked" about a teen girl who fell from a chair and slammed her head into the ground she suffered amnesia for everything. Her life(memories and such) was gone, reading, writing, everything gone.

I suffered a TBI by running straight on into a door frame, 8 stitches and with no CT I was sent home. Everything would be "fine" and I would be myself in a few days. I tell you, if I see those doctors again I want to give them a good talking to...but that\'s another story. Anyway, I wasn\'t myself. The next day I slept and slept. Following that one day break I returned to school and my attitude and mood were completely different. I was overconfident and bordering on cocky. I lacked motivation to do anything. My memory was shot and I couldn\'t do anything except think about sleeping. Few days after that I was clearly a new person. As days turned into weeks turned into months. My once exceptional grades down turned into barely passing marks. By my 3rd class I was "gone" too tired to do anything. The summer came and I did nothing. I don\'t even really remember it. School came again and the mild depression that was starting to kick in earlier nose dived into a severe episode. I was constantly being kicked out of class, the counselors had no idea what to do. I was getting dizzy and had headaches, the nurses had no idea what to do. In a rage I wrote a story about my school being blown up and that was found and resulted in a host of new problems. I was then being forced to go to the ER for constant suicidal ideation. My mother had no idea what to do! Everyone kept saying that it was hormones or "those teenage years". My mother knew better, to make a long story short, we finally got referred to a neurolgist and my diagnosis was made. It took a relatively short time compared to most to find my diagnosis, only a one and a half years. But to the make the point - simple things can have major consequences, so if you think somethings wrong, don\'t silence yourself. Keep looking for those answers. Don\'t give up!

You know, I have noticed that I am also very tired. I get like this from the lupus and fibromyalgia and the meds I take for them, but I am sleeping more since I got hurt. Maybe that is what your brain does to make itself heal. It\'s a good thing I am unemployed (even though I am getting close to losing my house), because I\'d be fired for being so tired, dizzy, and forgetful. Thanks for the support, everyone-I\'ll let you know how things are going. God Bless-Kathy

My honest answer. I am going on over 3 years of daily pain. Head aches, migraines and possibly something new that they just started talking about.