u/opalescentblue

Hi! I got a minor head injury by accidentally slamming the back on my head into a wall two weeks ago. My ct scan was normal so they just gave me strong pain meds for the head and neck pain.

It’s been two weeks and my neck still hurts. It’s worse when I’m sleeping (I sleep on the side) and I’m starting to be a bit concerned it hasn’t gone back to normal after two weeks.

Is it still in the normal timeline? After how long with neck pain should I see a gp for that?

I have chronic health issues that are making me mostly housebound and most health care providers are an hour away so I’m a bit worried I wouldn’t be able to get pt for it anyway..

Is there anything I can do to make it better at home also?

I am 28yo AFAB, 168cm 50kg. I currently take once a day ramipril 1.25mg, levocetirizine 5mg, spring allergies desensitization in oral form, melatonin 5mg, and fluconazole 150mg once a week. I don’t smoke. I’ve had 2 pericarditis 1 myocarditis (hence the ramipril), and I have left ventricular non compaction. My chronic diagnoses are allergic / effort asthma, IC, POTS, and I’m currently getting evaluated for MECFS.

Thanks in advance :)

Edit: to try to be more precise I didn’t lose neck mobility they checked that after the trauma in the ER. It hurts a bit when I turn it and it feels stiff, the pain located mostly at the drape, and along the middle bone, and on the sides.

Hi! I got a head injury by accidentally slamming the back on my head into a wall two weeks ago. My ct scan was normal so they just gave me strong pain meds for the head and neck pain.

It’s been two weeks and my neck still hurts. It’s worse when I’m sleeping (I sleep on the side) and I’m starting to be a bit concerned it hasn’t gone back to normal after two weeks.

Is it still in the normal timeline? After how long with neck pain should I see a gp for that?

I have chronic health issues that are making me mostly housebound and most health care providers are an hour away so I’m a bit worried I wouldn’t be able to get pt for it anyway..

Thanks in advance :)

Edit: is there anything I can do to make it better at home also?

Sorry I know I already posted earlier, I kinda need to talk about it and I have no one to tell it to and I feel people of this sub are the ones who will understand the most anyway

I'm not sure when I started developping this because it overlapped with a shiton of other health issues (which might or might not have caused it idk) but like up until last year I think I was mild. Like I could stay standing less and less because of my pots and I felt horrible for a few days after going out but like, I could still go out and have a social life and still do most of everyday life stuff (except working). Then I got pericarditis / myocarditis in the middle of last year and my health deteriorated since.

Since January I haven't gone out in the city (I live half an hour from a big city) at all except for medical appointments. I don't know if I'm moderate or severe but I'm almost completely housebound, I go out only for like 10 minute walks if I'm not in a crash or for medical appointments. Even talking to someone one hour is enough to make me need 2 hours of rest afterwards. My first post here was because I got PEM from playing videogames which is the hobby I picked up to try to do something other than rot at home.

I have lost almost all of my friendships. I'm no stranger to friends disappearing when you have health issues as I've had psychological and physical health issues for years, but now I can't even just like hang out in a bar or like talk to the cashier or anything for social interaction since even walking to and from the bakery is too much energy for me. Even my friends who cared for me through my health issues are fading away because since I can't go to the city I guess it's just out of sight out of mind, they don't have the time or can't be assed to come see me, or maybe they got bored of me being sick all of the time, I don't know.

I've been holding on pretty decdently since it kept getting worse in the beginning of the year but I'm at a breaking point. I don't see what's the point when I can't even do stuff I enjoy without horrible consequences or when I'm that isolated. I haven't cooked in more than 6 months, I can't even clean my home anymore, nobody fucking cares for me anymore. It's just me my dirty as fuck flat and the various pains. I'm starting to feel really hopeless. I just spend all of my time at home in the dark and if I make the mistake to breathe wrong then I'll feel like Im dying for a while and be sick for three weeks.

I have a doctor but my next appointment is in three months since I have to finish a bunch of medical examinations in July so I'm basically on my own until then. I don't know I just want to give up. I'm tired of my life getting worse and worse

Is it like a normal thing? It's not only feeling unrested. I feel like absolute trash physically and mentally like almost like I want to die (not exagerating sadly). My eyes are already stinging first thing in the morning like when it's late at night. I feel cold, tired, and I don't want to be awake. I've been on the borderline of getting into depression again recently but most of those symptoms are very physical. And idk by the afternoon it's usually not as bad. I'm so exhausted but I'm not even in PEM / a crash. I'm so fucking done with it all tbh

Edit: Is it possible that I am in PEM but it's less severe PEM than usual? Tbh I'm not sure how to recognize when my PEM is not full blown feeling sick, everything hurts, joint pain, light sensitivity etc. I tend to get pain abd photophobia pretty often currently so... Idk if I never went back to baseline since my last PEM and it's still technically going on even at on a smaller scale or if it's just my new normal now. I've never felt back to normal since my last crash three weeks ago

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It happened once when I was very sick and I had to go down which made me worse for the evening. Should I write that I’m sick instead so they don’t think “oh it’s just someone who doesn’t want to move” and come down? But I don’t look sick so…

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Idk I feel like shit it’s frustrating to not be able to do something as simple as groceries or even just carrying the bags so it’s already frustrating to have to order as it is and it just makes things worse when I have to do extra physical effort just bc the delivery person does not care enough. Like I feel like an entitled pos since I’m disappointed it went like this.

Sorry it was more venty than expected. I don’t know how to deal, I’m trying to get accommodations like by using delivery for example but if still have to carry heavy stuff and get chest pain from it it’s pointless

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