Q&A with Australian Health Practitioners
Is a past concussion or hormonal imbalance causing my symptoms?
Hello,I suffered a really mild concussion 8 months ago.
I am an exchange student and was, back then, living with a pretty bad host family, messy house, depressive host parents, etc. Before the concussion I took birth control because I was diagnosed with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome, too much testosterone and never had my period.
I stopped taking it before the concussion. Then, 10 days after the concussion I started not feeling real anymore. My environment was not real. I did not know what was wrong and thought it was the concussion. I had more and more stress. Some months after that, I changed host family. That added more stress and I was still depersonalised.
I got really depressive over that. My councellor here diagnosed me as being traumatized by my ex-host fam, having strong anxiety, and being somewhat depressive. I have just 2 months left here. That's the reason I do not break up the exchange program but I probably should have broken up the exchange several months ago…
Yesterday I was told by my neurologist that my concussion is over and this must be something different.
I also developed visual snow, ice pick headaches and flashes of light, migraine symptoms in general. I had 3 MRIs and 1 EEG. All negative. But 8 months later I am still despersonalised.
Might everything what I experienced at the host family lead to these symptoms or could hormones be playing a role as well? Is there a chance to get out of this, if yes how?
Thank you.
