Brain injury diagnostics: A patient’s perspective

It was extremely challenging. Finding a neurologist was hard, and because I hadn't lost consciousness when I fell and because my CT scan was normal, I was diagnosed with a mild concussion.

This diagnosis struck me because there was nothing mild about what I was feeling.

In addition to the difficulty thinking, my demeanor had changed. I was short with my kids and detached with my husband. I was terrified because I'd worked my whole life to get to this point and I felt like I just kept messing up. I started calling around for a second opinion, which felt like an exercise in futility, but eventually I found a nurse practitioner and later a different neurologist who were able to really help me.