Case Study Of After-Treatment Of Concussion

Myia seemed to have it all – a wonderful relationship, strong faith, a master’s degree and a purposeful (albeit high-stress) job. She sensed that there was a missing piece and something wasn’t right. She had been stressed since she was a child. As part of her stress, she would become isolated and would try to distract herself with exercise and watching movies. She continued to build more stress over the years as she entered adulthood and her distractions didn’t help her find the root cause of the problem.During a winter ice storm, when she was walking, she slipped and fell down on a concrete step and hit her head on it. She suffered from concussion at that time but it wasn’t diagnosed for a long time. As a result she developed a post-concussive syndrome. This caused her stress disorder to spiral out of control.Patient’s Words:“It was a very humbling experience,” she says. “You feel like you’ve arrived and then everything crashes.”She felt as though her entire world was going to collapse, she continued to try and solve her health situation. Interestingly, one of her close friend’s son had the symptoms as her. What the two had in common was an inherited difficulty absorbing certain vitamins and minerals. This led to a vicious cycle of extreme stress and further depletion of vital nutrients. She decided to ask her neurologist for some time off from work, as a doctor’s note was required for medical leave. Her doctor refused to write a note for time off for ‘headaches’, though she was diagnosed with Post Concussive Syndrome. It was very disheartening for her and she started to not trust doctors for treatment of Post Concussion syndrome.Then her next doctor told her not to waste her money because her stress disorder didn’t exist. She was very disappointed. Myia set out to find a functional medicine doctor and found us. She collapsed into tears when she came for her initial consultation.In Patient’s Own Words:“When I was talking to Dr. Taz she actually listened to me. She said she wouldn’t be in business if she didn’t listen to her patients. When I asked for time off, she was so willing to sign my paperwork so that I could rest my brain. I was so encouraged to have my voice listened to.”