Post Concussion Freak Out

Hey folks,

Long time reader, occasional poster. 35/M, GAD 20mg lexapro daily. This is the first time in a long time that I’ve hit the point where I need to post.

This past Friday I had a fall, long story short I ended up with a concussion. I woke up in the hospital and was released just a little bit later. They ran tests, CT, spine X-ray, etc. They said I’m good and sent me on my way. I have an appointment this Saturday with my doctor as a follow up.

But of course, I did some unnecessary reading and now I’m freaking out that I may not be fine and could just suddenly die. I feel like I’m getter better. No headaches or anything just kind of blah I guess. Never fails though. I read that oh you might be fine after and this is the “lucid” stage and could just suddenly hemorrhage.

I’m certainly not looking for medical advice, again I have a follow up soon. It’s lose/lose though. I’m worried cause it’s still days away and even then I’m sure they’ll want to send me for tests and who knows when that’ll be or when I’ll get results. On the other hand, even if I get the OK I’m now just going to feel like a ticking time bomb. My own stupid fault for jumping on google. Wasn’t going to and have been really good about not doing it, this was one of my issues that I take lexapro for - overthinking and obsessing over these kind of things. This sucks man.

Thanks for taking a read. Just needed to get that of my chest cause it’s consuming me.

Hey thanks for the reply. The fear factor is definitely there. I had the same thing in the past as you. Went to two different cardiologist and both said nothing is wrong w my heart lol. It’s still one of my main fears though.

And yea I’ve thought about going back to o the ER but as I’ve been to the ER many times in the past for non emergencies (anxiety attacks) I don’t want to go back when I feel fine. That’s the thing, it’s the fact that I read you may feel fine but can still be bleeding inside your skull smh. Sigh. I’ll definitely keep this updated. Thanks again.

Hey! Thanks for the time. Yes it definitely can take over. For the most part I’m good but then something like this happens and I can’t think about anything else. Dreading the worst of course. Then just to make it worse, earlier today I remembered my buddy who passed away a couple months ago. He was in a bad car accident then he was fine, out of the hospital then he died. Something ended up rupturing in his brain. Not to make it about me when he’s the one who passed but now I’m just expecting this to happen to me. Can’t wait til my appointment on Saturday but even then man smh idk. This sucks. Thanks again for reading and the reply.