post concussion syndrome
 Post-Concussion Syndrome is caused by minor traumatic brain injury
(closed head trauma) and results in symptoms that persist for weeks,
months, and sometimes years following the injury itself. These
symptoms often include difficulty sustaining mental effort,
attentional difficulties, fatigue/tiredness, impulsivity,
irritability, low frustration threshold, temper outbursts, changes
in mood, learning and/or memory problems, impaired problem solving,
mental inflexibility, dizziness and headaches, poor self-awareness,
and others. Often, sufferers have found medication to result in
little, if any, sustained improvement in their symptoms.
Despite the array of debilitating symptoms, traditional neuroimaging
tests (such as MRIs and CT scans) generally show no evidence of
brain abnormalities. This is because these imaging methods look for
lesions and abnormalities in structure. In Post-Concussion Syndrome,
there may be no abnormalities in structure but brain connectivity
and function may be impaired producing abnormal mood and
behaviours.This may result in the sufferer being labelled as having
anger issues, or being diagnosed with a mood disorder or other
psychological disorder. QEEG, however, has been shown to accurately
identify post-concussion syndrome, which can then be treated more
successfully with neurofeedback.
Many
individuals who receive a blow to the head will have prolonged
symptoms which affect both their relationships and their ability to
work. Head trauma in children will often result in severe conduct
problems. Often the symptoms – hyperactivity, impulsivity, anger,
moodiness, aggression and conflict seeking – are misdiagnosed as
ADHD. Stimulant medication generally makes the problems worse or, at
best, has no effect at all.
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