I didn't use to have this kind of fear. then came my concussion brain injury last year! (was not unconscious for this one) when things turned from 4 months to 6 months to 8 months and continuing symptoms, things got worse in a hurry!!! how the h**l was a person NOT suppose to freak out?!?

worsening head pain after 6 months really got me thinking. then add to that all the questions you have to fill out for the neurologist - wow! how the blank is a person not suppose to have TONS of fear given this:
multiple head/brain injuries, over 20 years of D along with multiple other MIs, a family history of Parkinson's (grandparent), family history of migraines and headaches (granted mine are trauma/injury induced), and vision & hearing issues/changes! the emotional fear is mind-blowing at times.....

then i focused on my own physical-health history: i've been forcefully knocked unconscious at least three times in my life; i've had four head injuries in the last 14 years alone, three of those were concussion brain injuries - only 1 got treatment; four years ago i was in a really bad car crash and got a TBI, which for a couple reasons not by me, actually went untreated! then add another concussion on top of a brain injury that wasn't healed, and bam -> the physical symptoms exploded. [ps- i'm not even 35yo]

and none of that even touches the non-physical trauma i've been thru in the past four years, which is almost unimaginable! i've got fear coming at me from all directions. needless to say, i understand your concerns as well.

StreetcarBlanche:
thanks for the advice. i don't 'shop around' for doctors - i was just referring to the ones i have and the articles i've been reading online. and that's one of the unique challenges i face -> a majority of my brain injury symptoms are physical ones; plus with an injury on top of an injury, there's no way to know what cognitive issues i had/have - especially with so many years of MIs to mask or cover them up. and this only adds to the fear and other emotions