Symptoms that May Need Further Medical Evaluation After a Brain Injury

• "I just don’t feel like myself."
• Low-grade headaches that won’t go away

• Having more trouble than usual:
• Remembering things
• Paying attention or concentrating
• Organizing daily tasks
• Making decisions and solving problems
• Slowness in thinking, acting, speaking or reading
• Having more trouble than usual:
• Getting lost or easily confused
• Feeling tired all the time, lack of energy
• Change in sleeping pattern:
• Sleeping for much longer periods of time than before
• Trouble sleeping or insomnia
• Loss of balance, feeling light-headed or dizzy

• Increased sensitivity to:
• Sounds
• Lights
• Distractions
• Blurred vision or eyes that tire easily

• Mood changes:
• Becoming easily irritated or angry for little or no reason
• Lack of motivation

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