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Have you ever actually had an MRI done after any of these concussion events,espescially the last one?the thing about concussions is they can cause "cumulative" damage,meaning any new ones are possibly creating more definitive brain injury or issues.it does appear that your personality has been somewhat affected here.did this change occur after this last concussion?were you anything like this before the concussion?from what you have explaned regarding your reactions it sounds like your brain is just having a hard time interpretting actual meanings of sentences not an actual strange reaction to just sarcasm,you know what i mean?you are thinking more in literal terms now.my son was in this very same phase,for him it was a phase that was part of his brain injury,for about three months or so post TBI.

it appears that when you hear comments,you just take them for what they are,and fail to interpret the fact that they are not actual litteral or "on purpose" type of statements.

just what caused the last concussion?were you actually "out' or did you stay awake and alert and oriented thru out the whole experience?were you actually evaluated post concussion by a neuro?did they do any sort of scan of your brain like MRI or even a CT to check for possible bleeds?i really really would highly reccomend you getting an MRI with contrast to see if there is actually any noticeable type of damage there.brain injury doesn't always show itself in any sort of scan or will immediately then dissipate over time.but you are having problems here that do need to be addressed with a thorough eval and therepy.my son had excellent cognative therepy at the rehab hospital he was sent to right after his accident,it all happened to be located at the level one trauma center they took him to.but you most definitely need to see whats up in your brain and also be evaluated by a good rehab therepist,they are highly trained at picking up on differences in thinking patterns and assessing issues like yours.luckily,some of these types of issues can be somewhat corrected to a point with good cognative therepys.

but getting that MRI with contrast really does need to be done first.you just need to see if there IS something there before doing anything else.i wish you lots of luck with this.i do know how frustrating this is for you.i watched my son go thru this and it was not always easy for him or me to watch him struggle with really simple things that most people just take for granted.please get that MRI done and let me know how you are doing,K?Marcia

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