I am a nurse and was working at the time, I still am unable to work. I have joined a brain injury support group and it is nice to meet others who convince me I'm not going mad.

I have three sons aged 14, 12 and 6. They were 3,9 and 11 at the time of the accident. I still struggle with memory, concentration, sleep deprivation, short fuse, etc though the noise intolerance is improving a little.

After the accident, I couldn't cook meals, make more than one cup of tea at a time, deal with the kids, work or do most things without losing the plot.

I was sent straight back to work, I coped for a day and a half, but the constant headaches and forgetfulness were making me a danger to my patients.

I have been through rehab and have had counselling, anti-depressants etc. but I still have long term symptoms. I had never worked in nuero and hadn't heard of Post concussion syndrome.

The problem with not having been admitted to hospital is that most people feel I should be over it by now. Before the accident I was working in acute medical/surgical 3 - 4 days a week, doing a degree, looking after my kids, doing singing telegrams, had a busy social life and was very involved in church.

Now I rest every day, have to use a schedule for my week, have my shopping list in order, (yes, I can finally handle food shopping, but it wastes me for the whole day)!

I try to do my husbands books about two hours a month, but I end up with severe headaches and am impossible to live with.

The problem now is that since the accident, I forget when I have told my kids they have to go without things or time out or early beds for discipline and they manipulate me when I forget. I am losing it with them. The teenager and the next one down are getting me to the point with their constant arguing and telling me I haven't or have said things that I can't remember that its driving me up the wall.

Does anyone out there go through this too?