Yep. I had a patient who got a concussion from a car accident; had to fill out FMLA forms for her because she needed to take 2 weeks off from work because she was an accountant who'd be staring at a screen for 8 hours a day.
(Also, as someone with chronic migraines, I can confirm screens are a bad idea when you have head pain/injury. Duchess is full of shit.)
I know screens are a bad idea, but is reading a print book an issue for someone concussed at all? She was active on Goodreads (linked from her main tumblr) while MIA. At the very least, marking things as read.
It's actually a good idea to rest- physically AND mentally- after a concussion.
A concussion isn't just a bruised scalp- it's a literal brain injury, and it's best to just take it easy for at LEAST three days, but ideally, a week or two is the recommended length of time to be gentle with your head.
Your brain is an organ, and like a strained muscle needing to be relaxed, elevated, and not overworked, the brain needs to have minimal overload to recover.
Between the rapid eye movements and neuron impulses firing during reading, it can actually overload the brain and cause bad headaches.
Hell, I can barely do anything but sleep when I have a migraine, I cannot imagine being on screens and reading multiple books after the really bad concussion/broken clavicle that she claimed needed surgery.
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Re: An update regarding FireDom
(Anonymous) 2023-09-05 08:26 pm (UTC)(link)Yep. I had a patient who got a concussion from a car accident; had to fill out FMLA forms for her because she needed to take 2 weeks off from work because she was an accountant who'd be staring at a screen for 8 hours a day.
(Also, as someone with chronic migraines, I can confirm screens are a bad idea when you have head pain/injury. Duchess is full of shit.)
Re: An update regarding FireDom
(Anonymous) 2023-09-06 04:29 am (UTC)(link)Re: An update regarding FireDom
(Anonymous) 2023-09-06 04:36 am (UTC)(link)It's actually a good idea to rest- physically AND mentally- after a concussion.
A concussion isn't just a bruised scalp- it's a literal brain injury, and it's best to just take it easy for at LEAST three days, but ideally, a week or two is the recommended length of time to be gentle with your head.
Your brain is an organ, and like a strained muscle needing to be relaxed, elevated, and not overworked, the brain needs to have minimal overload to recover.
Between the rapid eye movements and neuron impulses firing during reading, it can actually overload the brain and cause bad headaches.
Hell, I can barely do anything but sleep when I have a migraine, I cannot imagine being on screens and reading multiple books after the really bad concussion/broken clavicle that she claimed needed surgery.