Do you know someone who had a severe personality change after a car accident/possible head injury?

Back in 2002 my sister rolled her car like 5 times when she reached down to pick up a cd she dropped. Her car was completely demolished rescue said they didnt know how she survived. She had had a few drinks so when the police came they took her to jail instead of the hospital. When she got out of the jail she was severely depressed and never went back to work. She made a good living, was very self sufficient and had a very active social life. She didnt complete her dwi classes and things and ended up going back to jail numerous times after. She has gone from one drug to the next finally ending w/leaving a newborn addicted to heroin at the hospital to run off and do more heroin. She told me the last time I talked to her, two yrs after her accident that that night ruined her life that she's never been able to shake that. Is it possible she had a head injury that was never diagnosed? She was an attractive successful lady who loved her family and adored babies and I have NO idea whatsoever who she is now.Do you know someone who had a severe personality change after a car accident/possible head injury?
My brother-in-law got in a fight with two other guys who hit him really really hard in the front part of the head (forehead region). My mother-in-law said he had been acting strange after that incident...acting not like himself...forgot things and started acting impulsively (didn't think before doing an action). He killed himself shortly after that after a small fight with his girlfriend. After doing some research we believe his impulse control region of his brain (front part) was damaged in the earlier fight. That part inside us that says ';hmm I may disagree with this person, but what are the consequences of the actions I am about to take?';



We wish we had a doctor take a much closer look at him after that fight. It seems like you have to force a doctor to care now days, to do more than the ';bare minimum'; check up.



I feel for your family and sister. Please try to get her to see a doctor and explain that she had a head injury a few years ago. Demand an MRI. Demand answers. Also please get her into some counseling. This new person is not your sister, but your old sister is still in there.



Good luck and God bless.Do you know someone who had a severe personality change after a car accident/possible head injury?
Yeah, it happens allot. If people have strokes or head injuries they can totally change. One person I knew went from crazy party girl to trying to cook and do crafts. It was kind of funny but not.