Hey all, I was diagnosed with hypochondria a while back, which is an accurate diagnosis. I worry quite often about my brain health.

I have experiencing PCS like symptoms for about a year, I hit my head fairly hard on the ground, and started having more frequent headaches (I am a chronic headache sufferer and always have been)

I am not sure if I ever had PCS, or if my migraines and headache disorder just became worse due to puberty(hormonal changes).

I am highly intelligent and extremely concious of brain safety, so I refuse to exercise or perform any other high impact things due to the fact that I am scared that I am concussed.

I am cognitively fine, and experience quite frequent headaches which I am not sure are PCS related.

Is there a reliable way to know that I have PCS? Sometimes I just feel like going for a run and seeing if I get a headache, but I am afraid that it will make it worse.

What to do?

I am even scared to slowly increase my exercise schedule in case it affects my intelligence.