Hello Calmor,

When did you get your concussion? Did you get any following concussions?

If you have gotten only one or two concussions, you're most likely to heal and get significantly better. Sadly, it can take months or even years, so it's important that you be patient.

The less concussions you get, the better (the higher your chance to recover is).

Try not to be anxious about your injury and let time do its work. It's important to stop physical activities for at least a month after a concussion (physical activites can worsen your symptoms).

Also, most people that get only one concussion recover extremely well from it. Sadly, multiple concussions might be a different story. You need a lot of sleep for a reason - your brain has injured and it is TIRED.

If we were to use the analogue of computers, we can say that your brain before the injury was probably a very fast computer with an advanced processor. But right now, your brain is working like these 90's computers - slow and not very advanced (cognitively bad in brain terms).

Your brain has a good chance to recover, but it takes time. A lot of sleep is very good - neurons benefit from sleep, and your brain needs that rest. So keep doing that until you feel better.

My personal recommendation is to start taking Omega 3 in high doses daily, because it can help your brain recover - one of the main complications after a brain injury is inflammation inside the brain that leads to damage. Omega 3 contains fats (DHA&EPA) that help reducing inflammation (EPA) and help neurons get back to full power (DHA). Both are very important for supporting recovery after a TBI, so make sure to buy an Omega 3 supplement with similar levels of both. By high doses, I recommend at least 5 grams a day (Omega 3 is non-toxic even in high doses, so don't worry about trying even higher dosages. It might rarely cause bleeding on a high dosage, but it normally is very uncommon, and even if that happens you can reduce the dosage to one where it doesn't happen).

One more thing, and this is from personal experience (got a concussion in October 27 this year) - anxiety is very bad for you. Anxiety is generally bad for everyone and unhealthy, but it's much worse for you because it forces your brain to work much harder, creating a significant delay in improvement and recovery.

If you have any more questions, I would be glad to answer them.

-ProAgonist