Concussions recover in a roller coaster process. Attempts at activity can cause the roller coaster. Unexpected stresses can also cause relapses. A bad nights sleep can be a cause. The key to recovery is learning to moderate life. Some try to rest up then have a busy active period thinking they can again rest up. Others think, I'm having a great day, I'll enjoy it and do something exciting. The important issue is reducing the peaks, regardless of the amount of quiet rest before or after those peaks. For many of us, we can expect a two week recovery after a single period of over-stimulation.

It is helpful to not push to a level of symptom return. There will be enough times when symptoms return after a delay from the activity, often, the next day. Then, one needs to look back at the last peak activity level as the cause of the relapse and moderate the intensity of future peak activity levels.