Mark,

Thank you for your reply.

While I have personally accepted the fact that I have a brain injury and am no longer depressed about it, there are still a few things that I'd like to understand.

You said every concussion results in permanent brain injury. Getting a concussion is a very common thing - there are more than 15 million concussions in the US every year. Do all of these people have permanent brain damage? Getting hit in the head with a force sufficient to concuss is a common thing, so is permanent brain injury a common thing as well? I see people getting hit in the head all the time - do all of them have permanent brain injury that can be detected decades later in advanced brain scans, even if they feel fine a week after the hit?

Also, does neuron loss matter that much if symptoms fade? After all, does it really matter if someone has less neurons because of a concussion, but they don't feel any different than before the concussion?

And if supplements are a daily commitment, does it mean that taking supplements daily for 1-2 years and then just stopping is useless and doesn't cause any long-term beneficial changes?

You said that anxiety is an enemy to concussion recovery, and I find that true - when I put the PCS aside and ignored it (didn't think about the future after it), I started feeling better and my recovery was accelerated. But is it a good strategy? Or should I focus on my injury, remind myself I have it, and therefore limit my activities? In my experience, ignoring PCS and just carrying on with life as I did before was beneficial for my recovery, but I fear this is a bad strategy.