Hi Seth

I have been reading your posts and it looks like you've gotten a lot of good advice. I thought I might add my two cents. It sounds like you are a very intelligent person that likes to accomplish a lot and push your capabilities to the max (and maybe a bit stubborn as well). This sounds a lot like me and maybe like others on this forum.

If I could have exercised like you throughout my recovery, I would have definitely. But my symptoms and my body told me that exercising was a no go unfortunately. I seriously doubt you did damage be exercising because your body was ok with it.

What does strike me though is that you said your brain is fried after 4 hours of work - and then you exercise hard - and then you have to have time and energy left for your family. I spent several months of my recovery pushing through like this to the point of total exhaustion every day - to the point where I would just collapse on the couch and be worthless at 4 PM. During this period I felt no improvement and actually felt worse. It wasn't until I made changes in my life and focused on recovery that I was able to make improvement. It looks like you are still early on (3 months?). You have not done permanent damage and you still have plenty of time to figure out a path to healing.