I spent the first two years of my recovery pushing through symptoms. I HAD to finish high school (in my mind). I developed severe burnout because I had to makeup so much work. Migraines started, then I missed an entire quarter.

College did not go well. I took one semester and quickly declined. It was not until I learned this that I started to heal: Work with your brain and not against it.

After a period of psychosis that made me feel better than I was (about a month) I crashed and was functioning about 5% of the day. This was in May. Now at the end of December, I'd say I function about 55-60% of the day. In about 8 months, I improved 50-55% percent (as far as how much I function in the day). I also was wearing sunglasses and earplugs just about all the time. Now, I wear them minimally.

I was scared for my future, but I read about the people that made recoveries after 2-2.5 years of bad recovery.

PCS takes patience, but it also takes good intuition on when to push yourself and when not to.

I go to my limits everyday, but rarely past them. This has made a huge difference.

We're all pulling for you, Danny!