PSTAR,

Welcome to NeuroTalk.

It does sound like you are suffering from PCS. It also sounds like you are having small anxiety attacks. You may be suffering bouts of depression. This is all common to PCS. The anxiety attacks are often caused by your brain when it has become over-stimulated. This can cause one to feel out of breath. You could also be going through periods of apnea where you stop breathing subconsciously. You then become short of breath and start breathing again.

The depression can manifest from the heavy workload your brain is under. It could handle this work load when healthy but at its diminished capacity, that work load causes a mental depression. Your emotional environment can be good and still be depression.

The first thing I recommend is reading the Vitamins sticky at the top. The struggling brain needs additional nutrition. B-12, a B-50 Complex, D-3, fish oil, magnesium, and the usual anti-oxidants all help the brain flush the toxic waste from the concussion and slowly rebuilt the myelin around the nerve tissue.

The anesthesia for the sinus surgery likely delayed your recovery a bit. Anesthesia puts a toxic load on the brain that needs to be cleared.

It might help to try fLuz to change how you computer screen looks. Changing the color temp can help. Computer screen work is a common struggle with PCS.

It might help to see a behavioral optometrist or rehabilitation optometrist. You may need prisms and/or tints while your brain recovers.

The apnea could be caused by an upper neck injury. They can be subtle with no sense of pain but still cause inflammation that disrupts the signals to breath. You should work on head and neck discipline when you sleep or rest. Straight posture is good.

It can take some time to see improvements. Try to be patient. frustration and anxiety about recover are counter to supporting recovery. Nobody can prognose your recovery time.

Feel free to tell us or ask us anything. We've heard it all before.

My best to you.