I never thought I would find a story so relatable to mine. It was November
31st when I hit my head at school out drinking with my friends. I had recollection of the events (barely) but didn't think that I had hit my head hard enough to have a concussion. Long story short I was having terrible insomnia, a simple feeling of being hungover three days later, and eventually a panic attack at the end of the week. I got better and even tried to return to school for the spring semester but my visual symptoms came back as well as the fatigue. I can relate to everything feeling different and the anxiety which I am hoping will get better with time.

That's good if you are back to lifting, as I sure miss it a lot. I tried getting back into it two weeks ago and had the visual symptoms and uneven pupils come right back. I think with time it will get there and I'm lucky that I can still run a little without getting bothered too much.

I am in a similar dilemma with work as I have done labor the past few summers and always loved to work outside all day, yet I'm nervous if I will be able to handle the stress of working construction in another two months. I never thought that work which used to make me so happy could be causing me so much stress right now. My doctor's advice was to not look at where I'll be in two months or three months, but where I am at now because it's easy to forget how far I have come. I have just mentally prepared myself that work this summer might not happen and that my health needs to take priority. It was hard taking a semester off of school, but looking back on the whole thing, it was for the best. I just keep thinking about the day I can get back to working. Setting my expectations that I need to work to be happy this summer was only setting me up for failure if I couldn't do it.