Thedash,

Welcome to NeuroTalk. Sorry to hear of your injury.

EVERYTHING you are experiencing is quite normal for a concussion. You do need to continue to live a quiet life. The Nail Salon is definitely not good. Far too much stimulation. Multi-tasking is not good nor will it be successful. You are still early in your recovery. Many take up to 6 weeks to recover, some, much longer.

The Percocet is not commonly used. The addictive properties can be a problem as can the tendency to develop a tolerance needing more as time goes on. You could try aspirin and Tylenol combined at maximum dose.

It sounds like you need to find a concussion clinic. They are often affiliated with sports medicine clinics.

Also, you may very likely have injured your upper neck. This can contribute to headaches. A chiropractor may be able to help if the chiro uses gentle techniques. Some physical therapists can help. You want someone with good skills with whiplash. If you have spots behind your ears that are tender to touch, that means you have injured your neck. The injury will not show up on x-ray or MRI so don't let a doctor say you do not have an injury. Your sore back indicates a high probability of an upper neck injury

Read the Vitamins sticky at the top. It has lots of good information.

Simply put, Your brain needs to work at a severely reduced speed. It can only tolerate one stimulus at a time. One voice at a time, no background sounds (radio or other music), one task (no multi-tasking), minimal visual stimulation (grocery stores are visually overwhelming) until it recovers.

Good quality sleep is vital. Drug induced sleep and naps can be counter productive. The brain does a lot of recovering during the slow wave cycle of sleep. Disrupted sleep or drug induced sleep does not have good sleep cycles. The best sleep is at your normal sleep times. If naps make it so you do not sleep as deeply at night, the naps need to be reduced. If your naps have good dream stages and you wake refreshed, they may be OK.

So, try to relax. It may help to ice your upper neck frequently. The vitamins sticky has a recipe for making crushable ice packs. 15 minutes on, 30 minutes off, repeat.

And, please let us know how you are doing. This can be a miserable time when nobody understands what you are going through. We do know.

My best to you.