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Old 05-16-2016, 12:48 AM
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Now that you have some time off, you should seriously give your brain a chance to recover. No drinking, get good sleep, minimize stress, minimize visual and auditory stimulation, and anything else that has triggered an increase in symptoms. Recovering from a concussion/PCS is not a 'rest up after a busy week' kind of process. It takes sustained periods of proper avoidance of stress. A week of good days with a single night of partying will undo the whole week of improvement.

So, you have some mature decisions to make. At 18, they are tough. You can struggle for another years or two or just settle down and give your brain the rest and support it needs. You have 50 years ahead. A break from the stressful activities of an 18 year old will make you future much brighter.

Are you following a brain nutrition regimen like the one in the Vitamins sticky at the top ? It is well worth the effort. It takes months of discipline to see sustained results.

I don't understand why high school and college age concussion sufferers will put the effort in to finish school for a hope at a job in the distant future but struggle to put the effort in to help their concussed brains recover for the near future. Just wondering.
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