Karen,

Welcome to NeuroTalk. Sorry to hear you are struggling. Your experience is not uncommon for people with PCS. Many ride the PCS roller coaster, often for years.

Unfortunately, your neuro is no better or worse than most neuros. He is not informed of how concussions and neck injuries are related. Up to 80% or more of concussions include a neck injury component.

If your neck is symptomatic/painful, what have you done to resolve that?

Neck injuries can cause inflammation that disrupts blood flow to the brain. They can disrupt proper sleep and breathing. A single day of overdoing it can start a progression that messes with sleep and everything just gets worse.

Hopefully, we can help you sort through this relapse. And yes, People with PCS do relapse. It can take time to learn the early signs of a relapse so we can make changes to limit the intensity of the relapse. We should be able to help you learn these issues.

My best to you.