Yes we were on the waiting list months before we were able to see the specialist. We're in Canada also.

Yes they will say its all anxiety and all in your head. thats the struggle the majority of PCS people have with the medical community. if you go to a PCS illiterate psychiatrist,psychologist or even sometimes a Family Doctor, you will very likely be told its due to you anxiety and you will likely be pushed to take anti-anxiety and anti depressants. I totally disagree with the anxiety causing the PCS symptoms. What I see clearly as fact now from my sons experience is that the PCS disrupts the hormones and the hormone disruption cause the anxiety and a host of other "mental" disorders illnesses. This site even has stickies pointing to the research studies identifying neuro-endocrine disfunction , hypo-pituitarism etc after concussion!! And as an example of how hormones can cause apparent mental illness/disorder symptoms research low testosterone in medical literature you will see depression, anxiety etc as symptoms! see an example below. Dr AWAD Associate Professor of Psychiatry, University of Toronto
Director, Psychobiological Medicine Unit, Department of Psychiatry, Toronto Western Hospital states in this article:

"The psychiatric disturbances which accompany hyperthyroidism and hypothyroidism, the two commonest thyroid disorders, mimic mental illness. "
Thyroid Foundation of Canada

My point is that therefore you must treat the hormone imbalance to resolve the anxiety - not just treat the symptom of anxiety. I hate to say this but I would steer clear of any pshycs at all costs.

He also found cbd oil to be helpful. it helped to some degree with his anxiety and sleep. i am a strong believer in going the legal prescription route for this as he did as you know exactly what you are getting. its not difficult in Canada to get approved as you have anxiety which is on the list of ailments approved. This may just help you alleviate some of your symptoms It will not fix the problem. My son stopped using the CBD in his hrt treatment as he didnt need it. The good thing is that CBD is not addictive! like some of the psychiatric drugs can be. They can be extremely difficult to stop. there;s evidence of that all over the web.

While you are waiting you can also start by taking what the dr prescribed my son and what I also see mentioned in this forum. The dr has him on 4,000 gm fish oil/day, 5,000 gm vit D3 per day and b complex. I would start that right away. From my own research I think the fish oil should have a ratio of 2 epa to 1 dha for inflammation control. buy quality brand vitamins and fish oil. Note as told to me by the specialist "vitamin D is a mislabeled hormone" and is an important.

I would also go to someone to check your neck as mentioned in this forum . We ended up using a NUCCA Chiropractor (National Upper Cervical Chiropractic Association). My sons neck was out of alignment and the NUCCA Chiro resolved it. I could see the misalignment in the xray so I know it was there.

As I mentioned in my posts the sensitivity went away when he was taking his hrt pills. also thank god his anxiety and panic attacks did also.

The fog has partially lifted so he functions much better and is in school again. I think that will be one of the last things to fully resolve.

Also be sure to read the link of the hockey player and his recovery that I posted in the other thread you created. He has a similar story to my sons.