Hello Copper,

Sorry to hear that you are going through the results of a concussion as well. Our youngest daughter has been dealing with concussion mild brain injury symptoms for close to 3 years now. Can relate to what you are describing. Some things may get better over time but some symptoms may remain depending on how injured you were.

For our daughter, who was in college during this time studying towards going to medical school, her injury from the car accident caused things to come to a screeching halt for quite some time. We didn't understand what we were dealing with because the physicians were telling us that she would get better over a matter of months which in her case did not happen. I would say the best things you can do for yourself is educate yourself as much as possible on the subject and let your family and friends know about how this problem is affecting you.

For us, our daughter was acting strangely, grades dropped alot, depression hit, no focus, loss of insight, constant crying, short term memory loss, fragmented speech among many other symptoms and we didn't understand the situation and plenty scared. We were not educated about the condition. She is a different person in a lot of ways than she used to be and has had to make adjustments and is still currently making changes to better allow her to adjust to situations that are before her. It took about 2 years before she finally accepted that the person she was before is no longer her inside. She feels differently inside now and is learning different ways to accept that.

My advice is don't give up and try to include your family in your care, let them know what you are feeling and thinking about even if it sounds crazy and fragmented, the worry they will feel will be much greater if they don't know what is going on.

As far as exercising, our daughter has the post concussion migraines and exertional migraines now. brought on by overheating or strenious activity. She has had to lessen her level of activity to stop before the point of getting overheated. This also means keeping cool on a hot day etc....
Good luck to you and many blessings.
Sal