Margarite: Yuck...well...let's see if I can offer anything that might help you get back to being a "20-year-old with a love of life!" My daughter is just shy of the one-year mark from her injury. Her neuro also believes her concussion triggered a string of migraines.

There is a strong history of migraines in our family. The neuro thinks she probably would have gotten them eventually regardless of the injury. She disagreed with your neuro, though, and said it's not all that uncommon to have a head injury start a person on the migraine train. She said as she gets older they may get better, or she may have to learn to live with them. This was in early June.

The same day we saw neuro we started vision therapy. She went a whole month with no headaches and now seems to only have them under pretty intense stress. The nausea is still troubling, although a bit less than before. She can tolerate crowds much better, can read and concentrate better. I don't know if it's the therapy or a magic amount of time from the injury, but she is better. We'll see what the school year brings.

We learned just yesterday that her binocular vision is getting better when she is sitting still, but it's still way off when she moves. This may have something to do with increased symptoms with exercise. IDK.

The trick to PCS (at least the only trick I've learned yet) is to chase down each symptom one by one and rule out potential causes. Nutritional deficits, pituitary/adrenal/thyroid problems, problems with autonomic system, and inner ear issues can all cause problems that seem like PCS or migraine. These are things you can check into one at a time.

She has found great relief (emotional/spiritual/physical) in yoga, reflexology, and accupressure. All the best to you.