supreme,

From what I have read from others and from my own experience, the challenge to take on personally is much simpler. Challenge yourself to find new ways to do the stressful or difficult things. These are the work-arounds and accommodations I often speak about. As the stressful tasks become easier by using work-arounds and other accommodations, the PCS subject tends to slowing return to the old ways of doing the stressful tasks.

I find myself taking on tasks now that I could not have even considered early on. Sometimes, I will notice I am hitting my limit and need to revert to using my work-arounds, etc.

Having other ways to complete a task makes it possible to attempt those tasks without frustration. You may find that you can be 100% during your best times, then need to revert to using work-arounds during your bad days. Either way, you have access to a fuller life by combining the good days and bad days assisted by work-arounds.

In the end analysis, the things we have to put off or avoid completely can be replaced by other activities and skills. The re-invented NEW you has just as much access to a full life just in a different way.

The muscles need to be exercised to get stronger. The brain has a different system of recovery and strengthening. Exercising the brain to fatigue is counter-productive. The best Brain Training companies have found they need to limit the amount of time spent doing a specific brain training task.

A simple way to look at how the brain works is this. It only takes three incorrect processes to create a bad habit. It takes seven correct processes to overcome the bad habit.

If we train the brain until it fails, it remembers the failing processes. If we train it and stop while it is still processing correctly, it remembers the correct processes. Whether it is muscle memory or cognitive memory, this system of training is highly effective.

Think of it this way. If you spell a word wrong, you can either focus on the mistake or focus on the correct spelling. Focus on the mistake and the mistake will likely be repeated. Focus on the correct spelling and you are likely to get it correct the next time.

For those of us with PCS, we often make the mistake of trying to do too many things at once. We used to be able to multi-task without any problems. This can cause mistakes in all of the multi-task. If we break the tasks into each single task, we can better preform each individual task then add the next task. All of the task get done successfully. It may take longer than if we did multi-tasking, but it took less time than attempting to multi-task and failing and needing to correct the different tasks.

btw, I started typing 'taks'' instead of 'task'. Once I started misspelling task, I have misspelled it throughout this post. Lots of red squiggles to go back and correct. Just an example of how quickly the brain develops bad habits.

As you work at reading, try to find the type of reading that is easiest to do. It will keep some of your reading function working. Then, as you get stronger, you can start to introduce the other types of reading. Have you had your visual system checked? Horizontal nystagmus (the eye jerks as it tries to move side to side) is common with PCS. It can make reading difficult. Also, some have found they need a prism correction prescription for glasses. This helps the eyes converge properly on the target object. These problems can also make depth perception difficult.

There can be eye muscle control issues or the brain can have a difficulty 'stitching' the two images together into a continuous image or a bit of both. This stitching takes a lot of brain processing. When I am fatigued, this is the first thing to go if I do not put an effort out.

I hope this helps.

My best to you.