aireyden and others,

There is no value to charting each individual day. The changes, whether they are improvements or regressions, take weeks and months to see real change.

The anxiety from trying to explain each day would be far too much for me to handle. As we say at TBI support group, Turn the Page. Go on to the next day or even the next moment. Over time, the triggers will start to become obvious, or at least somewhat understandable.

Some triggers have a delay before the symptom appears. I can have a good night out and arrive home fine. The next day, I might be miserable. The repetitions of this scenario tells me that it was the good night out that caused the crash the next day.

Think of it as a tank of gas. You used up a lot of the gas the night or day before, so when you wake up from a common PCS nights sleep, you are still low on gas. The slightest strain causes a crash.

It can take me two days or more to recover from a outing. Sometimes, I store up reserve by being very low key the few days before. I had to prepare for a Work Comp hearing and was able to stay on top of things. After the hearing, I was wasted for almost two weeks.

These delayed or prolonged recoveries are very common, even among NT members.

As much as I am interested in the progress of others with PCS, I think it is better for the person to lay low rather than posting. The posting tends to aggravate the anxiety from the return of symptoms.

For me, the frustration was the worst. Once I learned to accept the symptoms and be free of the frustration, my days started to go better. I could not count how many times a day that I have to remind myself to let go of the frustration. But,,,,, knowing that the frustration only makes matters worse, I have learned to "Be Still."

I hope others can have the same success I have with letting go of the frustration.

If you only knew how many typos I make while trying to compose a post, you would understand how I need to let go of the frustration. My typing fingers tend to get out of sequence. Tehn, evreythning get smessde up. The red squigglies point me to my mess ups.

My best to you all.