Yuck...I'm so sorry you're going through this.

If you search my posts (PCS Learner) and those of NancyS on here you will see the trials and tribulations we went through with our teenage girls. Lots of the same struggles.

My daughter was a sophomore, which is way better than being a senior. Her GPA dropped about 9%. Now, as a junior, her GPA is back to where it was pre-injury. She is also in advanced or honors classes as your daughter is.

We listened to books on tape for English, I read a lot of textbooks out loud to her for other classes. I'll admit that I wrote quite a few papers for her. We would talk about the subject matter, but it didn't seem like a good use of her limited energy to sit and write the papers. Math is tricky...my daughter had some major vision issues that basically caused the numbers to dance around so that was the hardest subject.

Asking teachers for extra time on tests doesn't really do much to help, in my opinion. Instead ask them if you can substitute long, written tests with written reports on the same subject matter. If you google "concussion guidelines for school"...something like that...you will find some new guidelines put out by the AMA a few months ago.

We saw a sports psychologist who equated a head injury with any other type of soft tissue injury. She said, "If you had torn your ACL you would expect it to take several months to heal, right?" That seemed to put it in perspective for my daughter.

My daughter is also an athlete. She lost lots of "friends" when she had to drop out of sports. And, like your daughter, she freaked out about losing her muscles, gaining weight, etc. After a disasterous basketball workout that set her recovery back MONTHS, we started a gradual return to exercise by walking on the eliptical. I think she started at 2 minutes and increased it by one minute every week. She is now able to ride bikes, run, play ultimate frisbee, yoga, etc., without symptoms. She's just a different kind of athlete now.

Again, looking over those old posts will help you with some ideas for tracking down specific symptoms, treament options, etc. Everyone has a different experience with this. Otherwise all I can tell you is that she turned major corners at 6 mos, then at 8 mos. By 1 year post injury she was about 95% and at 18 months there was virtually no difference in her memory, concentration, performance at school, etc. No headaches since about 18 mos. This isn't something you can "push through".

Good luck!!