thanks for the thoughts. I used Luminosity during my initial rehab but not since returning to work since I do lots of varied thinking on the job.

I have managed to be successful at work for the past 8 months, 6 months with no mandated restrictions. If I feel foggy, disoriented, or overwhelmed I go out of service and take a break, strecthing, walking, meditating, etc. If I cannot return to clear thinking within a reasonable time I either become the "gopher" doing the more mundane tasks such as property checks or parking tickets or just do desk work in the office. If I'm having a really hard time I just leave work as sick. I haven't had to leave work early for this since August.

Obviously when I have relapses I call in sick for a few days until I'm doing better.

I think part of the reason I can be successful at work is that I work so hard to protect myself and my energy levels while at home on my work days. I spend my days before going to work doing the things that help protect my thinking and energy level and never schedule activities or difficult chores for those days.

I wanted to say those things so those of you scared about me working can be assured that I am aware of the importance of being at my best at work. I went through four months of every type of testing required by my department before they felt I could return to work. Then I had another 3 months of riding with a training officer both to relearn what I had lost and also so the training officer could do daily evaluations of me. Lastly my LT is very supportive and allows me to pace myself while not letting me limit myself unnecessarily.

My doctor told me that he doesn't believe that any cops have been able to return to work after a pcs with this severity. Does anyone know of any?

With all that being said, I am still very concerned about the continuing problems and am very open to any and all suggestions for how to continue to recover.

I don't drink at all and my doctor told me that mtbi can cause people to not be able to handle alcohol. I do drink a lot of caffeine, more so in the past several months which might account for some of the problems returning. Is there any suggestions about nicotine?

This was my 8th documented concussion. My first one was when I was 14 and I had partial amnesia for about 8 hours (I knew who I was and where I was but I didn't know who anyone else was.) My one prior to this last one was about 4 years ago and I had such bad headaches and dizziness I didn't work for 3 weeks. I know there have been other blows to the head from fights and falls that I never went to the doctor for because they didn't seem like they were bad enough. I'm praying for safety at work and take extra care to protect my head now. (as in no more rollarblading with the kids, and extra backup if I think a fight might break out.)

Also, today was my most successful day socially at work since I returned. I took four more calls than I usually can handle well and was more interactive with the guys than I have been since the injury.

thanks again, I wish I had found this website earlier