I had minor depression prior to my concussion. After the concussion, it got MUCH worse. My moods were all over the place and I got very anxious. Some of it can of course be attributed to major change in life circumstances (I couldn't work, my family had sudden financial strain due to this) but several medical professionals have told me that "depression makes concussions worse and concussions make depression worse." Bad biochemistry on top of bad biochemistry, I guess.

Anyway, I had my pre-existing anti-depressants increased, which helped for a while. When things continued to get worse, I eventually consulted a psychiatrist and switched to a new anti-depressant. It has helped quite a bit. I was also having some physical pain issues preventing me from exercising. Now that I've had several weeks of PT and am able to exercise again, my depression is under much better control.

I'm about to head off to a 10-day holistic depression management program: http://www.drnedley.com/10-day-depre...y-program.html Feel free to message me if you'd like to know more about it, and I can update when I get back.