Mark, I'm not sure what I wrote was "obvious" to the OP - if she's new to NT then I imagine she'll be interested in hearing more than one perspective. I certainly was, and very little of what I read early on was obvious or superfluous to me.

My concern is that "the only thing that matters are how he deals with his symptoms," while true as far as it goes, may be a bit simplistic. For me, understanding that I had had a brain injury ("getting it," in other words) was important - I only wish that this had been brought home to me earlier. My specialist is great but I wish he'd explained more clearly (and in no uncertain terms) what avoiding physical and mental exertion meant, why it was important, etc.