camyam73,

The rest you need includes things like over-stimulation. Most church situations include a full day's dose of over-stimulation. The loud sounds, music and many voices can be very draining on the brain's energy.

Think of your brain as needing the equivalent of bed rest for an at-risk pregnancy. If reading causes over-stimulation, it should be avoided or very limited. Anything that causes a rise in symptoms should be avoided.

The Clomid may make you PCS worse since it may also result in direct stimulation of the hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal axis. The adrenal and hypothalmus functions can create quite a roller coaster ride.

The rising progesterone during the late stage of the cycle is a neuro-protective hormone. It helps the fetal neural growth and the mother's brain tolerate neural insult better. If the Clomid disrupts or suppressed progesterone (my research did not mention anything about its effect on progesterone).

If your progesterone levels were low or at zero at the time of your injury, your brain would have been less tolerant of injury.

Ignore the tinnitus. There is nothing you can do to reduce it but ignore it. Find a soothing auditory stimuli to lightly focus on. I find that music that I know is easiest to relax to. My brain knows what to expect and does not get stimulated by the changes in melody or tempo.

If there are manual tasks you can do to lightly focus your attention, it will help to keep your brain occupied in a non-stimulating way. Knitting, painting, simple crafts, etc., that focus on using your hands allow you to keep busy at a speed that does not over-load the brain. The hands can not work too fast for the brain. Solitaire with a deck of cards, not on a computer, will also be therapeutic.

And, pray for a pregnancy that is a baby that matches your blood factors. This will lessen the immune load on your body and brain.

Keep your folic acid up and also B-12 and omega 3's. They help the brain tolerate stress. Folic acid, B-12, D3 and a good B-50 complex will help you maintain a strong blood brain barrier.

Nutrition should be a high priority because your body has a high work load just recovering from the concussion.

Have you tried using an ice pack to help with the head aches? It might help.

My best to you.