Breathe. Relax.

You are recovering from a brain injury. Your brain needs rest in order to heal.

Anxiety and a decrease in intellect (I call it a decrease in cognitive functioning, because it effects me in many areas other than just my intellect) are common symptoms of PCS.

Symptoms can manifest for (usually) up to three months after a blow to the head, if it's an uncomplicated concussion. One of our members had new symptoms appear four months after his injury. I had symptoms develop six months after the concussion I sustained but that was because I was dealing with a rare side effect of concussion that hadn't been addressed yet. Every brain injury is different.

After trauma to the brain, chemicals that are created inside the brain as a result of that trauma can trigger a cascade of death to different neurons and axons and that process can take some time to complete itself.