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Originally Posted by poetrymom
I don't know how bad internet surfing is for the healing brain.
I know I can /could feel myself get sort of maxed out by TV if there are bright flashing noises on it -- but I do confess I read my e-mail for about a half hour a day during a recovery time. Was it detrimental? I really don't know.
Sometimes the only way I find out we AM or AM NOT ready for something is to test it, and be prepared to fail or pass.....but if I have a fail in that horrible dizzy feeling comes or the colors start becoming brighter thanI know then are....then I know I am pushing myself too hard and have to back down.
This is a quizzical process of trying and resting and trying.......
I think Mark in Idahoe said it well .........something to the effect that one good day is nothing more than that. It doesn't mean a "recovery" It means you had one good day. When you can have a week of "good" days then that is more of a trend to notice.
Oh boy I am blathering because I had really bad sleep, but my point is...
yes, you need rest, and yest you have to figure out what that means for you, and I find I do have to test it to see if I can do somethinlg like
a. walk a little further today
b. drive a little distance,do an errand and am I wiped out by that?
I hope you get the idea.
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Yes that was my general thinking, the testing idea is something that I think i will implement. I'm still sort of trying to figure out what seems to set me off and what does not. Looking back on the past couple of weeks, ive only really felt symptomatic a few times in say, the past couple weeks. Is that normal? School was really the only major mental thing i was doing, so perhaps i was healing..but not really?
These were the only 3 things that bothered me, again the symptoms are not as severe as some have on here, so im still not sure if this happens to people with milder stuff.
1) Did a half workout, i was feeling fine for about 5 days with absolutely no symptoms, decide to do a half workout. Had some symptoms the remainder of the day and then a bit of the next day
2) This past friday, had finished up 2 exams in 2 days, then had to unpack my entire dorm room and carry heavy boxes and bags down 4 flights of stairs. Obviously not ideal...but someone had to do it. Felt crappy for a bout 2-3 hours afterwards
3) Perhaps a continuation of friday, but a played a lot of video games yesterday, felt fine, then around 9 last night felt crappy again, still a bit symptomatic today. This perhaps bugs me the most because I would play with friends at school after class nearly every day, and I never had a problem which is why I think all the stuff i did on friday was so bad. I also never had a problem watching movies or surfing on my computer which is why i asked.