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Old 05-21-2013, 05:29 PM
NormaW NormaW is offline
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You can keep improving for years, but in order to stop having symptoms you have to modify what you do.

It is not easy to do. I am 52 and am now 14 months pcs, I have been told it maybe another year before I can work. I too was interest in the question "how long does this take?" The answer is no one really knows, every concussion is different and ever person reacts to things differently. It make planning and decision making really difficult.

You have to put tool into place to simplify your life and cut out stress and over stimulation. I can only do one thing at a time (I now know how men feel lol). I tried to conserve my energy, I have chairs to sit down to cook, a stool for doing the laundry. I try not to waist energy going up and down the stairs. I try and stay on the same floor and complete things before moving on. I use to cook, run downstairs and throw laundry on, bound upstaris to put away clothes, run back to the kitchen to stir etc. etc. Now I start and complete one task as a time. Cooking particularily is hard because I have left my stove on twice now because I forget.

Keep stress down to a miniumum. Get alot of rest. Usually if your symptoms come back or get worst, you have done too much. You have to work at 50% of your capacity until you get better and then increase slowly. This is really hard for me as I am an A type personality.

Good Luck.
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