Tips for a Bad Day.
 

This month so far has been mostly "good" or "okay" days for me. It's been months since I've had "good" days so I almost forgot what it was like to feel that way. Today, I ended up crashing...probably due to watching the Super Bowl, a long conversation and a trip to Walmart yesterday...and I feel horrible.

I started to get frustrated today because I haven't been able to do the things I was able to the past 5 days or so...I'm typing the same word twice, misspelling things (I typed "activing" instead of "acting" earlier in a text), dropping things, fumbling my words in conversation on the phone...then I realized...I'm moving too fast! You can't do that on a bad day....so I came up with some tips for you guys to deal with a bad day and avoid frustration:

So, you had a few good days...feeling almost normal...and then BAM, you wake up one morning feeling horrible! Your fumbling words in conversation, dropping things, misspelling words in a text message, whatever it may be...this is a sign your going to have a bad day. Your brain is probably used to the 2-3 good days you just had so it's still trying to function at that level, but it's failing miserably.

SLLLLLLOOOOWWW DOWN!!!

Your having a bad day...don't get frustrated, this is absolutely normal for someone who is suffering from PCS. Just take it down a couple notches. Your not going to be able to do the things you were able to on those good days. Your gonna fumble your words, your gonna forget things...whatever it is your struggling with. Your probably going to have to take it easy today and lay in bed (if you can). Don't beat yourself up over it, just ACCEPT IT. You'll keep your stress levels down this way which will enable you to have more good days.

That's all I can think of right now...Once I accepted that I was having a bad day and I took it down a notch, I started to feel better. Hopefully this will work for you as well.

Feel free to add to this thread.

Today was a really bad day. Im slowing down. Tried to nap but bad dreams. Uuggghhh

Crystal,

Sorry to hear that. I'm having a bad day too, its okay. I'm just taking it easy and accepting that I won't be able to do much today. I tried to take a nap but that didn't work, so I'm just kicking back in bed and posting on here from my smart phone.

Once you slow down a bit and accept how your feeling, you will start to feel better.

Super Bowl: Destroyer of good day streaks for PCS sufferers across the nation ;-)

I concur!! :)

Im chillin. Migrane and puke bucket. Cant say I dont know how to live it up!

Haha, that's the life right there...living the American Dream.

I'll trade you my lack of focus/concentration and social skills for your migraine. What do you say? ;)

Well Im now add with anxiety and anger. Lol don't think youd like to trade. Off to docs...good times.

Slow down is right. You can't fight the brain or the body. If you are feeling tired, sleep. If you are feeling dizzy, rest. If you can't string together a sentence, don't talk. Just relax as best as you can. I have been having bad days lately--and I have not been overstimulating my brain. I am sleeping most of the days. I don't know if it's helping, but there is nothing else to do. Trying to "push through" symptoms only causes more frustration. I do a little reading on paper here and there, and minimize my time on the computer. I take a walk or two. And I wait.