Exercise?
 

Anybody care to share there experience with exercise and concussion symptoms.

For a long time I tried to workout as much as possible at the level I used to, but I figured out that it really didn't work just because I was struggling so much overall. I would come back from a two mile run and just be dead and my pupils would become completely different sizes, and then I wouldn't run for three days because I pushed too hard. The same would be true for lifting. I would just be out of it mentally, my pupils would go to different sizes and my one eyelid would droop for a while. I have not tried lifting in a few months, but am hesitant to because my neck is still a problem for me. I starting biking lightly and have slowly been building up little by little with intensity, and I think I am ready to start running consistently again. It doesn't sound like you are very deconditioned like I was due to my insomnia and lack of ability to exercise much from it, but you really should be cautious. This short period in your life is not worth jeopardizing your health for the next 60+ years potentially. I thought I could just power through and throw as much weight on the bench as I always had, and it didn't work. Would the same be true a few months later? Maybe not but I'm still playing it safe and keeping myself aware of my limitations as one can easily loose sight of the bigger picture and push too hard working out paying for it later.

Phoenix,

I am an exercise enthusiast also.

I was forced to quit for almost 2 years from pcs, I simply could not do much of anything other than walking around the house and work without some really uncomfortable repercussions.

What I discovered was how much I exercised out of anxiety and fear of being in bad shape.

If you cannot take the necessary time to heal properly you seriously need to learn the proper mental discipline necessary to overcome those compulsions.

I can exercise again at a decent level of fitness again, although not without reminders that something happened to me.

The net result is I now enjoy exercise as opposed to being driven by it, a far more preferable way of living.

Use this time to take control of yourself as a complete person, heal and enjoy the rest of your long life.

Just my observations of myself and other exercise junkies.

Bud