Can having a cold really effect the PCS this much??
 

I have had PCS for 6 month now. 6 weeks back i started to get worse after a physically excaustion. I after 2-3 weeks started to notice a cold. Blew up and I have been having a cold now for 4 weeks almost! A lot of people seem to have had the same thing. Had antibiotics but no improvement. Some super-virus going on I guess.

The thing is that I consider myself so much worse (headaches, fatigue, dizzy etc) now than 6 weeks ago something. Im kindof hoping it has to do with a infection or something and that it didnt "mess up" my brain when I overdid it physically. Because overdoing it in the first place was what set the PCS off for me.

I have been worse and worse the last 2 weeks especially and I cant really find anything Ive done to be tha cause. Hoping to get better as soon as the "cold" goes away!

Has anyone else experienced the same worsening from just having a cold!!

Feels like my head can handle 30% of what it could before the cold (or the overdoing it)

Emil

Absolutely! Even worse than colds for me is sudden changes in temperatures. I live where we get "chinooks" or warm winds that come into the city over the mountain. On those days I have more headaches, therefore more fatigue, and more of my other symptoms like sensitivity to sounds and lights, and lightheadedness.

Colds or sinus issues definitely set me off. So I really make an effort to take it easy, get more rest, keep stress down, etc.

Hope you're feeling better soon!

MargN

same experience
 

Yes, I have had a sinus cold for almost a week now. The sinus cold has made my headache worse but hasnt seemed to exascerbate any other symptoms.

My suggestion to you is something it has taken me along time to accept. I have had PCS for 10 months now since a bad car accident while at work.

Let yourself sleep. Take naps....sleep in....go to bed early. Don't feel guilty about it. Make your family and support system read about PCS and the increased need for sleep with a brain injury.

If your lucky like me than you have a support system around you that can make adjustments so that you can get extra sleep. My mother in law comes over in the mornings to help my wife with getting the kids ready so I can sleep in.

Don't beat yourself up for sleeping more either. I did that for many months. I know now that sleep is one of the keys to recovery FOR SURE.
Especially when your sick with the cold on top of your existing condition.