Howdy all,

I've in and out reading about everyones adventures with PCS, and just wanted to say, yes, overstimulation will bite you in the rump when you least expect it!

Our family went to our daughter's (6yo) elementary school's skating party at a local skating rink. Didn't think much about it as we were standing outside waiting to pay, and thought, "Dude, you should have brought some ear plugs". Well, I should have brought much more... I didn't think you could pack that much noise and visual stimulation into one building, but apparantly you can. It was solid for a couple of hours. I was fine afterwards though, so I didn't think about it.

Next night (Wednesday) I was starting to get that oh so familiar foggy thinking, and slight headache. Early this morning (Thursday) it woke me up at 3:00 am with a jackhammer of all headaches ....thank goodness for Amerge. Took one and went back to sleep, thankfully.

On a positive note, I've noticed that the time between overstimulation event and PCS symptoms has been increasing and that both intensity and duration of symptoms has been decreasing, so I'm happy about that.


Just to note, I'm just about 2 years post concussion - syncope after finishing my 9th marathon due to severe dehydration.