My Nuerologist asked me if I was walking again. Previous to my injury I was walking five to seved miles a day. I told him I tried but when I do I relapse in bed for two days. He seemed to understand. I told him I will keep trying but only when I'm feeling better. They made some changes in my meds. So now I'm sleeping like crazy. It'll be a week or two before I level out and get some energy.

Crystal: this happened to me too during the first few months of my recovery. Even short walks could knock me back for hours or days. It's only been recently (at 6 mos post-injury) that I've been able to walk every day - and I'm still taking it very slowly. So be patient. As someone on here wrote, recovering from PCS is a marathon, not a sprint. Your brain and body will let you know when you can do more.

These posts are so incredibly helpful. I am three months out ..only a few pressure headaches here and there. Not yet driving more than 15 miles and still having mostly auditory stimulation issues...can't go to movies, loud events etc. But I feel as if I am sliding backwards not making much progress.

In the past two weeks I started very slow walking on my treadmill, no incline and maybe 1.5-1.7mph. I got to 10 minutes and pressure headaches started, so I stopped. Next day I didn't even get to 7 minutes when pressure headaches started again. So I have not been doing anymore treadmill activity.

My issue? I now have almost constant pressure headaches and feel my body strength weakening and feeling really sluggish. I'm not used to this total inactivity. When I do work, I am noticing now that I can't lift something that barely weighs 5#, so now I am letting my staff load and lift anything heavy, which actually I have had them doing the heavy lifting for awhile now. And I am gaining weight..not good as I am having knee issues for the first time ever.

My next move is joining a restorative yoga class and hopefully this will not trigger any headaches and give me a sense of doing something positive for my poor body and recuperating head.

And I need to obviously be alot more patient with my recovery..it's just so hard when I want to get up and MOVE.

Thanks again for sharing your struggles.

I was able to walk much better outside or on a track than on a treadmill. The noise and slight incline hurt me.

Also, my neurologist said it was preferable to take pain meds in order to do light activity than to rest completely and get too deconditioned. So I still walked with a headache, though usually slower or shorter time.