From reading your post it seems like you are trying to work full days and failing- why not just work part time, or half days, until you feel comfortable with it and then increase your hours slowly? That's what I've had to do during my recovery process.

Also, healing brains tend to really like a routine schedule, so try to stick to working the same hours every day and going to bed and waking up at the same time every day too.

I know how hard it is - I wasn't able to work at all for over a year after I was injured. And when I started working I could only work 12 hours a week. Before the accident I was in, I worked 60 hours a week regularly, so 12 hours a week was depressing to me, but I'm working more than twice that now.

I'm coming up to the two year anniversary after the accident I was in that caused this injury and I'm able to work 25 hours a week now. I still have days where I feel so tired that I want to call in sick - but they seem to happen less now than they did when I first started working. On those days I am forced to take more breathers and breaks than I would like to.

Once my Dr. thought I could increase my hours to five hour days, she said I need to split the shift in half and take a break in between. I had to move closer to where I work just so I could start working again at all and there is nowhere for me to actually rest where I work, so I go home during my break so I can actually give my brain a real rest. I have to take a two hour break between two 2.5 hour shifts in order to work 25 hours a week.

I'm still far from being able to function like I did before the accident I was in. But I'm very grateful that I'm able to function as well as I can now compared to how I was six months after the accident I was in. Unfortunately, recovering from a brain injury takes a great deal of time and is very challenging and difficult.

Have you tried Melatonin? It is a supplement over the counter. It's the chemical in your brain that makes you sleepy when it is dark. It's great! No drowsiness in the morning and I could easily sleep 8 hrs on one 5mg pill/night.

I am currently using a supplement that includes melatonin. It definitely helps....some nights more than others but a lot better than Tylenol PM which made me groggy in the mornings. I still seem to be able to work a full day and when I have headaches that won't go away I have to stay home. My HR dept is informing me that I only have 50 hours of FMLA time left. That's putting a lot of pressure on me too.