[mrtamnus1]

so i have felt pretty good today, very upbeat, hopefully its going to be a trend, just wondering if any of you had experienced what you thought was the end, only to have set backs out of the blue

[mouse1]

I am at the 9 month point and am still having false dawns. I don't have any other symptoms apart from fatigue, so I have to be thankful for that. No headaches now with the help of medication.

If I didn't do anything I would be fine, but working and leading a normal life tires me out like never before. I know I will be 100% recovered when the fatigue goes away.

[Mark in Idaho]

Feeling better is great but does not signify a recovery until the improvements last a week or longer. Try to keep doing what you have been doing the past few weeks. It should help this improvement last and hopefully become permanent.

My best to you.

[mrsmith]

Excellent news, this happened to me around 4 months ago, and I made the mistake of increasing my physical and cognitive work a ton immediately, don't make that mistake.

Hope it lasts

[Lightrail11]

Great news, glad you are doing so well.

Everyone seems to have a different recovery curve. In my case, there was slow but steady progress through about the six month mark when the majority of my symptoms resolved, so I didn't experience any significant setbacks. Wishing you continued progress.

[Kenjhee]

Unfortunately I have had many, many false starts over my 37 year history as a TBI survivor. I am trying to face with some kind of courage the ominous possibility that this will be a life-long challenge for me. But this is just me. Other people do recover from this, and it remains a possibility even in my case.

[litliwlowa]

Originally Posted by Kenjhee

Unfortunately I have had many, many false starts over my 37 year history as a TBI survivor. I am trying to face with some kind of courage the ominous possibility that this will be a life-long challenge for me. But this is just me. Other people do recover from this, and it remains a possibility even in my case.

Ditto that for me as well. I actually went back to work 7 weeks after my injuries - WRONG thing to do, even though part of that was financial necessity. That may have contributed to persistent post TBI residuals and such for me. My brain never really had a chance to rest and recover.

29 year history as a TBI survivor. Still have good days and not so good days.

[mrtamnus1]

Well that was short lived. Yesterday out of the blue, i got extremely light headed, weak and dizzy. Alas all the problems are back to square 1

[Lightrail11]

Originally Posted by mrtamnus1

Alas all the problems are back to square 1

Sorry about the reoccurrence of these symptoms, but I’d challenge you to think about the “good days” as steps in a positive direction. I believe that optimism is an important component in recovery.

As TBIs go yours is fairly recent. At my two month mark I was assessed as having “significant difficulties in learning, recall, mental flexibility and executive systems functioning”. I kept a sense of optimism which helped me attend more diligently to the therapies I was given. Three months later those deficits had largely resolved and I was soon back to work.

Recovery is a journey, not an event. The very best to you as you continue yours, and celebrate those “good days”.