JBuckl,

I'm glad you asked about what to do when you get bumped and have a "set back". I have definitely had plenty of "set backs" over my healing period: no matter how careful you are sometimes they just happen, so you need to know how to handle it. First off you are correct by taking the anti-inflammatory supplement after a "set back". My doctor recommends that I double up on my dosage of NueroFlam-the anti-inflammatory supplement I am taking for 2-3 days after a set back. Besides from taking the supplement, the best advice I have is to try and have a positive attitude like you are talking about. I have experienced the worse anxiety after I have had a "set back" and know that I will have concussion symptoms for the next few days. I start getting thoughts of depression-"ill never get better, there's no way to beat this"-things like that. So my best advice after you have a set back is to relax and know that in a few days you will be back on track. Think about where you will be in the future and don't be overwhelmed by your current situation-and be EXTRA careful not to bump your head again.

Thanks so much for posting about that book and everything about the positive attitude. That is something that I have slowly figured out on my own but have not researched it in depth and I really look forward to reading that book.

Sorry, she said concussion, not TBI. I mispoke.

The course load is insane. They're both 200 level college classes I think, but it doesn't matter. I have a 4.0. I've been one of the most dedicated student, musical, athletes of the school. and I've had a very strong mental toughness for such a long time that it's probably hurting me now. I think that it's gotten to be a bit too much finally for my body. Mentally, I'm still strong most of the time, but physically I'm noticing signs.

I just dropped one of my less important classes with about 3 weeks left in the quarter as it's not required to graduate. I believe I have burnout. I have lots of the symptoms of that recently except when I got bumped, when I believe I might have gotten an adrenaline boost (on right now), which is something I discovered today~just a theory. Any thoughts?

I think that my severe sensitivity might trigger an adrenaline release. The past couple weeks I've been able to do less and less school work and the past three days I've been really tired and had a ton of brain fog, which I really almost never have. I felt really tired and completely drained. I don't know where my energy came from or how I got through the weeks before, but I'm interested to see how my body responds.

I'm not sure if my theory is correct, but when I got bumped-not hard- my symptoms flared up again a little bit~tics a bit, crosseyed, weird head feeling, increased energy.