concussedGuy, I know we've talked a bit briefly and I know we have similar symptoms and stuff.

I just visited a doc yesterday who had a degree in psychology and psychiatry I believe, and I told him a bit about my story.

Recently, I've had a pretty high level anxiety about anything that may cause concussion symptoms, and I told him that.

Obviously, small bumps in the car, hard steps, jogging, jumping, showering, and any other head jolting isn't causing brain damage. Our brains are just responding to them like concussions. So basically, we need to rewire the brains to not react to nonconcussive hits. One thing he recommended for my anxiety and to get rid of my sensitivity was "exposure" in a safe manner.

When our bodies aren't used to things they become sensitive. I started wearing sunglasses, and I still wear them quite a bit and I'm slowly weening off them, but right away when I tried to ween off it brought back lots of symptoms. It'd be the same thing as working out for the first time in a while. He said for the sensitivity use an eye dropper and drop water on my head, for me, and slowly build up. He said maybe try tapping really softly your head, seeing what that can do.

Now, I haven't tried these things quite yet, but my head is very dry and itchy because it's cold here and I have noticed that touching my head has reduced my head sensitivity quite a bit.

I have noticed my sensitivity to walking is down a bit too. He recommended walking, then brisk walking, and going from there. Same with exercise. Start small, and gradually build up.

He also recommended a form of deep breathing, pretty much meditation. You can sit. Sometimes I lay down, but breathe in through your nose, and make sure air is going through your stomach and not chest and breath out through your mouth making a 'fffff' sound. Focus on the air going in and out of your nose and mouth or your stomach contracting. It relieves pressure in the head and is a nice relaxing thing. He recommended 5 minutes in the morning after school and 15 minutes at night.

As far as headaches/pressure. Mine is in the front too. Laying down and breathing work the best for me. I haven't quite read this whole thread, but I will later.

I also stopped eating gluten because it causes inflammation in the brain and dairy. I stopped dairy a long time ago because I got acne from it, but some studies show it causes brain fog and some peoples brains are allergic to it.

One last thing, vestibular therapy has helped a lot and I can explain my exercises if you want.