Couldn't agree more.

I'd suggest going to see a psychologist to or therapist or at least a family member / friend to talk about your anxiety.

I wish I did this sooner. My extremely large ego did not want to admit that I had an anxiety issue. I've also always been a very mentally tough person.

Unfortunately an injured brain doesn't care about your ego or how tough you are and the anxiety will come.

The first thing you need to do is accept that anxiety is there and that it's ok to have it.

I think some CBT work with a professional could help wonders here. I know it did for me. It can't hurt .. that's for sure.

Since my last post I have been prescribed amitriptyline which is really helping with the headaches. I feel my noise sensitivity has decreased also. I am still having bad days if I do too much. I feel a lot less frustrated now as I'm accepting this is going to take time. The doctors in the uk don't seem to know a lot about pcs! I've been thinking about having some physio therapy as maybe I have for tension in my neck. Is this a good idea?

Tension in the neck is usually due to an undiagnosed subtle neck injury. The shock to the head also impacts the neck, specifically the upper neck, C-1 and C-2. Gentle physiotherapy would be good. No pushing for range of motion. Just gentle movement and mobilizations with some gentle traction. You also need to be very cautious and disciplined to take care of your neck. This means good neck posture, especially when resting or sleeping. No thick pillows.

A neck injury can take many months of disciplined behavior to heal.

My best to you.

Thank you that is really helpful. I will seek a physio. Could you recommend any safe neck excercises I could do at home?

Again thank you!

I find walking helps for anxiety, relaxes the mind and is good for brain blood flow. Like Hockey says anxiety is a concussion symptom as can be depression. Have something to look forward to like a treat to stay optimistic Recovery doesn't tend to be linear, you will get setbacks, don't be hard on yourself it's still early days the brain certainly takes time to heal. But I sympathise with you regarding UK GP's mine just printed out a leaflet and gave it me.

Thank you mate. I've made good progress this week and feel optimistic because I saw a physio and have started doing some simple neck stretches. Really helped with the headaches. Yeah my gp did that to but he did give me 10mg amitrityline at night which helps. Slowly but surely getting there .

All the best

My neck was really crunchy and stiff for a long while, it's pretty much ok now, I think it's a PCS symptom. I went to see a chiropractor a few times but it didn't really help although the chiropractor seemed to know more than my GP about PCS lol. How long did it take for the amitryptaline to work? It's an anti depressant but in low doses, 10-20mg, used for sleep.

One normally takes the amitriptyline and hour or two before bed so it has time to get in your system.

What did the chiropractor suggest? Could feel the effects probably after a week of taking them. I'm considering coming off them though as I'm starting night shifts again soon so not ideal. Worried my headaches are going to worsen but I'll have hopefully the physio will keep helping.

Well, he told me to limit my brain stimulation using computers etc and to take it easier than I had been doing. He said my brain is having to work harder at the moment and could be over excited. More than I got from the docs.