Hi Mark,

Thanks for the reply.

I will check out the sticky topics when my symptoms aren't as bad. Today was a pretty bad day as evidenced by the anxiety in my first post.

I think my anxiety is a result of the disconnect between who I am right now and who I used to be and me wanting to get being that person so badly.

I'm just worried that all my hard work and financial investments (several years of school to land a good job / career) will never pay off because I could have possibly permanently damaged my brain which is the main thing that I rely on to be successful.

I will run the vitamins by my naturopath next time I see her. The main goal when first seeing her was to get the anxiety and depression under control and then deal with the physical symptoms.

I took relora-plex which is a plant extract that is supposed to help with anxiety (no longer taking) as well as Relax-Maxx which contains Intisol and GABA which are supposed to help with stress management.

With regards to stress, I have drastically altered my approach to work and life, and have attempted to become better at planning at not leaving things to the last minute to alleviate stress. I was always someone who left things to the last minute and thrived by doing so. The biggest blessing that has come out of my injury is that I've realized that just because I could handle stress in the past, why should I subject myself to it when it's avoidable for the most part.

I also take a tea spoon of fish oil with a few drops of vitamin D every day.

I also used Cognisure but stopped taking it as it was expensive and I really do not feel all that slowed down mentally. I can still perform complex problem solving, it takes me a bit longer and obviously I don't have the mental stamina that I used to.

I find that as the mental symptoms subside that the physical symptoms are getting worse or perhaps I am just able to feel them more.

I have considered starting SSRI's to maybe help calm myself down and reduce stress further as maybe it will give me a better chance at recovery. I am just worried about becoming permanently dependant on a pill for the rest of my life as I have witnessed my mother battle a pretty bad pill addiction in the past.

By reading some posts I have learned that I do not have it as bad as others and it's alarming that some have had symptoms for 3-5 years, perhaps longer.