[GoldPostal]

Hello everybody. Been a long while since I've posted here.

So, in January of 2015 I suffered a mild concussion that gave me symptoms (mainly headache, fatigue, and brain fog) for months, until a visit to a Neuropsychologist. The neuropsych took a quick test on me and determined that I was actually functioning well, and that my symptoms were being caused by anxiety. Sure enough, a few days later, I was 100% symptom free.

I remained so until this past July, when I bumped my head at work and become very slowed down and foggy. With school coming up, I quickly became very stressed and anxious. Funny thing is, I took the imPact test a few days after the blow out of curiosity, and totally passed it.

Anyway, eventually we went to a physical therapist who had a specialty for concussions, having suffered a whopping 12 herself (she's totally clear now, except for some noise sensitivity.) She revealed to me that I was having convergence/vestibular issues that were causing me these problems, and we began work on that.

At this point, before I left for school, she told me that my eyes are working fine again, and that although I might feel symptoms still sometimes, I should try to just live my life as normally as possible, and rest occasionally when I can. A chiropractor I've been seeing also says that nothing short of hitting my head again will set my PCS recovery back.

But damn I'm just so scared that I'm never going to recover. I really like it here and want to be here (rooming with my two best friends and going to a great school), but every post I read on this website talks about how complete cognitive rest is absolutely critical. Will I get better if I push through it?

I don't want to drop out, but I don't want to ruin my health. I have been generally okay the last few days, but last night we were out late, and now today I'm feeling very dazed and foggy. And I keep getting these weird, quick throbbing pains in a sort of vertical line on the right side of my head. I'm afraid the stress, studying, stimulation, and poor sleep I'm going to experience is going to set me back permanently. There's a two week period to drop out and get your money back. Not sure what I'm going to do.

I don't even know where I'm going with this post. If it is convoluted, I apologize. I'm so conflicted. I feel like I'm being robbed of something I was really excited about.