Hello guys,

I've been spending some time here after I hit my head 67 days ago when walking up some stairs, but this is my first post (obviously). I went through a course at university during the first 30 days before accepting that I wouldn't get rid of my symptoms (severe dizzyness, fatigue, tired eyes, nausea if dizzyness got really bad, short term memory loss, etc) without dedication to resting. During the course I rested as much as I could, but I still did the obligatory stuff. This took up maybe 10 hours a week.

After the course was completed, I skipped the following course and set out to rest until I was healthy again. The first few days I had to take one hour naps a couple of times a day after just lying around, listening to podcasts and audiobooks, cooking and doing my laundry. By spending the majority of my time listening to audio books and drawing, I noticed I got better. After 30 days of resting like this, I could sit in front of YouTube for 3-4 hours without feeling substantial dizzyness. I went by the strategy of active rest - I did as much as I had energy for doing, and when I felt my energy dwindling, I went to bed and slept or listened to a podcast with the blinds down. This included seeing my girlfriend, talking to friends a couple of hours at a time and watching videos on YouTube. I generally didn't leave the apartment.

Then came the day that I moved apartments. My roomate had ended our contract due to him going on an exchange term, and I did way more than I had the capacity of doing. By the end of the day I laid in bed, trying not to throw up all over our (newly cleaned) floors, and the day after was awful as well. I went back to my home town to live with my parents for a couple of weeks, and my symptoms have gotten back to where they were a month ago - I have to take naps for hours every day and looking at screens makes me a little nauseous in a way that they didn't before.

I shold mention that I had a post concussive syndrome-episode exactly one year ago (I literally hit my head within the same week I did the year before), which took me 4-6 weeks to get through. I still noticed that my fingers slipped and typed the wrong letters on my keyboard some months later, but I was symptom free to the point where it didn't bother me.

I have two main questions:

- What do you think of my approach to rest? Any advice for changing it? I eat B12, B-complex, multivitamin, C-vitamin and Omega 3s in pretty large doses every day, sleep 8+ hours every night and try to do whatever I feel is fun, as long as it doesn't worsen my symptoms. This includes plowing through audio books (14 last month) and podcasts and drawing from time to time. I cram in some screen time when I feel fresh enough.

- Is the progress I made during the last 30 days likely thrown out the window after I overstrained myself 5 days ago when moving? Will recovery to where I was likely be faster than getting there the last time was or do I have to go through it all again?

These forums are a huge help, when I have the opportunity I'd like to thank everyone who has contributed to my sense of comfort in that there is information to get if you need it.