Thanks but I don't agree. I WILL be 100% again. What is 100% anyway? How would you know that you were 100%? The statistics are that 99 percent of sufferers recover within a year. It's 2 months now and I'm getting the odd hour in the evening when I feel almost myself again and I'm generally improving. I'm going to be myself again by some point in the next 10 months. OK, when that happens I may not be as sharp as I was previously but I'll have spent a good few months with a concussion which is going to take its toll. But I'm still young and I've always been a very fast learner. In another year or two, I'll be back to full power, maybe sooner. Positivity is so important here, the injury may be physical but so much of the recovery seems to be psychological. I wish you full energy in your recovery. A lot of people have been through this and very nearly all of them have got through it and come out fine and in some cases I dare say stronger for it.

Hello enigmagnetic. I see you're fairly new to NeuoTalk, so I wanted to welcome you to the site.

I'm sorry to hear of your injury, and as another who's been there, I can certainly understand some of what what you're going through.

As you've already made your way here to the PCS Forum, please let us know if we can assist you in any way.

could you give us an update?

OK, Benjamin. I'm glad you're optimistic and this is certainly working in your favor. But don't get stuck on the "one year" mark. It may be the case that you're back to 100% by then, but it might take a little longer. It's not so precise. So, when you reach that one year, I hope you are fully recovered, but if you're not, that doesn't mean that you won't go further. My daugther, now 16, is now 2 yrs. 3 mo. post injury and it wasn't until about 3 months ago that we could finally breathe a sigh of relief and say, "She's going to live a normal life!" That's not to say that she's back to how she was pre-concussion, but she's damn near close to it and I'm optimistic that she'll continue to improve. And if she doesn't, she'll do fine as she is.

Hey Benjamin,

Experienced a similar situation whilst travelling in South East Asia when decidied to return home after a concussion. It is doubly hard when think about opportunities missed and also when people do not recognise your condition.

As depression and PCS is in part subjective and felt only by you, it can be frustrating explaining to friends and family the condition when MRI or CAT scans come back negative.

Ultimately I guess they are just as impatient for you to return back to your old self.

I had my fifth concussion, skiing, 5 months ago and still have neck pain and more floaters than usual. Work has been very difficult, though found that anxiety has had a debilating effect as much as the physical symptoms so have recently tried to focus on reducing that.

Becoming a lot more conscious of my posture, trying to be more assertive when speaking and realising that even if my brain is damaged, perhaps irreparably, that have to deal with it has helped.

The outlook for a mild concussion is generally very good and as enigmatic was saying this is, hopefully, a relatively small period of your life so good luck and hope you see a speedy and noticable improvement soon.

Hey Benjamin,

Experienced a similar situation whilst travelling in South East Asia when decidied to return home after a concussion. It is doubly hard when think about opportunities missed and also when people do not recognise your condition.

As depression and PCS is in part subjective and felt only by you, it can be frustrating explaining to friends and family the condition when MRI or CAT scans come back negative.

Ultimately I guess they are just as impatient for you to return back to your old self.

I had my fifth concussion, skiing, 5 months ago and still have neck pain and more floaters than usual. Work has been very difficult, though found that anxiety has had a debilating effect as much as the physical symptoms so have recently tried to focus on reducing that.

Becoming a lot more conscious of my posture, trying to be more assertive when speaking and realising that even if my brain is damaged, perhaps irreparably, that have to deal with it has helped.

The outlook for a mild concussion is generally very good and as enigmagnetic was saying this is, hopefully, a relatively small period of your life so good luck and hope you see a speedy and noticable improvement soon.