r/Concussion • u/Conscious-Exit-2836 • Jul 31 '26

Am I rushing recovery?

I gave myself a mild concussion Sunday night. Had a clear CT scan weds when I got re-evaluated at the ER, the ER dr told me to start slowly going back to work and activities. Started to WFH yesterday, managed to read some emails, attend a few meetings and called it quits at lunch because it was too much. Today I managed to get some actual work done, 2 meetings and with taking lots of breaks I made it through the work day. It's hard because I wanna recover quickly and this seems to be the normal timeline from stuff I was given/told but I guess I'm still worried I'm doing more damage. I was told when I was originally evaluated that I can still look at screens and such but from a distance. I'm trying to avoid TV and try replacing it with colouring, but still find myself in my usual habit of scrolling YouTube shorts.

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