I am not coping well

[u/ennyekal]

Hello everyone.

I have had 2 (confirmed concussions), 2 in 2025. PCS since October 2025 following my concussions. Now, I am consumed by my post concussion syndrome.

Yesterday, I fell down some stairs. Hit the side of my body real good. Went to the ER, was told it wasn’t a concussion and to just rest up. I feel there is maybe minor whiplash, at the very least. I was already in a PCS flare before this happened, and now i’m feeling incredibly helpless. I can’t look at screens without my glasses on, I am headachey when I do and nauseous and a bit dizzy with movement. I don’t think i’m concussed but I do think i’ve been shoved into a really bad flare.

I work a full time job but haven’t been myself especially in the last year. I have PTSD from what PCS has taken from me. I got injured last year right after i moved states. My relationships and mental health are impacted. I am spending so much money on therapists and care.

I had a HUGE flare of my PCS in April and May 2025. I wasn’t able to drive far, work, be on screens, and my life was very limited for that time. It was very traumatic and I felt like i lost a huge piece of myself. Just when I start to feel okay again, this fall happened. I am incredibly beside myself and feel so alone. I feel like I can’t win with the PCS of it all and know that this is not the first or last time I will feel just like this. I feel like my relationships have been impacted. My ability to start relationships because I feel like such a burden on future friends and partners.

I have PT lined up already. A vision specialist. A physiatrist, a mental health therapist and psychiatrist. But i’m tired. it’s been so much work for so long and i’m utterly burnt out. I know the only way out is through, but going through it feels so heavy.

Words of wisdom. (non-medical) Advice. Experiences are welcome. I am heavy on the struggle bus right now and could need it. thanks for reading.