Why PCS Recovery Feels Like a Roller Coaster #PCSRecovery #PostConcussion

23 Oct 2026 · 0 min

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In this brief excerpt, David Brimacombe describes the cyclical, frustrating nature of his post‑concussion syndrome (PCS) recovery. He explains how each new treatment or approach initially seems promising, but soon triggers a flare‑up of symptoms, prompting an intuitive sense—both mental and bodily—that the method is unsuitable. This leads him to halt the intervention, return to a baseline state, and then start the cycle anew with a different strategy. The overall experience feels like a roller‑coaster of hope and setback, leaving him feeling stuck and without clear progress.

For the longest time, I would have the ebbs and flows, the yo-yo of my recovery. I would try something new, become symptomatic, and feel like intuitively my brain must be telling me, my body must be telling me that this is not right. This is causing greater symptoms. I'm going to stop. So I'd then go back to the start and wait, find something different, try it, and have that same reaction. It was a roller coaster that was getting me nowhere.