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I guess you know how bad your concussion was and its prognosis, but having post-concussive symptoms that last <= 18 months is not uncommon. I'm not even sure that the post-concussive symptoms are directly related to prognosis. I understand however what you do post concussion can affect how quickly you recover, so hopefully that's something you're considering. You may be "less intelligent" for now in a performative sense, but you're probably not less intelligent substantially. If I don't sleep, I am "less intelligent". If I'm angry, I'm "less intelligent", and so on. Intelligence is mediated and presently you are temporarily suffering some persistent mediators. A-levels are significantly harder than GCSEs. You may be partly misattributing the difficulty to your concussion due to a coincidence in timing. Similarly, your coding ambititions may have leveled up. Sometimes when you level up you have to grind for a while before you get good enough to do what you want: this could be another thing you are partly misattributing to your injury. As others have stated, take fewer A-Levels or take a break. If you take 3 years to do your A-levels instead of 2, its not a big deal. If you are an "eyes on the prize" sort of chap, it may be a mode you'd benefit from postponing for a while. Being goal driven can play terribly with significant unexpected impediments. I'd add lastly that its good to have ambitions like "get into Oxbridge": shoot for the stars, and all that. However, bare in mind that you cannot get in by just getting good grades -- even if you got straight As. There has never been more straight A students in the UK, and Oxbridge is always over subscribed, so if that is something contributing to the stress of all this, I'd suggest speaking with people familiar with the internals of the entry process, they are not difficult to find. |