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Old 08-19-2013, 02:26 PM
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I'm sorry to hear about your accident.

Rest is important. Also, it is very common for people to have one, two or many different eye glass prescriptions following a brian injury.

As your brain recovers, your vision should improve.

After rest, warning signs, however, include: blurred vision, double vision, headaches when reading, losing one's place (skipped lines) when reading, a sense of going "cross eyed", etc. These warrant a look by a neuro-opthalmologist.

Best of luck- and yes, rest means almost doing nothing!
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The event: Rear ended on freeway with son when I was at a stop in stop and go traffic July 2012. Lost consciousness.

Post-event: Diagnosed with post-concussion syndrome, ptsd, whiplash, peripheral and central vestibular dysfunction and convergence insufficiency. MRI/CT scans fine.

Symptoms: daily headaches, dizziness/vertigo, nausea, cognitive fog, light/noise sensitivities, anxiety/irritability, fatigued, convergence insufficiency, tinnitus and numbness in arms/legs.

Therapies: Now topamax 50mg daily; Propanolol and Tramadol when migraine. Off nortryptiline and trazodone. Accupuncture. Vitamin regime. Prism glasses/vision therapy. Vestibular therapy 3month. Gluten free diet. Dairy free diet. On sick leave from teaching until Sept. 2014.
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