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You can save $ by using your own frames, and usually smaller frames work better for prisms.
The issue with prisms is getting a quality lab that can produce quality prisms. My local eye doctor had to send the frames back twice (I have very bad eyes, astigmatism, bifocals, etc). But the final pair worked quite nicely.
The prisms were not an instant panacea. They helped but did not resolve a lot of my vision issues. It made reading easier for me (I went from 5 minutes to 1 hour). But after an hour, there is still pain. (My eyes don't work together, so the brain turns off one image, but the brain still receives both images, so it has to choose which one which is best which results in headaches).
You can probably use a local optometrist in SJ that you trust or Costco.
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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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