So sorry to hear about your accident. You must be suffering.

I had very similar symptoms. I was also treated by sports doctor for the first three or four months and it was a waste of time. Sports doctors hope you have the type of concussion That can clear up in a week. I'm sure there are some good sports doctors out there, but the ones I saw were very limited in their understanding of brain injury.

If you have visual problems, which most people who have your type of accident have, you need to see a neuro-ophthalmologist or behavioral optometrist as soon as possible. For six months after my accident I kept telling the sports doctor that my vision seemed weird and dysfunctional. I spent most of my time with my eyes closed even when I was talking to people.

I finally went to my own optometrist who tested each eye separately and pronounce that I had 2020 vision. I bought a pair of $750, progressive lenses, and still felt horrible

Finally when I went to brain trauma center in Minneapolis, they immediately asked me if I had been assessed by a neuro-ophthalmologist. She assessed me and was able to determine that I had significant problems in visual processing and converging and accommodating etc. etc.

I have been doing vision therapy and wearing prisms and have seen improvement. I could not read for the first year. I still get significant eyestrain and pain and my time reading and on the computer is limited, but there is progress.

Vision takes up a significant amount of brainpower. If your vision is off due to your injury by even a millimeter, you will probably experience a lot of difficulty and even vestibular problems.


I had a two-year wait in my province to see a neuro-ophthalmologist. The best thing I did for my healing in the past two and half years was to drive six hours and pay a small fee to have an assessment out of country.

I hope this is useful. Take care. It does get better. For some people it is very slow but one never knows who will be fast and it will be slow!