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Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: canada
Posts: 553
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Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: canada
Posts: 553
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Originally Posted by GingerandBella
I too have just been recently diagnosed with vision problems - which certainly explains a lot of the issues I have been experiencing even a 1.5 years after my fall.
My question is - has anyone gone through the vision therapy - it is quite expensive - but I am willing to try anything to help myself get back on track.
Thanks
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I have done vision therapy and wear prisms. Makes a HUGE difference. Vision is still a challenge and I can't read that much without paying a huge price, but if I think of where I have come from (unable to tolerate reading three words or looking at a calender or box of cookies!!), the progress has been huge.
There are vision therapy things you can do with paying a weekly visit to a therapist. If I have time I will try to post some links.
Hang in there!
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What happened: Legs pulled forward by a parent's hockey stick while resting at the side of the rink at a family skate....sent me straight back. I hit the back of my head (with helmet) on the ice, bounced a few times, unconscious for a few minutes. September 11, 2011. Off work since then…I work part-time at home when I can. It has been hell but slowly feeling better (when I am alone☺).
Current symptoms: Vision problems (but 20/20 in each eye alone!) – convergence insufficiency – horizontal and vertical (heterophoria), problems with tracking and saccades, peripheral vision problems, eyes see different colour tints; tinnitus 24/7 both ears; hyperacusis (noise filter gone!), labyrinthian (inner ear) concussion, vestibular dysfunction (dizzy, bedspins, need to look down when walking); partial loss of sense of smell; electric shocks through head when doing too much; headaches; emotional lability; memory blanks; difficulty concentrating. I still can’t go into busy, noisy places. Fatigue. Executive functioning was affected – multi-tasking, planning, motivation. Slight aphasia. Shooting pain up neck and limited mobility at neck. Otherwise lucky!
Current treatments: Vestibular therapy, Vision therapy, amantadine (100 mg a day), acupuncture and physiotherapy for neck, slow return to exercise, magnesium, resveratrol, omega 3 fish oils, vitamins D, B and multi. Optimism and perserverance.
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