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Old 07-09-2015, 03:55 PM
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Originally Posted by RidingRollerCoaster View Post
This is where your vision looks like a staticky TV all the time. I've had this ever since my injury. It was way more intense before, but is still hanging around. I do my best to ignore it. It is not so bad during the day, but makes it hard to see at night.

Does anyone know anything about it? What causes it and what might help it?

Thanks
Dear RRC,

Sorry you are having this issue. The best way I can explain this is that your brain works a little differently now. So before the accident you were able to process everything by sight and sound very quickly. Now things work slower. You can still see but your brain processes what it sees very slowly, too slowly for your eyes to provide clarity before they take on another scene.

The best way to get better is proper brain rest. "Snowy vision" - this is simply your body telling you it needs time out. Proper brain rest means a quiet place with no interference to your eyesight or hearing. Find a restful place, close your eyes and concentrate on your breathing.
Over time (months of practicing this) you will probably start to get clearer sight, but when you go "snowy" again, you will know you have overdone it! Learn to rest regularly. Sadly you are not what you were before the accident so learn to readjust.

You are not alone! Air your thoughts here.

Take care, I hope this helps xx
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I am a 36 yr old female who has played football, as a hobby, for 13 yrs. In July 2012, during a game I was slammed to the floor by two angry guys who hit into me so hard that one of them broke their ribs.
This knocked me back onto hard ground leaving me unconscious. I awoke to chronic head and neck pain, sickness and the inability to see or balance.
The paramedics made me walk to the ambulance, instead of placing me on a spinal board, where I was taken to the ER. I was hospitalised with suspected brain hemorrhage for 1 week, then on complete bed rest for 1 month, in a wheelchair for 2 months.

I have been left with PCS, moderate constant head pain, little short term memory, no memory of the accident, balance and sight problems, depression and exhaustion.
The worst problem is collapsing regularly. This has finally been diagnosed as Hemiplegic Migraines , these cause my brain to regularly shut down when I am tired and I then feel the full effects of a stroke (without the bleed on the brain!!) of which the symptoms last 2-4 days.
I have had 6 CT's, 2 MRI's and am under 3 specialists.

I believe everyday is one more towards improvement. Mainly I believe in the power of acceptance not the weakness of complacency or resignation.
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