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Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: Columbus
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Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: Columbus
Posts: 304
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What's your therapy like?
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Originally Posted by berkeleybrain
I am also struggling with prisms and vision therapy. (As well as vertigo/dizziness vestibular issues).
The therapy triggers such intense headaches that sometimes flare into migraines that I often avoid it.
The prisms have made reading and using computer easier. Then I do the vision therapy, which reveals how much my brain is suppressing, and the cycle continues.
I know we are trying to rebuild our neuro-pathways associated with vision/brain, but I have not pushed the therapy because it is too intense. I am hoping over time it will get easier to do.
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I know my therapy is different than most, because it's a combination of sensory integration therapy and vision therapy. I'm wondering what typical vision therapy is like.
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I have recovered my cognitive function, and I've overcome severe vertigo through sensory integration therapy. Wellbutrin has helped me escape depression. I have recently had a few stress-related migraines, as well as headaches stemming from eye strain. I'm also dealing with tinnitus, lack of stamina, extreme light sensitivity, and eye pain. Diagnosed with 9 different vision issues: convergence insufficiency, pursuit eye movement deficit, egocentric visual midline shift, photophobia, visual information processing delays, accommodative insufficiency, saccadic eye movement deficit, lack of coordination, and central peripheral visual integration deficit.
*First concussion: October 2010. I was pregnant and got rear ended. I associated my mild PCS symptoms with baby brain and blamed my light sensitivity on allergies and dry eyes.
*Second concussion: December 2011. I hit my head on a wooden beam, saw stars but did not lose consciousness, and I had very disturbing PCS symptoms but didn't go to the doctor.
*Third concussion: August 2012. I caused a car accident as a result of PCS symptoms. Thankfully no one was injured but me. My husband confronted me, and I finally sought help and took medical leave from work. My symptoms worsened, and I developed severe vertigo.
*Fourth concussion: November 2012. I was riding in a car with a friend and we were hit head on by a driver who lost control of her car. I didn't have a big increase in PCS symptoms.
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