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Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: canada
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Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: canada
Posts: 553
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I started home exercises very slowly (a wee bit - mimutes - every day or so) after my first visit to a neuro opthamologist 5 months post injury (a year ago). I saw a real vision therapist locally at 9 months post injury and did about 20 minutes a day. Still difficult at that time. One year post accident, i got prisms and THEN i made a lot of progress. I was finally able to read on the computer and function a bit more. Since adapting to the prisms, i have been able to write, read for longer periods, amd write on the computer (academic stuff). I now do computer programme vision therapy at home. Still need to improve! But HUGe difference from last year. Baby steps, but steps you probably need to take.
Vision is a huge part of this injury for many people.
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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.
Last edited by Mokey; 04-03-2013 at 04:53 PM.
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