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Join Date: Dec 2012
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Join Date: Dec 2012
Posts: 205
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Wow!
Your post on the auditory processing disorder took my breath away as it describes my difficulties and panic when I try to have conversations (with my children, husband, neighbors, even doctors)!
I cringe when the phone rings (but I have 3 kids so I have to answer!). I cannot really follow conversations beyond the weather. Any conversation conveying steps or information is torment. It is so hard to take notes even!
I also mishear (train for tray, etc) all the time.
I mean I have a PhD, wrote books, and gave lectures internationally - so I use to be smart. But now--I cannot read and it is so hard to listen (because we hear so much)!
If not an ENT, then what kind of specialist? I'll ask tomorrow and see what the doctor says.
Thanks SO much-I feel so empowered now. You are all so great.
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The event: Rear ended on freeway with son when I was at a stop in stop and go traffic July 2012. Lost consciousness.
Post-event: Diagnosed with post-concussion syndrome, ptsd, whiplash, peripheral and central vestibular dysfunction and convergence insufficiency. MRI/CT scans fine.
Symptoms: daily headaches, dizziness/vertigo, nausea, cognitive fog, light/noise sensitivities, anxiety/irritability, fatigued, convergence insufficiency, tinnitus and numbness in arms/legs.
Therapies: Now topamax 50mg daily; Propanolol and Tramadol when migraine. Off nortryptiline and trazodone. Accupuncture. Vitamin regime. Prism glasses/vision therapy. Vestibular therapy 3month. Gluten free diet. Dairy free diet. On sick leave from teaching until Sept. 2014.
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