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Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: Columbus
Posts: 304
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Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: Columbus
Posts: 304
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Return of dizziness--unsettling!
I'm not super dizzy, but I have been experiencing low-level dizziness since yesterday afternoon. I had a very busy weekend, traveling 2 hours to my parents, having my daughter's birthday party, spending the night, and riding two hours back. Then yesterday morning, my daughter's head bumped mine, not very hard though. I dropped her at day care and then spent two hours on the computer--which I haven't done for over a month.
It was shortly thereafter that I noticed the dizziness. I went to my vision therapist today, and she thought maybe it was he cumulative effect of the busy weekend, the head bump, and the computer usage. She just suggested I take it easy today and tomorrow and see how I feel. I thought my dizziness was totally gone, so I'm very worried!
I talked to my neuro-op and he said he had just gone to a conference where he learned new info and techniques that he thinks will help me and that I will need to do some more of the sensory integration therapy. I am frustrated because it just seems like it could be a long time that I'm doing therapy and a lot of money that I'm spending. Any thoughts?
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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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