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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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My Eyes are still hurting a lot!
While my vision therapy is causing demonstrable improvement in my vision, my eye strain is still unbearable. I cannot use a computer AT ALL anymore, because I just would end up overdoing it and setting myself back further. So since my last setback three weeks ago, I have only been using my iPhone. I guess it doesn't bother me as much, because it is a smaller light source, and I turn the brightness down as far as possible. I also place a rectangle cut from a blue transparency sheet over it, to help block some of the glare, and I limit my iPhone usage to 2 hours or less per day. I cannot read a normal book or magazine for more than five minutes without my eyes feeling terribly strained, and if I spend an hour reading my Nook with the largest possible font, my eyes will hurt the rest of the day. It's not worth it.
I thought reading and writing were my life, until this happened, but now I know I am more than that. Still, I miss it so much! If I skip my eye exercises, I can do a lot more, so I know they are really hard on my eyes. I skip them once a week so I can have a day that I can do a little reading. Has anyone experienced vision therapy causing more eye strain? Does this get better? Any insight? Advice? I just want to be able to read again! I'm losing patience!
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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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