hi
that is very irresponsible of your mom not to tell the doctor the truth about the previous head trauma IMO
The aim should be to get you the right kind of help and so the doctors need to know your full history

if you click this link it will take you to our special forum for head injury/concussion stuff and the members there can give you help too
http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/forum92.html

I will let them know of your thread here too

I really hope you will talk to your mom and let her know you need proper treatment and so you have to be able to be honest with your doctors

hi not emo

your history of abuse should not and cannot be ignored, the medical record of your injury,s needs to be uncovered and presented to your doctors

now, I can understand given your situation, this may prove tricky

and outside help from the right people / agencys maybe the way to go?,google things like ,child line or youth line, or victim support, or your PC Doctor , maybe a good place to start

you do not have to tell your folks , if you fear what may happen . but get the support you need, from the right agency, we at NT can only support you so much, and the folks here will help all we can

Vision issues are NOT always obvious. Google "post traumatic vision syndrome" and see if it sounds like issues you are dealing with (anxiety, trouble in crowds, uncoordinated, etc). Also google "ambient vision system."

There are optometrists who offer vision therapy, sometimes including special glasses, that can help a lot. We took my 16 yo daughter to two different uber-specialist eye docs before our regular small town eye doctor finally clued in to this and sent us to a vision therapist.

We are early on in her treatment so I can't guarantee that it's going to help her long term, but I can tell you that her headaches have dimished a lot and other symptoms seem much fewer. She does still have a lot of nausea. She is 11 months from initial accident. Vision therapy is HARD work and therapists are far and few between. We travel 250 miles - one way - to our guy once a week.

In your case I would think therapy would take longer than someone who was injured at an older age who already was used to seeing a certain way. However, I just read a book called "The Brain that Changes Itself" and I feel very optimistic that you CAN overcome brain-related physical injuries. Glad you found this forum. I wish you all the best as you work through these physical and emotional issues. Use this to make yourself even stronger.