uh....hi?
 

I don't know how to explain exactly why I'm here, I'm not really sure actually, but I'll do my best.

I'm 17 and in the middle of one of the hardest and most confusing parts of my life. It's a long story, but the shortened version is recently I was told the story of when I was 3 months old my dad threw me. 3 day coma, skull fracture, blood transfusion, almost a month in the hospital, anti-seizure medicine for months.....anyway the reason I was even told this (by my mom) was because my eye doctor noticed that I have barely any right peripheral vision. I guess the reason I'm here is I want to learn if that affected me in more ways than just my vision.

If you're wondering, yes I still live with my dad. I won't rant about that on here, that's what PsychCentral is for lol :p I'll answer any questions about it though :)

Great to have you with us!!
 

Hello and welcome to NeuroTalk. Happy to see you have come to be with us. Just let us know if we can be of any help.

There are great number of fellow members here to assist as possible. My thoughts and prayers are with you.

You might check in the following forum for some assistances:

http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/forum92.html

Again welcome, looking forward to seeing you around.

Darlene :hug:

check the post concussion traumatic brain injury forum....yes vision is related to brain injury/concussion as are many more issues...

I will, as soon as I have time lol :p
I know vision is related to that, I'm trying to figure out what else could be caused by it.

Welcome to NT

You're going to love the people here. We do care about you.

Sorry you're having to figure these things out so young. :grouphug:

You seem to be very strong-minded, perhaps from your experiences.

Those are tough lessons on life. Lessons to learn from and do the best you can with your life, the life ahead of you.

Adulthood is challenging; so is being a teenager. It's about mastering some life skills that enable us to make the right decisions every time, which is hard to do, for all of us.

What you do today will be your past tomorrow.

Let's try not to waste our time on things we have no control over. Find some peace in the day. Be true to yourself and you will be okay.

thanks :hug: :Thanx:
In a way it doesn't really feel like I'm just now figuring this stuff out, I've always had this feeling like something happened when I was very young, and over the past few years I was was really trying to figure it out. Atleast now I don't have to wonder what happened. Although its not something I really wanted to know. :holysheep:

sorry for your troubles,

I had a concussion a year ago and am still dealing with effects.....fatigue, headaches, spaced out, slow mental processing, noise and light sensitive, ear ringing, cant exercise....its terrible and I just dont feel like myself anymore...

maybe because your injury occurred when you were younger you didnt notice some of the other effects....vision is obvious...some of the others are more subtle, but maybe vision is your only problem....if you are productive and can work and study I wouldnt worry....for more info just google TBI symptoms...gluck

i'm glad you found NT.
there's a lot to figure out about life and when you're 17 it's not easy.
look around the forums here. i'm sure you'll find one that fits.

do your drs know about your childhood hx? that may be a piece of information they need to assess your current problems.

we're here for you.
welcome

It's clear to me that you are a strong young person. It's great that you're looking for support -- shows a lot about someone at your age. Proof that you can overcome.

As I'm sure you're already aware, physical trauma seems to intensify and show it's horns the older we get. Good thing you're taking action now.

As for the Psychological effects -- thank God for resources that help those of us with tough pasts to keep our sanity in track!;)

I'm new to this site and have found that people are genuinely caring. What a relief!

Good luck with your situation and I hope that you find the answers you are looking for!

no, one eye doctor asked if there was any past head trauma, my mom lied and said no. That was before she told me so I couldn't tell the doctors myself.
And I don't currently see any doctors because of it (or at all lol) just the yearly eye appointment and then 2 other eye doctors they sent me to.

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
 

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.