anyone else eyes constantly aching?
 

my eyes have been constantly aching especially over the last two months. i know im sensitive to light but could this be anything more?

Yes, they feel horrible. They're quite bloodshot at times too.

I do this:

Run a couple of teaspoons under a cold tap then put in the fridge or freezer for a few hours/overnight. Put the hollows of the spoons over your eyes.

Very soothing for a short while.

I get severe eye strain very easily, and I also suffer from light sensitivity. It seems to help a little to alternate hot and cold washcloths over my eyes, but the most important strategy is to avoid straining them as much as possible. You can try listening to audiobooks with eyes closed to give your eyes a break. Also, you should be taking eye drops. I take Systane Ultra, which I've found to be the most effective kind. I take them several times a day.

I recommend seeing if you can find a Vision Therapist. Vision Therapy is not typically offered by standard optometrists and opthamologists; moreover, vision therapists will do much more sophisticated tests to diagnose visual tracking, visual processing, convergence and divergence, etc.

Check out this site:

http://www.nora.cc/index.php

and from the same site,

http://www.nora.cc/for-patients-main...inmenu-64.html

Peace.

Eyes
 

Sometimes my eyes have just ached and ached very sensitive ti touch. Got fed up with my nuero. He is assigned from the work comp insurance. So I never told him. Interesting to hear I am not the only one and how others are dealing.

Yeah, mine ache even if I'm not stressing them on the computer or driving. They ache even when I'm lying down with them shut.

The one thing that seems to help a bit is alternating hot and cold therapy. I have a hot pack and an ice pack. 5 mins with the ice, then 10 mins with the heat, 5 mins with the ice and 10 mins with the heat, repeat until they are both the same temp :) Then fall asleep.

Its no cure, but it feels nice and usually makes them less achy for a while.
Starr

I agree with others. checking chcked by a neuro-opthamologist (an amzing one in Minneapolis!!!!!) and then a behavioural optometrist represented a MAJOR breakthrough for me...vision therapy and prism glasses. Can finally use computer after one year. Many brain injuries bring about problems with brain vision interconnections. This cannot be ignored (at least to make sure you don't have any deficits in this area).

I only found this out 5 months after the accident, and I wish my doctors had told me sooner. I was complaining but they ignored it (because they did not have the necessary knowlesge). Good luck!

Thanks Xanadu, found the answer to something that has puzzled me for a while and just saw a possible explanation. My doctor asked me why I lean forward when I stand up. I denied I was doing it until he stood me next to a mirror and yes I lean forward like I am battling against the wind. I had no explanation at the time why I was doing it and since it didn't bother me, sort of set it aside.

When I went to the links, I came across "Visual Midline shift syndrome" which could be the cause of the lean and also the balance and word blurring problems. Without prompting, I gave my wife the article to read and immediately she said - "thats you"

Thanks again

i see a nuero-opthamologist actually tommorow morning for the first time regarding my flashy vision and double vision and sensitive eyes to light. do you think i can actually go in with confidence that they will be able to cure me of these issues. im willing to do anything its my last and most annoying symptom

A neuro-oopto might help and s/he might not. If not, don't lose hope. Check out the links I posted above and see if you can get Vision Therapy.

I'm excited to hear about your experience
 

I have just scheduled an evaluation with a developmental opthamologist for my daughter due to a recurrance of PCS symptoms (headache and vision). That is fantastic to hear how much you have been helped by vision therapy:)

Terrible that this area of medicine is not more widely recognized/available. Glad folks can learn of it here.

i hope it goes well. I have made major progress with my vision therapy...many of the major problems (saccades, fixation, convergence problems, tracking..pursuits) have improved greatly. Vision is one of the brain's most complex and energy/cognition consuming activities,,so if it is damaged, not much space left for other things!
good luck!