Convergence Insufficiency and Vision Therapy
 

I'm currently awaiting vision therapy for convergence insufficiency. Is this totally correctable with the therapy? Does anyone have any experience with this? I feel as if this is my main problem and im praying to god it can be cured. I feel like it drains so much of my energy and gives me so many face headaches.

I'm approaching 8 months post concussion in case anyone was wondering.

Are you already using prisms?

No I wasn't given prisms. She gave me blue tinted magnified glasses to help me until I got into therapy. I'm wondering if I'm going to have to live like this the rest of my life. The only hope I really have is that this horrid issue will go away with therapy :/ I'm wondering how possible that actually is. I figured it would be getting better by using my eyes normally every day regardless but I literally haven't seen any improvement in this the entire length of my PCS journey.

Well, it sounds like you are very early in the course of treatment for visual-spatial difficulty. Once things get going, there is good reason to think that you will improve.

What is this vision therapy?
 

May I ask what this therapy entails? I'm still wandering about trying to figure out why I have all these issues, let alone what is there to fix any of them. Thank you for your thoughts. :winky:

The category of visual-spatial impairment covers a very wide variety of symptoms/impairments, such as being inattention to areas of your visual field (like me), convergence issues, reading difficulties, word blindness, inability to recognize colours, etc... Helpful therapies/workarounds vary depending on the impairment(s).

BTW, the PM feature on your profile now appears to be enabled. Perhaps it kicks in after a certain number of posts.

would love to hear more on this myself from folks that have found therapy or prism glasses helpful or not. i have an appt w/ a neuro-opthamologist in a couple weeks.

I started using blue tinted glasses 1 year after my car accident for my convergence. It made a drastic drastic difference in the quality of my life. It reduced my headaches and I was able to read/work on computer for hours without aggravating my symptoms. Before I could only do 15 min and I'd have to take a break.

My thoughts are you should try the glasses first(tinted first and then prisms if dr. Recommends it). My convergence was so bad they said prisms would be too much for my brain to handle. The glasses provided me immediate relief and so I don't see why one would want to do vision therapy which is very taxing, costly, and may not ever cure it. My convergence has gotten better but I still have it and need to wear my glasses.(almost 2 years).

Let me know if you have any questions. I hope this works for you!

question for today is tomorrow...and many thanks for the info. do the blue tinted glasses help with vision/eye fatigue in general, or just with computer screens.

i just ordered blue light filters for my phone and laptop, is that the same idea, and thus no need to double up?

or do they also help you out and about in the world?

Yes they help greatly with eye fatigue as your eyes are constantly working in overdrive when they can't focus correctly on objects and the tint helps ease this strain. I had no expectation that these glasses would work and the first day noticed how much they relieved my headaches. I was able to ween off amitryptaline after a few months of getting my glasses. There was a 2 week period where I was miserable, but I didn't want to be taking medication long term.

The blue light filters is the same idea but it won't make as a difference as the glasses will. It sounds like voodoo but the science behind it is legit and for me was a life saver.

super, thank you. and you got these blue tinted glasses from the neuro-opthamologist? or where did you get them?

found this article, sounds like some people respond to different colors. i hope mine is blue, that's my favorite anyway :)

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/10...pectacles.html

I'm still waiting for my vision therapy but im wondering if this is 100% correctable and has anyone had any experience with actual vision therapy for convergence issues?

I am into my third month of vision therapy - and I am seeing some improvement. I was so lucky to go to a physiotherapist who directed me to the doc in my area.

He did one simple test - it blew me away - indicated problems that no one else had seen - doc, neuro, optomotrist, chiro etc..

If anyone is interested - e-mail me and I will explain the test - you can do it yourself and determine if you have vision problems.

My eyesight was perfect - it was my vision that was not - and not many know the difference and how to test for it.

GB

yeah my eyesight is 20/20 but my convergence is terrible :( I think its where most of my migraines/pressure are coming from