Well I've had a traditional eye exam recently, and found nothing out of the ordinary beyond a slight prescription for far sightedness which I had before the accident anyways (getting old....) so I don't think that's it. My eye doctor even mentioned something he looked up just for my PCS case about the eyes not working together or something and did another couple tests and he said I passed them. I've had no problems with my vision that I did not have before the accident, just very sensitive to light. When I feel my worst, just the refrigerator light hurts my head!

I had a completely normal medical eye exam. 100% fine. Only the VEE revealed problems with my eyes working together and switching between near and far.

What kind of "extra tests" did he give you? What did he ask you to do?

The same thing happened with me - I had a normal eye exam. It was only after a one hour vision efficiency exam that it was determined that I needed vision therapy to help me with the effects the concussion I sustained had on my vision.

I think about 1/3 of all victims of concussion are determined to need vision therapy and of those, about 90% actually benefit from it. (100% of all stroke victims who need it benefit from it.)

I think I read that studies are starting to be conducted because it is suspected that there is a correlation between vision issues cause by a concussion and prolonged PCS.

Thank you, I will look into that, I didn't know there was an evaluation the normal eye doctor could not perform that might yield a result.

During ?VNG testing they found out that i have vision tracking problems. Have to do vision therpy? I also suffer from headaches almost everyday.

Ditto on the regular eye exam not testing for convergence issues. The vision therapist did a much more and almost entirely different type of eye exam consisting of several tests which my regular optometrist never conducted.

I actually saw another vision therapist several months ago(not on the link in Eowyn's post) and he mentioned the eye focusing problems but just prescribed a pair of +.75 reading glasses without the eye exercises so find a therapist from the link, which I did this time.

Hello.

I'm sorry to hear about your pain. This article was helpful in differentiating the headache types.

http://www.brainline.org/content/200...an-zasler.html


At least you can have some understanding of the type of headache and hopefully find relief.

best wishes.

You can talk to your dr about possibly trying a heart/blood pressure medication. They are often used to help migrain headaches. Beta blockers like propanolol or atenolol. The 2 you have tried are anti seixure medications so maybe trying a different kind of med would be worth it. You could also talk to them about anti depresants that work for migrains like zoloft, prozac, or Amitriptyline see if you can branch off and away from anti seizure meds if they don't seem to be working and try a different type.

I have tried almost every medicine for migraines, it seems. But, there really are more out there than you think there are.

Because I am new here, I am not able to post a link. Google "Health Central Migraine Medications" for a long list of medicaitons you can try.

I've been on close to 15 medications, only two worked. What, specifically, did you not like about Tomapax? If your doctor didn't increase your dosage slowly, you may have increased more side effects. Just food for thought.

I have no idea what has caused my migraines. It could be PCS, hormones, or the combination of the two. My Neurologist suggested eating gluten-free, and my migraines are almost completely gone. I also use magnesium transdermally (on the skin) because it has a better absorbtion rate.

lolah,

Will u please clarify this gluten free migraine connection. I understand people with gluten intolerance can have migraines, is that why your doc suggested it?

I have eaten gluten free for three days now and there is no difference. How long before u noticed a diff.? Did you get your migraines imm. after your concussion? How can you not be sure if they are pcs related? Did you not have them before?

I have had a migraine since my injury.. well maybe a few hours to really set in and have tried an elimination diet. To be honest, it was very limited. Reading your post, i was pleasantly surprised to see your migraines went away.

I will do any diet if it helps with the pain. Will you please elaborate on the doctors rationale? And will this be a long term diet for you?

Thank you!