Also, I forgot to mention two more things.

For light sensitivity, you should be able to get FL-41 tint lenses prescribed. These lenses are reddish in color, but they block out the blue wavelengths--the ones that cause me the most trouble.

If you use a PC, your computer should have a "high contrast black" setting. Right click on your desktop and go to "personalize." From there, you should be able to choose "high contrast black" as your display setting. This greatly reduces the amount of light entering yuor eyes when you use the computer.

I saw the vision doctor Sat. and she did about 45 minutes of testing. The next day, my brain felt a whole lot worse -- like it was taxed too much. I'm still in the process of recovering. Had to cancel the second testing session for this week and moved it to next week.

Did any of you with PCS who had vision testing done find that it "strained" your brain and set you back a bit?

I'm concerned because the next testing session is for 75 minutes. I'm also concerned that the therapy itself may be too taxing for my brain. What was your experience?

Yes...the testing was difficult but at the same time gave me hope that FINALLY there was something concrete I could do to get my brain better. I did home based vision therapy(very simple to the point of where I could tolerate it. Only a few minutes a day) and then went to in office sessions....usually with massive headaches at the beginning. Once I got prisms, it improved a lot. Still doing vision therapy and still determined to improve to help reading, etc. vision is a huge resource drain on the brain so if it is messed up, not a lot of extra brain energy to function on other things. Good luck. Take it very slow!

How long have you been doing the vision therapy? How much have you improved so far from the vision therapy?

I started home exercises very slowly (a wee bit - mimutes - every day or so) after my first visit to a neuro opthamologist 5 months post injury (a year ago). I saw a real vision therapist locally at 9 months post injury and did about 20 minutes a day. Still difficult at that time. One year post accident, i got prisms and THEN i made a lot of progress. I was finally able to read on the computer and function a bit more. Since adapting to the prisms, i have been able to write, read for longer periods, amd write on the computer (academic stuff). I now do computer programme vision therapy at home. Still need to improve! But HUGe difference from last year. Baby steps, but steps you probably need to take.
Vision is a huge part of this injury for many people.

Vision testing was extremely taxing for me. 1st neuro I saw wanted me to do vision therapy and was going to cost me thousands and provide no immediate relief.

2nd neuro opthamologist was able to prescribe blue tinted glasses that are retraining my eyes to work together. I noticed immediate relief. Dr. Said prisms would have been too much for me so people that aren't finding relief from prism should ask about getting blue tint lenses.

I know it sounds too good to be true that this really works, but my glasses are a miracle to me.

There are some free or cheap vision therapy apps for Ipad. I use them a lot. They can help and sounds like an Ipad would be cheaper than vision therapy for you!!

Hi Mokey-

Do you think you could provide some recommended apps for the iPad?

The vision therapy at home and in office does trigger headaches and eye strain.

Baby steps that lead to more accurate vision! I hope!

How do you know if you're a candidate for prism lenses or blue lenses?

I think my insurance is going to cover the vision therapy, but I'm looking for relief as soon as I can get it so I would be willing to try anything.

One quick thing that I did not see mentioned. I had/have all the same difficulties you listed. I actually used many of the tips listed by xanadu00 to help make my PC experience better.

One thing that I did not see mentioned that may be worth experimenting. I had compact fluroscent lights throughout my house and was advised to get rid of them by my behavioral optometrist and switch to regular incadescent bulbs. It made a huge difference when watching TV or computer. Something in regards to the dip in the color spectrum (green if I recall) for those types of bulbs that your brain cannot compensate for properly. Trying to remember what I was told so it could be incorrect.

At work now where I have that awful commercial lighting, I just have a table lamp above my space with a regular bulb and it helps alot along with f.Lux and workrave mentioned.

Just a side note, I did 5 months of vision therapy. Had another injury which upset my eyes again and had to do 2 more months. It made a huge difference, I also now wear a pair of prism glasses at work for my computer. I still get some issues in very busy public places (Costco, etc...)

Good luck!