[Brick_Top]

Firstly, I live in the UK.

There is very little help here for PCS, the hospital discharge you unless you have a bleed on the brain and hand you over to your GP who know nothing about concussion.

There are only 3 people from the UK who have been over to the US and trained on the NORA courses.

I saw a guy yesterday who is one of those 3, and after an extensive test he found the following.

My convergence is very poor (the eyes focusing as a pair) this is potentially responsible for all the headaches I get and uneasiness in reading on a computer screen/phone.

He has given me a new prescription for some reading glasses (I wouldn't normally need reading glasses) with prism lens in order to mask the convergence issues and allow me to work comfortably (can only manage 4 hours at present time and it is painful all the time).

I'm hoping this is the next step forwards for me to be able to get back to some kind of normal working routine.

I also have a slight problem with spatial awareness (symptom is losing a bit of balance whilst standing up and looking at phone, however he said it would be controversial to give me a prescription for my general glasses (tv/driving) with prism lens at this time.

I also appear to suffer with blue light, which is found in fluorescent tubes, LEDs (TV/Phones/Monitors). There is absolutely no evidence to support this, but I am taking macushield which helps the eyes to filter out blue light - this may help with the processing of blue light but is an experiment only.

So the reading glasses should enable me to get on with my working life more, but won't help with the general PCS problems I have elsewhere...

He did say Vision Therapy was a possibility later on, but doesn't want to stress the convergence issue at the moment as it is painful for my eyes/head when this happens.

He said it could take up to 5 years for the convergence issues to resolve themselves sporadically.

I'm several hundred pounds poorer now but hopefully I can earn a living again!

Will let you know how I get on when the specs arrive in 10 days.

C