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Old 04-30-2014, 08:05 PM #1
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Default Accommodations for Vision Issues?

I am wondering if any of you have suggestions for me. I am now almost 2 years pcs and on sick leave from teaching.

Now the university (and long term disability insurance) is of course pushing me to get back to work, even though my binocular vision (accommodation and convergence) is still not working well.

I can read fiction for 30 minutes and then I need to take a break for about 4 hours. Any academic work is too difficult and I cannot write.

I cannot even imagine reading lecture notes, let alone grading exams or papers. It is hard for me to think that I can get back to work. But perhaps I am just feeling afraid.

If I cannot read, can I work? I will meet with my doctor next week. I feel pressured which makes me anxious.

My daily schedule has been waking up with the kids, doing a daily shop, rest, walking, rest, pick up kids, rest, drive kids, rest, cook dinner, and then early to bed.

It really is hard to imagine teaching.

Any advice is most welcome!
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The event: Rear ended on freeway with son when I was at a stop in stop and go traffic July 2012. Lost consciousness.

Post-event: Diagnosed with post-concussion syndrome, ptsd, whiplash, peripheral and central vestibular dysfunction and convergence insufficiency. MRI/CT scans fine.

Symptoms: daily headaches, dizziness/vertigo, nausea, cognitive fog, light/noise sensitivities, anxiety/irritability, fatigued, convergence insufficiency, tinnitus and numbness in arms/legs.

Therapies: Now topamax 50mg daily; Propanolol and Tramadol when migraine. Off nortryptiline and trazodone. Accupuncture. Vitamin regime. Prism glasses/vision therapy. Vestibular therapy 3month. Gluten free diet. Dairy free diet. On sick leave from teaching until Sept. 2014.
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