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08-29-2014, 08:22 AM
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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.
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08-29-2014, 08:25 AM
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I'm approaching 8 months post concussion in case anyone was wondering.
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08-29-2014, 08:35 AM
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Are you already using prisms?
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08-29-2014, 08:41 AM
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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.
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08-29-2014, 08:46 AM
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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.
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08-29-2014, 09:08 AM
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08-29-2014, 09:57 AM
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BTW, the PM feature on your profile now appears to be enabled. Perhaps it kicks in after a certain number of posts. |
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08-29-2014, 11:21 AM
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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.
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April 11, 2014 Flipped in class 2 white water while kayaking, hit my forehead (was wearing a helmet). Lots of symptoms to begin with. Those remaining are fatigue, brain freezes/overstimulation, headaches, sensitivity to light and sound. Insomnia is getting better but still an issue, and appetite is ba-ack! Depression and anxiety are largely under control thanks to Lexapro, exercise, and a very distant light at the end of the tunnel. Drugs: Lexapro, occasional 2-5mgs ambien. Off amatryptaline. Taking about 453 supplements. Just started vision therapy, waiting on some blue-tinted prism glasses. "You will encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats, so you can know who you are, what you can rise from, how you can still come out of it." Maya Angelou |
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08-29-2014, 08:02 PM
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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! |
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08-30-2014, 08:06 PM
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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?
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April 11, 2014 Flipped in class 2 white water while kayaking, hit my forehead (was wearing a helmet). Lots of symptoms to begin with. Those remaining are fatigue, brain freezes/overstimulation, headaches, sensitivity to light and sound. Insomnia is getting better but still an issue, and appetite is ba-ack! Depression and anxiety are largely under control thanks to Lexapro, exercise, and a very distant light at the end of the tunnel. Drugs: Lexapro, occasional 2-5mgs ambien. Off amatryptaline. Taking about 453 supplements. Just started vision therapy, waiting on some blue-tinted prism glasses. "You will encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats, so you can know who you are, what you can rise from, how you can still come out of it." Maya Angelou |
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