There are a lot of things that we just need to do differently. A few activities and such are just not compatible with PCS even though some will push forward anyway and struggle to be successful in that activity.

What objectives do you have for your future that you think may be in jeopardy ? Maybe we can suggest ways to pursue those objectives.

My objectives are strictly centered around my career: if I am visually impaired (misreading words, for example) and experience dizziness with walking, then I need to drastically alter my career aspirations. I simply don't know whether there will be continued significant improvement or whether I am now at a new permanent plateau. If the latter, I need to begin to create a new life for myself. If the former, then I focus on recovery. However, the two are mutually exclusive in my view.

I would not call misreading words visually impaired. My nephew is dyslexic. It slowed him in school until he got the proper help. Here is a list of successful people with dyslexia http://www.dyslexia.com/famous.htm I doubt your misreading of words is nearly as much of a problem as dyslexia.

I've had word misreading problems. I don't know if the problem has resolved somewhat or if I have just learned how to deal with it better. I reread things from time to time. My typing shows similar problems but with a simple reread and use of spell check, I rarely let a mix up make it to print.

Dizziness is a different issue. Is it constant or just at certain times ? I have to get up from chairs slowly or I may experience dizziness. For me, it manifest after anesthesia for knee and ankle surgery.

What career path were you working toward ?

Thank you for the reference - encouragement is partly what really helps me keep my spirits up.

It isn't constant - it comes on with walking or turning my head from side to side. I suspect this must be a neck injury from the auto accident. Maybe whiplash type injury? A doc examined me about two weeks ago and he said he was not concerned there was something wrong with my neck. However, I have read enough of the posts here to know that subtle neck injuries are notoriously difficult to diagnose.

I am a computer scientist.

The descriptions of your feeling dizzy sound like my vertigo.

Especially bad for me when walking. It's a feeling as if the feet do not know where they are (if that makes sense) and it feels as if there's a disconnect between the brain and the feet.

I also have a problem with my eyes. If I move my eyes too fast, I'll spin. If I have to sit in traffic and there are cars flashing past, I feel the same way.

This maybe totally different from how you're feeling, but just thought I'd post. Often people say they get dizzy, and I often wonder if they mean they're about to fall down faint sort of dizzy or if they mean something else.

If you have an intellect I would expect of a computer scientist, I would also expect that you can use that intellect to develop strategies to continue despite any word reading issues.

There are two issues that effect intelligent persons when they suffer PCS. First, they notice small changes in congitive and such abilities that others do not notice or consider a concern. Second, they are able to overcome those issues and continue on with their lives.

What area of computer science do you specialize in ?

Lara: yes, i think we are probably experiencing the same thing. did you ever figure out whether this was strictly a visual thing or did it relate to your neck/inner ear?

Mark: I don't know if I'm all that intelligent but I hope it is enough to overcome my word reading difficulties as you say. My expertise is in machine vision, helping computers automatically parse images in an intelligent manner. Google's cat finding expedition is an example though the applications are numerous (diagnostics in medicine, biometrics, autonomous vehicles, etc.).

Edited to add:

I'm so sorry. I should have asked my questions on your dizziness thread. Too late now.

No, didn't ever figure it out. Was given medication for vertigo years ago but it made me feel horrible so just learned to deal with it/work around it. It's the only symptom I still have from a head injury years ago. It's much better, but it's never left me totally. The cost of seeing all the people I needed to see was prohibitive. I had another head injury recently and for 4 weeks my vertigo was as bad as ever, but it's subsided now.

I was going to take something called Serc that I think is a vestibular suppressant but didn't ever end up doing that. Doctor seemed to be guessing. I think it's used in Meniere's Disease more commonly.

One trick when walking though is to concentrate on a spot ahead in the distance. I pick a spot at eye level and concentrate on that.

You're young. My advice would be to find out what's exactly going on, as difficult as that may be. I wish I had done that years ago. The more I read here and the more I think about my falls, the more I realize how severe they would have been on my neck as well.

Interesting. What would you suggest as the method to really dig into the problem? Multiple doctors? If so what kinds would you suggest? I found that most just do a cursory look at my neck, maybe feel for range of motion but that's it. Multiple vestibular therapists? Maybe see an ENT?

I'm not in your country as far as I know so it's probably a little different. In my case I would go back to see an ENT. They would hopefully be able to differentiate between vestibular and non-vestibular reasons for the vertigo and go from there.

Other members here have been through these processes in the US and Canada, so they will hopefully chip in with some more specific details for you..

I've never had my neck examined. I should! I've only had my head examined [LOL sounds funny saying that.]