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04-20-2017, 03:34 PM | #1 | ||
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Same boat for me, my Orthopist doesn't see anything, my Opthamologist does, my Optham sent me to a vision therapy clinic that understand post traumatic vision syndrome and how it relates to concussions, they found a list of other things as well and it has made a big difference, honestly if you feel something is haywire, and someone tells you it is, I would go with that if you no longer have problems or didnt have problems with anxiety, trust your gut For me I spent over an hour and half with the optham who did more than just one sliding prism test, we then spoke about fatigue and how it influences how my vision feels, I was prescribed low powered prism (sorry I dont know the correct terminology) for when I do feel tired or am starting to have problems with screens etc, and it helps decrease the load. If your eye is slightly turned in or out or not working right, leaving it up to the human eye to determine that cannot be that reliable. Just to re enforce our gut feelings, i was cleared of any peripheral vision lost by regular eye doctors, orthopists etc, but in doing vision therapy I was found to have significant visual suppression, and I was shown where and why and I can feel it. It feels like vindication when you finally get an answer or a diagnoses. When you are talking about the brain and vision, you're talking about a complex relationship that I don't think we understand. While my vision is not perfect, a lot of my problems, headaches are less, fatigue is less, sleep is better, waking up is better, playing sports is better, all just a little but its made an enormous difference in quality of life if something is wrong or you feel it is, push until you get an answer, "good enough" or within "normal limits" is not what you or I or anyone should have to accept. one thing this entire process has taught me is that, doctors are not perfect, and do not have all the answers thats why we have to get 2nd, 3rd opinions, It can be so incredibly frustrating to hear, oh your fine when you know your not, and for me it clouded my judgement when it came to returning to work early and etc... I hope it works out for you keep pushing until you get answers, hopefully you find a doctor with the answer or at the very least that may even just say "I dont know" which for me is more helpful than, I didnt figure it out, so nothing there. All the best
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PCS since 07/14 Symptoms: Vision(double,tracking, contrasts) Headache, Motion sensitivity, Psych issues, low stress tolerance, minor tinitus, sensitivity to noise and light, sleep issues. |
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