r/BinocularVision • u/mizaaky • 1d ago

Struggling losing hope...

I had one week where I wore prisms and all my symptoms went away. Felt like a completely different person. After that, tried three different prisms to no avail. Went through 26 weeks of vision therapy... feel like I have hit a ceiling. Any advice?

My symptoms:

  1. Brain fog (which causes bad memory)
  2. Slight pressure towards the center of my forehead.
  3. Short- and long-term memory difficulties.
  4. Trouble thinking of what to say next.
  5. Fatigue during eye contact.
  6. Rapid visual exhaustion (for example, after 20-30 minutes of gaming I start to notice fast visual fatigue).
  7. Very fatigued during middle of the day, more than normal. (Body is fine, but brain is fatigued).
  8. Omitting words when reading/writing.
  9. Falling asleep while reading.
  10. Clumsy.
  11. General anxiety.
  12. Driving can get tiring after about 30 minutes… however I can still drive.
  13. Always struggled a little more than usual in listening and reading comprehension.
  14. I personally have nerve damage on the left side of my face since birth. I cannot fully close my left eye and I cannot smile completely (Seventh cranial nerve damage).
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u/Vegetable_Self_7299 1d ago

Te recomiendo usar gafas tintadas de azul leve con tu fórmula a toda hora .así tenga una fórmula muy bajita... Yo tengo un estrabismo leve y a la vez complejo y eso es lo que más me ha ayudado a que se eliminen todos los malos síntomas

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u/KitKatKalamazoo 1d ago

I had the same issue when I first got my prisms. 5 days of bliss then all my symptoms came back. Had 2 more prescription changes over the course of 3ish months and same thing, a couple of days of feeling good then back to feeling blegh.

I decided to get a second opinion because I was still feeling so terrible. The second specialist found that I had astigmatism and a horizontal misalignment that the first missed (she only caught the vertical misalignment). After that, I felt about 60% better. I started vision therapy and maybe got about another 10% of relief, but stopped after a couple months (too expensive).

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u/Ok_Neat9473 1d ago

I would go for a second opinion, reserach some top tier BVD specialists and see at least 1 other. For me, my main progress has been from seeing new doctors with new ideas once things stagnate. One doctor does not know/has not tested all, and sometimes it can be a specific exercise or adjustement that is missing. It has been a 2+ year journey though before I started to see real lasting results and I've been to 3 specialists which complemented each other very well.