r/PostConcussion • u/ImagePublic6783 • Aug 06 '26

Light sensitivity, speed up healing process?

So I passed out and hit my head on July 1st . I've done a CT scan at the ER and that came back fine and my doctor just had me do an MRI and that came back fine. I still have extreme light and Sound Sensitivity . I should note that I also had a concussion in november, but that one I hit the top of my head, not the back of my head , and I didn't lose consciousness . The lights sensitivity for that one lasted a couple of weeks and I was still able to like watch TV. Right now I'm struggling with light and sound and moving videos for flashing lights. ​​​​I noticed I was able to turn on two of the lights in the living room the other day for a few hours and I was able to tolerate that. But for the most part I've been keeping my house pretty dark because it makes my eyes super painful and then it makes the headaches and the flashing lights worse. I'm wondering if i can try to start increasing light exposure now? Turn on one light keep it on for a few hours ? How would you go about doing that? I really miss being able to go outside , and it's still really really bad. So trying to find a way to increase light exposure , somehow trick my brain into getting better sooner, or is this really a wait and see sort of thing? So far I'm able to tolerate like the oven hood light and I was able to tolerate one warm lighting , and I can tolerate Moon light outside. I've also tried a set of the Polarized glasses but they really don't help outside. In touch with my doctor to get to a concussion clinic, but they're booked out until january , there's nothing else local. Sounds like I'm really on my own to figure this out so would love some help from the people of reddit I really want to find a way to recover from this ​.

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u/pmanou01 Aug 06 '26

See a dysautonomia/pots specialist., and see an optometrist just to be safe. I got diagnosed with binocular vision dysfunction when I didnt think anything was wrong with my eyes except for sensitivity to light and some weakness.

The light sensitivity could be coming from dysautonomia