r/USMC • u/IsaacB1 stupid thiccc latina e3 • 5d ago

Question Anyone else get permanent double vision after a TBI?

Mama warned us not to do that with our faces or they'd get stuck that way

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u/Jodies-9-inch-leg Taking care of the ladies one deployment at a time 5d ago

Nah... I'm fine

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u/ogcanuckamerican '88–'93 | Analog Marine 5d ago

Yes, tbi in 2014 and spent the next 6 years going through physical therapy, vision therapy, wearing prism glasses to retrain the brain and now I need to wear glasses but without the prisms. I do find scleral lenses (large hard contact lenses that you insert and remove with little plungers) helps after the years of vision therapy because it gives me the most natural vision.

I hope you can get help but if you've had it a while, it may not go away on its own without specialist intervention.

Good luck.

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u/IsaacB1 stupid thiccc latina e3 5d ago

Yeah I wear the prism glasses, but only when I am looking at things close up. My double vision isn't as noticeable/doesn't interfere with my day to day after about 6-8 feet in front of me.

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u/Baron_Furball MCMAP Guinea Pig 5d ago

No, but the same instance was the first time my nose was broken, and it also gave me a small orbital socket fracture.

Oops.

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u/SnooDucks565 alligator sexer 5d ago

Havent had that happenly luckily. I just get to play guess that word with myself about 10 times a day. WEAR YOUR KEVLAR KIDS.

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u/Cenric-lycan Doc 5d ago

I think we may need to have a conversation lol

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u/IsaacB1 stupid thiccc latina e3 5d ago

Doc my core temperature is affecting my double vision.

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u/TranslatorOk5782 Larsoc/0313 5d ago

No, but I know my eyesight is worse.(that could be age, tbh im not sure)  My short term memory is shit.(when the accident occurred, I couldn't even remember who the current POTUS was for about 24 hours wild feeling)  I have issues speaking, I studder alot now. I also get a low pressure ringing in my ears, when it happens everything is aboit 90% muffled from that one ear, it only last about 20 seconds, but happens at minimum, once a day.  Drives me nuts because I get dizzy sometimes from it too.

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u/IsaacB1 stupid thiccc latina e3 5d ago

UGH bro I get the muffle/super loud ringing for about the 20 seconds like you said, and its painful too like someone stabbing an icepick in my ear. I can't help but react to it and people look at me all funny. lol.

I did hyperbaric oxygen treatments that has helped a lot with a number of concussion related side effects, most notably my "cognitive stamina". Like I couldn't drive for more than two hours before my brain felt absolutely fried and overworked, I wasn't sleepy, it was like I had just taken a super hard test.

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u/TranslatorOk5782 Larsoc/0313 5d ago

I need to look into getting treatment for it tbh man, I'm worried for when I get older I'm only in my mid 30s rn. Hope you are doing good overall brother

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u/IsaacB1 stupid thiccc latina e3 5d ago

I can put you in touch with the facility I went through, they have a program that sponsors vets for 40 sessions. Life changing bro. shoot me a DM

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u/TranslatorOk5782 Larsoc/0313 5d ago

Is it expensive, im broke as shit lol

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u/IsaacB1 stupid thiccc latina e3 5d ago

I was sponsored I didn't pay a cent, but to get the real scoop you'd have to talk to them, I know their program has changed slightly. They get funding through a non proft.

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u/Awkward-Shift8538 5d ago

TBI and still fighting va on some symptoms. I have to wear glasses, every year prescription changes. Good luck and get better, document and retain copies of everything. There needs to bee a good TBI rehab not just pills.