Hey!
I'm 22years old and I was involved in a car accident 2 months ago and suffered many injuries. The injury I am most concerned about is the Subarachnoid hemorrhage. I have been discharged from hospital (after being kept in for 10 days) but have had double vision since the accident. If I shut either eye I can see normal (single). It's only when I open both eyes I see double. The opthamologist has checked my eyes and said they both look healthy. I was told to wait 6 months until my eyes should be reviewed. I'm am so scared this double vision will be permanent. Please can anyone advise me if so.
Thank you so much xx
Hi Lucy,
I had a subarachnoid haemorrhage 2 and 1/2 years ago. Towards the end of a 3 week stay in hospital, when I was almost back in the zone, I mentioned to a nurse that my vision was double and blurred. Nobody had asked about my vision prior to this. After she spoke to my neurosurgeon, I had retinal scans etc and was diagnosed with Tersens syndrome which means that at the time of my brain haemorrhage I also haemorrhaged behind both retinas. Not sure if this would be picked up with usual eye tests so may be worth pursuing? Good luck!
Hey Emmer,
Thank you so much for your reply!
I will question the doctors about this.
Do you still suffer from double vision?
Is there anything you can recommend to help cope with it?
Thank you so much!
Lucy
xx
Hi there, i have the same problem, after a heamorage, was finally diagnosed by a 3rd optitian with dipplopia after 2 years of suffering, in both eyes, one pupil is also huge while the other is tiny, basicly the eyes dont work together or see the same image or at the same distance or speed, the brain then cant make sense of moving objects or people, or where things actually are and freaks out, in my case i have seizures. I was advised to cover the worst eye with an eye patch, and make the best of things with the one i have, there may well be other treatment, but i am completly housebound and with my vertigo and balence problems also, i cant deal with the outside world , the eye patch will really help though, and i had glasses with totally different lenses for both eyes, before that, but i lost the lense from them, i cant see to find anything. I have a pair that lets me read and see the computer up close, though i make lots of mistakes. I really hope you have some support and can get out to see an optitian or a consultant . This is actually quite common after a brain injury, but nobody tells you or the family, they just discharge you and you are thrust into a world where sound, movement, lights etc become a terrifying nightmare world and nobody understands. I really hope you will have a better outcome than me. but try not to panic, get an eye patch and try to do what you can with the best eye so you can get the help you need, it isnt easy, it isnt fair and it will take time to get used to, hopefully for you here will be some treatment and care, all the best, Karen, ps before i found this site, i thought i was alone , i was told by my GP it was all in my head, my seizures were panic attacks, that i was mental etc, i had no idea that all these things were actually the result of the brain haemorage, I have a new GP now thank god who staight away knew my problems were neurological and i got diazipan etc but since i had been left so long without correct treatment, nothing she could really do beyond suggesting neuro appointments that i could not attend in any case. all the best to you