Frustrations in Seeing the World

I have taken a bit of time off from this blog to work on my healing in a new way. As my vision therapy has progressed, my path has led me to prisms and micro prisms. My nervous system adapts very quickly to change and although my optometrist understands that, there are clearly many folks in the world who do not. As I took my changing prescriptions to a local store, I began to see that those working really didn't seem to understand much beyond traditional allopathic medicine. My glasses do have some magnification but the primary purpose of both sets of my glasses is for the purpose of working with prisms and not traditional corrective lenses. My lenses are therapeutic. Knowing that my prescriptions change within two weeks, I don't order any type of coating because I know I won't ultimately have my lenses for very long at a time.

At first my glasses were appropriately adjusted so that the prisms were lined up correctly and at the same time I was told: "Well, you might want to stop back in a couple of months to get them re-adjusted", despite me clearly stating that I have experienced rapid changes in prescriptions. Even seeing the frequency of changes on the prescriptions didn't change the perspective offered by a manager of this company. What truly pushed my temper to the next level was another manager who told me that he had called my optometrist as well as the other vision therapy optometrist in town to verify prescriptions because even after having been told why yolk prisms are used was seemingly unconvinced of their significance! When I confronted him on the importance of prisms for head trauma and how prevalent this condition was these days, he still pushed for an allopathic/real doctor's evaluation. I clearly stated that my allopathic doctors had told me that there was nothing they could do for me and I was to live with my condition as it was.

I have had major improvements since beginning vision therapy. I have more energy, better concentration, focus, endurance and spatial awareness. These are things I haven't had most of my life! I have struggled, sacrificed and endured because I truly thought the allopathic world was all there was. Along with many others I truly believe there is a time for allopathic medicine which usually involves trauma/crisis situations. In regard to brain injuries, I strongly believe that the traditional means of intervention is limited at best. Vision therapy is amazing and could shift the functioning of many people if allowed to do so.

Health insurance does not pay for it but then again insurance rarely pays for massage, acupuncture or chiropractic and there is clear evidence to support their use as well. It puzzles me how in the aftermath of the Iraq Wars there is not more focus on options for head injury.

Head trauma can be very serious and leave life long challenges. It is so important to understand what options are available so that hope can be found and encouraged. For me, vision therapy has been an answer to a prayer. It has given me hope and a future far brighter than I ever expected.