Comments on: Dealing with light and noise sensitivity after brain injury

By: Michelle #jumbledbrain

Michelle #jumbledbrain — Wed, 08 Jul 2020 02:10:18 +0000

In reply to Tanya. Thanks so much for this Tanya, I for one had no idea such a thing existed! They sound brilliant!

By: Tanya

Tanya — Wed, 08 Jul 2020 01:27:03 +0000

Biosport acontact lenses have been helpful – purchase the Sun Tac tint which reduces overall brightness while preserving 100 percent normal color recognition such as with sunglasses. It has helped here treating light sensitivity issues—hope it will help someone else!

By: Olivia Diaz

Olivia Diaz — Sun, 16 Sep 2018 07:35:40 +0000

I found a company called Theraspecs. The company created the glasses with a pink tint for people who suffer from migraines. The glasses I ordered in December have helped me heal tremendously.

By: michelle.munt@yahoo.co.uk

michelle.munt@yahoo.co.uk — Thu, 05 Jul 2018 19:37:56 +0000

In reply to KimKoogle. And I hope in time things start to move towards how you used to be. But your method is keeping you going for now and that's what's important.

By: KimKoogle

KimKoogle — Thu, 05 Jul 2018 18:08:47 +0000

For necessary errands I try to make a list and only go where I have to go to get what I need. Grocery store. Pet food store. Post office. I keep my eyes down and do not engage in conversation. At the checkout stand, I pick up one of the magazines and pretend I’m reading. I always have my payment method ready before going in to make checkout easier. Very different from the way I used to be, but it helps me survive this phase.

By: Ellen Andersen

Ellen Andersen — Tue, 29 May 2018 16:35:53 +0000

I had a TBI back in 2003. I was 34 years old. I couldn’t drive for 3 years because it requires too much brain power to focus on and process everything you have to (i.e. cars in front of you, behind you, and beside you. Plus how fast you’re going, when to begin to make a turn. There are SO MANY things.

Eventually, I regained enough, mentally, to be able to drive again. Even so, I can only handle a certain amount of stimulation. Tool many conversations or too many subjects in a conversation can be overwhelming.

I’ve learned to just tell someone it’s too much for me. I either go somewhere else quiet or, if the person understands my need, they’ll take the subject one thing at a time. It helps. Now that I’m so past the stroke, I’m not as embarrassed by it most of the time. Getting to this point takes a lot longer than we want it to, but don’t give up.

By: michelle.munt@yahoo.co.uk

michelle.munt@yahoo.co.uk — Mon, 13 Nov 2017 20:54:12 +0000

Hi Maxine. I believe that rather than we go backwards, we regain enough insight to suddenly be able to recognise some of our symptoms. A neurologist told me that offer survivors don’t report symptoms until months later because their brain has so much to contend with they just can’t process all of them at the same time. He told me this when I said I’d started having double vision months after my accident, and he was explaining how it was probably there immediately but I didn’t have the capacity to notice. So in a weird way it’s just a sign that you are still recovering.

By: Maxine

Maxine — Mon, 13 Nov 2017 13:58:22 +0000

I am wondering how long after your initial injury you continue to experience these side effects? I am 16 months post injury and find these things worse now than initially. Or maybe I just don’t remember as much from the initial months. I find it most distressing to go backwards but maybe this is my new normal?

By: michelle.munt@yahoo.co.uk

michelle.munt@yahoo.co.uk — Mon, 25 Sep 2017 10:02:25 +0000

In reply to Jo. Noise is just so intrusive. It makes me feel like my head is going to explode. Earplugs is a good idea.

By: Jo

Jo — Mon, 25 Sep 2017 09:03:33 +0000

i think I’m not self-aware enough to know what is stressing me, but I’m permanently tense & anxious.
We rarely go out, avoiding noisy places at all costs & I take me ear plugs with me too.