Guest guest Posted March 2, 2008 Report Share Posted March 2, 2008 Hi Carlin, I have had A LOT of vision problems. That part of my head and brain is the worst hit with toxicity for me. I have had decreased acuity in one eye (lost around 1-2 diopters at my guess), narrowed field of vision in the other eye, convergence problems, and sinus inflammation putting pain on the back of my eyes, causing more vision issues. Some of my symptoms were similar to optic neuritis, the rest was just my eyes becoming weaker. My eyes got very dry, no longer allowing me to wear contacts. For me, going back to glasses after 15 years of contacts helped 'encourage' my eyes to get worse. I am extremely nearsighted at -18, so you can imagine that things getting worse for me is significant. I can 150% sympathize with you. I don't see other posts about vision often either. Please feel free to email me, I probably have too much info to post I had my vision deteriorate rapidly after heavily using mercury containing eye drops about two years ago. I have been working really hard at regaining the sight that was lost. What I have regained so far has been due to ALA and visual therapy. DMPS alone wasn't doing much, I suspect because it didn't go into the nerves. My therapy helps me too. I have been working with a man who does a combination of the Bates and methods to help people improve the way they use their eyes, specifically using the brain to improve vision. This has prevented further deterioration for me, and has been improving things over the last few months. Your problems are likely to be both your eyes and brain, since the eyes pretty much just do what the brain tells them. If you are similar to me, you have mercury damaged nerves in your eye and optic nerve, and also affected parts of the brain that controls the eyes (visual cortex). Like I said, ALA has been great at helping me. I also learned to use my eyes without straining them (from the therapy). That is preventing further worsening and helping to retrain my brain as the mercury comes out. -Ed > > Hi, > > I was wondering if anyone is experiencing vision problems as I haven't > seen many people mention it. My left eye seems weaker than the right. > Often I have convergence problems. I can still read, but not lengthy > articles because my brain gets tired or my eyes won't work...it's hard > to describe. I often can't tell if it's my eyes or my brain...all I > know is it doesn't feel right. Sometimes it feels as if something is > missing behind my eye, as if there is a dark, black hole, yet I can > still see. It just feels strange and is very worrisome. I am hoping > that ALA will resolve this. Currently I'm only on round 5 of DMSA 25mg > every 3 hours. So far I've only been able to tolerate 4 days on each > time. I've had my amalgams out for 9 months. Do you think I can go > ahead with the ALA? How do I know it's time? Thanks. > ~ Carlin > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 2, 2008 Report Share Posted March 2, 2008 Hi Carlin, I have had A LOT of vision problems. That part of my head and brain is the worst hit with toxicity for me. I have had decreased acuity in one eye (lost around 1-2 diopters at my guess), narrowed field of vision in the other eye, convergence problems, and sinus inflammation putting pain on the back of my eyes, causing more vision issues. Some of my symptoms were similar to optic neuritis, the rest was just my eyes becoming weaker. My eyes got very dry, no longer allowing me to wear contacts. For me, going back to glasses after 15 years of contacts helped 'encourage' my eyes to get worse. I am extremely nearsighted at -18, so you can imagine that things getting worse for me is significant. I can 150% sympathize with you. I don't see other posts about vision often either. Please feel free to email me, I probably have too much info to post I had my vision deteriorate rapidly after heavily using mercury containing eye drops about two years ago. I have been working really hard at regaining the sight that was lost. What I have regained so far has been due to ALA and visual therapy. DMPS alone wasn't doing much, I suspect because it didn't go into the nerves. My therapy helps me too. I have been working with a man who does a combination of the Bates and methods to help people improve the way they use their eyes, specifically using the brain to improve vision. This has prevented further deterioration for me, and has been improving things over the last few months. Your problems are likely to be both your eyes and brain, since the eyes pretty much just do what the brain tells them. If you are similar to me, you have mercury damaged nerves in your eye and optic nerve, and also affected parts of the brain that controls the eyes (visual cortex). Like I said, ALA has been great at helping me. I also learned to use my eyes without straining them (from the therapy). That is preventing further worsening and helping to retrain my brain as the mercury comes out. -Ed > > Hi, > > I was wondering if anyone is experiencing vision problems as I haven't > seen many people mention it. My left eye seems weaker than the right. > Often I have convergence problems. I can still read, but not lengthy > articles because my brain gets tired or my eyes won't work...it's hard > to describe. I often can't tell if it's my eyes or my brain...all I > know is it doesn't feel right. Sometimes it feels as if something is > missing behind my eye, as if there is a dark, black hole, yet I can > still see. It just feels strange and is very worrisome. I am hoping > that ALA will resolve this. Currently I'm only on round 5 of DMSA 25mg > every 3 hours. So far I've only been able to tolerate 4 days on each > time. I've had my amalgams out for 9 months. Do you think I can go > ahead with the ALA? How do I know it's time? Thanks. > ~ Carlin > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 2, 2008 Report Share Posted March 2, 2008 Hi Carlin, I have worked for ophthalmologists for the last 24 years, maybe I can help answer your questions. Visual acuity is rarely the same in both eyes. In other words vision is often worse in one eye. Convergence insufficieny is something we see fairly often. For the black hole you are experiencing, I need more description. Your age alone will also have an affect on your vision. If you could be a little more specific about your symptoms, I may be able to find out for you their cause or severity. Good luck with your chelation. Michele > > Hi, > > I was wondering if anyone is experiencing vision problems as I haven't > seen many people mention it. My left eye seems weaker than the right. > Often I have convergence problems. I often can't tell if it's my eyes or my brain... > missing behind my eye, as if there is a dark, black hole, yet I can > still see. > ~ Carlin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 3, 2008 Report Share Posted March 3, 2008 Carlin, It sounds like you have a good understanding of your eye conditions. Convergence insufficieny is a functional defect or an eye muscle problem, when the eyes cannot be pulled sufficiently inward (toward nose) to maintain single vision when trying to focus on a near object. On page 57 of Amalgam Illness, Andy talks briefly about it being a problem of mercury toxicity. Your Marcus Gunn pupil could be either a functional defect or a congenital one. As for the elevated intraocular pressure, does your doctor check your eye pressure periodically? Once a patient is put on glaucoma drops, they rarely can go off of them. Was it your decision to stop your Xalatan? Do you have glaucoma in your family history? It sounds like you have been to some very knowledgeable ophthalmologists. Of course, as you know, when we bring up the topic of mercury toxicity to any main- stream physician, we suddenly have four eyes, two heads... Keep the faith, try not to worry. I still have a hard time settleing into the fact that this is going to take a long time. I am already 3 years into detoxing, but I believe that we will get better. Michele > > Hi , > > It's really hard to describe. It's a feeling of being able to see, yet something feels wrong. Sometimes it's binocular vision in my left eye. Other times it isn't. Sometimes it feels like a cold spot in my brain behind my eye, as if there is a hole. I have convergence problems often...it's like my left eye wants to move inward yet it's not obvious to anyone. > > In Aug of '06 I had a root canal and swallowed two small chunks of a silver filling. I began losing night vision and a few months later had an episode where I lost peripheral vision in both eyes. I also had blurry vision for several months but both the peripheral and blurriness have diminished greatly. Currently, my left eye still goes in and out as far as strength. I've seen two of the top optic neurologists in the city and had dozens of tests with opthamologists. All come out normal except for the VCS test and I was also told I had high intraocular pressure (37!) in both eyes. I went on Xalatan and the pressure has returned to normal thank goodness. I have been off the Xalatan for four months now. > > My symptoms early on felt like optic neuritis but they are slowly improving, yet it still worries me. I want my vision back to where it was! I told one optic neurologist I had mercury toxicity but she didn't think so because I didn't have an unsteady gait and because she said I would lose central vision instead of peripheral. > > I should also say that I was born with Marcus Gunn Syndrome in my left eye but it's very mild...slight lazy eye and slight winking occasionally when I eat. > > I also have flashing arcs of light occasionally in both eyes yet my retinas look perfectly normal according to a retinal angiogram. It's sounds as if I'm elderly with my symptoms, but I'm only 39. > > Thanks for your help! > ~ Carlin > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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