Re: Anita- EYE focus (convergence insu...

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Personally I don't think I have ever had seizures but I do know I have had the focus problems you mentioned. About 8 years ago I had a paralyzed eye and had what I call "zoom camera lense" eyes. I would look at something close to me and then when I looked up at something farther away it would take a while for me to focus things into view and would seem to have to zoom forward until I could focus. I hated it and had bad headaches with it for about 6-9 months. Thankfully I haven't had this reoccur since but do still have the dizziness that came with it quite frequently still when moving my head from side to side. Darla Re: seizures from complex thinking AND EYE focus (convergence insu... < But I have seen my > daughter go into a seizure when I walked up to her fast. Hi e, Glad to share, especially because I am learning SO much from you wonderful groups of folks! I often have the same thing happen to me, though for me it's sometimes an "unprepared surprise" isssue. However, many years ago I had a neurologist get up close and "in my face" and my "seizure type thing" happened. She assumed I was a "nut case" and told me so. I think NOW I understand that I was having trouble focusing a (hostile) object so close to my face.The convergence insufficiency ususally shows up with trouble focusing QUICKLY from far to near, or the reverse. I would guess many mitos probably have trouble doing LOTS of neuro-type things quickly :-)Best Wishes, Anita( adult, probably PDCD/PDH and working on getting a firm diagnosis)> In a message dated 6/7/2004 10:25:49 AM Eastern Standard Time, > ninaranu@s... writes:> Another thing that I've found out as an adult from my SUPER WONDERFUL neuro > opthamolgist > is the act of focusing eyes on close objects can also cause seizures, > myclonic jerks, etc.> It's caused "convergence insufficiency". He said that most regular docs and > neurologists > are unaware of this.> Anita, Thanks for this info, I have never heard of this. But I have seen my > duaghter go into a seizure when I walked up to her fast This tends to happen > whe she is more sensitive to seizures, but does not always happen. She is near > sighted and has astigmatism, worse in the rt eye, which also shows more ptosis.> > e, Chelsea's mom(nonspecific mito)