Re: Vision therapy a success for anyone?

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My son has accommodative esotropia, which is a form of Strabismus. His right eye wondered and I'm told it is a neurological issue (funny considering AS too...that has always made me wonder). His vision became so bad that his eye basically was shutting down which is the reason for the eye wandering. That is how it was explained to me.Anyway, he has been patching since we found out right after his 4th birthday. At that point he was pretty much blind in his bad (right) eye, even with his glasses (which also help align his eyes). Today he is seeing 20/30 in his right eye with his glasses. He may never see 20/20, but it is perfect compared to what he was seeing when we first got him the glasses!His doc was very aggressive at treating him and he patched 24/7 when we first started. He is 8 1/2 and down to a few hours a day. Apparently the patching only works until sometime between the age of 8-10, just depending on the child. We tried to stop the patching months ago, but his vision regressed so they started it back up. Apparently when the patching stops working it is because his eyes will not get an better, but they will not get any worse either.Not sure if there are different types of strabismus and are treated differently, but have they ever talked about patching? My understanding is the younger you treat them, the better your chances for improvement are. Hope this helps!! Email me if I can help with anything else....gina9431@...Sep 3, 2010 08:47:00 PM, wrote:>

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Our daughter, age 6.75 has had "Strabismus" a wandering eye, since >she was 3. It is managed by the bifocal glasses she wears, but if she takes them >off, her left eye wanders. >

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Has anyone had success with vision therapy curing such a problem? We are planning >to try a program, run by an OT, at rehab center linked with our local hospital, >since they will bill our insurance, and we don't think we'll have to pay for it.>

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Her developmental optometrist has a vision therapy place, that may be better >quality, but we would have to pay hundreds, possibly thousands of dollars out of >pocket for it.>

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Any thoughts or experiences to share?>

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, my only experience with this is that it was recommended by the school

for one of my children. After researching vision therapy and talking with his

opthomologist we determined that it was not the way to go for us. What we found

was that it worked well when the children are in therapy but when they stop the

results from the therapy tend to revert back over time. Hope this is helpful.

Good luck.

---- jdarawi <jenniferdarawi@...> wrote:

> Hello,

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> Our daughter, age 6.75 has had " Strabismus " a wandering eye, since she was 3.

It is managed by the bifocal glasses she wears, but if she takes them off, her

left eye wanders.

>

> Has anyone had success with vision therapy curing such a problem? We are

planning to try a program, run by an OT, at rehab center linked with our local

hospital, since they will bill our insurance, and we don't think we'll have to

pay for it.

>

> Her developmental optometrist has a vision therapy place, that may be better

quality, but we would have to pay hundreds, possibly thousands of dollars out of

pocket for it.

>

> Any thoughts or experiences to share?

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> Thanks,

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She has never worn a patch like that, except when doing some vision therapy

exercises at home 2 years ago. We were taught exercises to do for a couple of

months. I've thought about whether a patch would do the job,myself, but I

thought maybe it was a treatment from the past. I wonder if it would be

effective, and a lot less costly than vision therapy. I question whether vision

therapy is one of the modern things that we parents will pay for for our

children, that a previous generation wouldn't have.

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With Maddie we tried the glasses, we tried the patching (which only successfully made her really mad), botox shots, and finally the surgery. The surgery worked and Maddie was raring to go back to school that day (even though we kept her home). She has exotropia.

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Madeline, Cayla, Arabella, & Vincenza

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You are the PEARLS I cannot buy

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Re: ( ) Vision therapy a success for anyone?

, my only experience with this is that it was recommended by the school for one of my children. After researching vision therapy and talking with his opthomologist we determined that it was not the way to go for us. What we found was that it worked well when the children are in therapy but when they stop the results from the therapy tend to revert back over time. Hope this is helpful. Good luck.

---- jdarawi <jenniferdarawi@...> wrote:

> Hello,

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> Our daughter, age 6.75 has had "Strabismus" a wandering eye, since she was 3. It is managed by the bifocal glasses she wears, but if she takes them off, her left eye wanders.

>

> Has anyone had success with vision therapy curing such a problem? We are planning to try a program, run by an OT, at rehab center linked with our local hospital, since they will bill our insurance, and we don't think we'll have to pay for it.

>

> Her developmental optometrist has a vision therapy place, that may be better quality, but we would have to pay hundreds, possibly thousands of dollars out of pocket for it.

>

> Any thoughts or experiences to share?

>

> Thanks,

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Re: ( ) Vision therapy a success for anyone?, my only experience with this is that it was recommended by the school for one of my children. After researching vision therapy and talking with his opthomologist we determined that it was not the way to go for us. What we found was that it worked well when the children are in therapy but when they stop the results from the therapy tend to revert back over time. Hope this is helpful. Good luck. ---- jdarawi <jenniferdarawi@...> wrote: > Hello,Vision therapist works very well. You can learn the exercises and help your daugther with the routine of exercising every day.

A few years ago I had a Tia Versus /Migrana. My vision was affected for months. I found a vision therapy web site. I did some exercises every day for a few months and my vision improved a lot.

> Our daughter, age 6.75 has had "Strabismus" a wandering eye, since she was 3. It is managed by the bifocal glasses she wears, but if she takes them off, her left eye wanders. > > Has anyone had success with vision therapy curing such a problem? We are planning to try a program, run by an OT, at rehab center linked with our local hospital, since they will bill our insurance, and we don't think we'll have to pay for it.> > Her developmental optometrist has a vision therapy place, that may be better quality, but we would have to pay hundreds, possibly thousands of dollars out of pocket for it.> > Any thoughts or experiences to share?> > Thanks,> > >