Hiya everyone - hope you have all had a good weekend... I have been struggling through the dizziness and forcing myself to get out and about!

What I am wondering is how many of you have visual symptoms. My symptoms seem to be 85% visual these days. By that I mean distorted vision, photophobia, blurring, jumping and shimmering vision.

I used to have balance problems, the feeling of rocking and bouncing but I hardly get that at all these days. I firmly believe that the walking has helped with that but I can't shake the visual symptoms.

Is it a normal inner ear disorder to have so many visual problems or should I be looking into a complication?? I was interested in what subs posted the other week about vertical imbalance.

Anyways any thoughts would be appreciated!

Thanks...

Yes it is normal and I have heard they are often the ones left at the end - you need to do vision exercises (VRT) - type them on net or do the eye fixation ones more. Or as k your vrt centre which would help you. It is v v good the other sensations have stopped for you. You are getting there xxx

Star, that really rang a bell with me tonight, I knida feel the same the past few days. I feel like my eyes are a bit un-cordinated not visually but I can feel it and typing on this comp is making me feel grooty, like you it feels visual.

Pfetn its sort of like all that I look at almost has a haze over it and the shimmer thing is almost like onjects have a halo around them.

Ilia xx

PS dont be freaked by this, its just part of it and like the other stuff will pass too.

Thanks for the thoughts

I have been doing vrt eye exercises for about 2 months. They havent helped yet but i will keep my fingers crossed! Its good to know that it is all part of it......just have to keep hoping that i'll get better I spose!

Thanks for the thoughts

I have been doing vrt eye exercises for about 2 months. They havent helped yet but i will keep my fingers crossed! Its good to know that it is all part of it......just have to keep hoping that i'll get better I spose!

Hi

At least three things are going on here(from Univ of Penn/NIH web sites)

First----"Overall"....."maintaining your balance depends on information that your brain receives from three different sources -- your eyes, the muscles and joints of your body, and your inner ears. All three of these sources send information in the form of nerve impulses from sensory receptors, special nerve endings, to your brain. This is the sensory input that has to do with balance."...

Second---"Vision input"......"the input that your brain receives from your eyes. Special nerve endings or sensory receptors in the back of your eye (retina) are called rods and cones. These receptors are sensitive to light. When light rays strike them, their nerve fibers send impulses to your brain that provide your brain with visual clues that aid in balance. For example, when you are outside, buildings are aligned straight up and down, or sidewalks are straight out in front of you."......

Third---"Equilibrium Center output(motor)"...." The motor impulses that go to your eyeballs coordinate their movement so that you have clear vision while your head is moving either actively (running, watching a tennis match) or passively (sitting in a moving car). The movement of your eyes while your head is in motion is controlled automatically by your vestibular system.

When your head is not moving, the number of impulses from the right side is equal to the number of impulses coming from the left side. As you turn your head toward the right, the number of impulses from the right semicircular canals increases, and the number from the left decreases. This difference controls your eye movements and allows for clear vision as your head is turning.

For instance, in a person with a healthy vestibular system, you can observe the normal fast eye movements (nystagmus) in the light when the head turns slowly from left to right and back again. The eyes will move quickly in the same direction that the head is turning. These same eye movements occur even in the dark.....".............

So---it is the "Second" item above "vision input"---that is critical---if the "input" from your vision is not correct because you have a vision problem---the preexisted your vestibular problem---or whatever---then your vision input is going to slow/prevent your complete compensation---so it is important that your eyes are checked and any vision problems corrected.

And----it is the "Third" item above "Equilibrium Center output(motor)"...."to your eye balls......." that you are exercising/retraining with the VRT eye exercises.....which can cause some of the symptoms you describe...

You will overcome--those through VRT---if your vision with or without glasses is correct---if it is not---no amount of VRT will help nor will you compensate.......so it is very important---to make sure your vision is correct---since it is one of the inputs to your brain's equilibrium center.

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Thanks for the info subs....I do have a pre-existing eye condition affecting only one eye currently. This has made things interesting because it has been difficult to even them up. I have tried a variety of prescriptions in glasses but still had problems. Currently I am wearing a contact lens which has given me the best vision so far however, it is still not as good as my left eye. From what I have been told it is impossible with this eye condition (keratoconus) to get perfect or near perfect vision. Hopefully this problem with my eyes won't mean that i'll never compensate. I have seen all of the specialists I can possibly see about this. So it seems like theres not much more I can do about this except for hope!