Guest guest Posted October 10, 2000 Report Share Posted October 10, 2000 As I understand it, strambismus is when one eye turns inward (convergent strambismus) or outward (divergent strambismus). This usually makes it very hard for the eyes to work together so it often gets two different views and often tunes out the visual messages coming in from the eye with the strambismus. There are eye exercises you can do to help this. Gaylen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 10, 2000 Report Share Posted October 10, 2000 - Just recently joined this list as well, and think we must be soul mates. Benji, age 5.5, born in 1995, has autism, and my daughter, who was born in September 1989, is also gifted, and also has strabismus and amblyopia. She has worn glasses since the age of two, and had patching on the good eye for three years, followed by surgery at the age of 5.5. Being new to this whole mercury thing, I just did the hair and stool testing on Benji last week through Dr. Deb Baker and Doctor's Data, and don't yet have the results. Please send me or refer me to whatever information you meant concerning mercury toxicity and strabismus. Thank-you. P.S. Could someone also e-mail me the Willis paper, please? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 10, 2000 Report Share Posted October 10, 2000 Prior to the diet, Kelsey would voluntarily turn one of her eyes inward. I haven't seen her do it much since the diet. Perhaps that is why our children tend to have that unusual blank stare/gaze. Great chelation this weekend. Remarkable behavior gains and intuitiveness...almost like removing a muslin sheet between my daughter and the rest of the world. > As I understand it, strambismus is when one eye turns inward (convergent > strambismus) or outward (divergent strambismus). This usually makes it very > hard for the eyes to work together so it often gets two different views and > often tunes out the visual messages coming in from the eye with the > strambismus. There are eye exercises you can do to help this. > Gaylen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 11, 2000 Report Share Posted October 11, 2000 That's what Kelsey used to do (before the diet). She would sit and turn one of her eyes in toward her nose. I would get after her, because at first I thought she was fooling around, but there were days where it looked like she had no control. It went away after the diet. --- In egroups, Fiona Young <FionaYoung@e...> wrote: > > <<Strabismus is a vision problem that causes you to see multiple > images of the same thing>> > > how did you know this was an issue for Kenny? Through testing? > has always had a slight lazy eye, I thought that was > strabismus. I have taken him to an optometrist but the problem comes > and goes and was not present at the time of eval. How did you know > Kenny was seeing multiples? Interesting. > Fiona Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 11, 2000 Report Share Posted October 11, 2000 In a message dated 10/10/00 8:57:07 PM Central Daylight Time, persistentC@... writes: << We've taken Kenny to this same doctor because I DO believe he has vision problems. He doesn't see things well on his right side, and with the ABA program, the cards had to be in just the right position on the table or he'd get everything wrong. Also, when coloring shapes, he colors everything shifted over to the left by about 1/4 inch. Of course, everybody CLAIMS there is nothing wrong with his vision. (I don't believe them!) After all, his " only " problem is autism, right? >> This describes my son a year ago except his writing and coloring was shifted to the right. He had blind spots that would come and go and often couldn't track with his left eye. Chelation and eye exercises we got from NACD have almost eliminated this problem. Some cranial sacral treatments for the bone affecting the visual nerve also did wonders. He has a very small divergent strambismus in his left eye that is more pronounced when he's stressed or ill. Has your son ever had optical illusions? Mine used to have them alot and would actually " see " a book or picture he'd seen in the past on top of a book or thing he was looking at. It was really weird and took us a long time to figure out since we wasn't very verbal at the time. Gaylen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 11, 2000 Report Share Posted October 11, 2000 Strabismus is a brain issue, not an eye muscle issue and one should avoid surgery at all costs. The brain controls the eyes. Once the brain is rid of it's toxins and regains control of the muscles, it will be able to straighten out the eyes with the correct exercises or therapies and be much less risky than surgery. Try brain gym, kinesiology, vision therapy, etc. BEFORE resorting to surgery, much less invasive and at least as effective. I have one friend whose daughter's " good " eye was damaged completely nad her " bad " eye was not improved so she is now legally blind. Another friends daughter had 2 or 3 surgeries and the brain turned the eye back to its preferred position (outwards) within 3 weeks of removing the bandages after each surgery. He did not not believe in " hocus pocus " stuff like Brain Gym but couldn't put his 3 yr old daughter through surgery again do went to see Dennison, the originator of Brain Gym. One 45 min session and her eyes were almost straight and have not regressed since, he quit his successful job and now is an advocate and Brain Gym practitioner. And that was without removing the toxins (lead, mercury or whatever) from her brain. try anything before surgery! kind regards, KenG > In a message dated 10/10/00 8:57:07 PM Central Daylight Time, > persistentC@b... writes: > > << We've taken Kenny to this same doctor because I DO believe he has vision > problems. He doesn't see things well on his right side, and with the ABA > program, the cards had to be in just the right position on the table or he'd > get everything wrong. Also, when coloring shapes, he colors everything > shifted over to the left by about 1/4 inch. Of course, everybody CLAIMS > there is nothing wrong with his vision. (I don't believe them!) After all, > his " only " problem is autism, right? >> > > This describes my son a year ago except his writing and coloring was shifted > to the right. He had blind spots that would come and go and often couldn't > track with his left eye. Chelation and eye exercises we got from NACD have > almost eliminated this problem. Some cranial sacral treatments for the bone > affecting the visual nerve also did wonders. He has a very small divergent > strambismus in his left eye that is more pronounced when he's stressed or ill. > > Has your son ever had optical illusions? Mine used to have them alot and > would actually " see " a book or picture he'd seen in the past on top of a book > or thing he was looking at. It was really weird and took us a long time to > figure out since we wasn't very verbal at the time. > Gaylen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 11, 2000 Report Share Posted October 11, 2000 Has your son ever had optical illusions? Mine used to have them alot and would actually "see" a book or picture he'd seen in the past on top of a book or thing he was looking at. It was really weird and took us a long time to figure out since we wasn't very verbal at the time. Gaylen, Hard to say, because he's only just now beginning to be able to speak. He has (had?) severe verbal apraxia. I do believe that he hasn't been seeing the world the same way the rest of us do, based on his reactions, and the things he does with his hands near his eyes, but this is all guesswork on my part. Hopefully soon he will be able to tell me. (Cary, NC)persistentC@... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 11, 2000 Report Share Posted October 11, 2000 I agree! No surgery unless ABSOLUTELY necessary. When my daughter was around 1 year old, prior to the typical autistic features (but she did have hypotonia), one of her eyes began to turn inwards. I caught it before most people would even notice. Probably because I noticed so many children in the physical therapists' waiting room who'd had surgery for it! We went to an opthamologist and we patched her strong eye for so many hours a day and this alone corrected the strabismus. [ ] Re: Strabismus > Strabismus is a brain issue, not an eye muscle issue and one should > avoid surgery at all costs. The brain controls the eyes. Once the > brain is rid of it's toxins and regains control of the muscles, it > will be able to straighten out the eyes with the correct exercises or > therapies and be much less risky than surgery. Try brain gym, > kinesiology, vision therapy, etc. BEFORE resorting to surgery, much > less invasive and at least as effective. > I have one friend whose daughter's " good " eye was damaged completely > nad her " bad " eye was not improved so she is now legally blind. > Another friends daughter had 2 or 3 surgeries and the brain turned > the eye back to its preferred position (outwards) within 3 weeks of > removing the bandages after each surgery. He did not not believe in > " hocus pocus " stuff like Brain Gym but couldn't put his 3 yr > old daughter through surgery again do went to see Dennison, the > originator of Brain Gym. One 45 min session and her eyes were almost > straight and have not regressed since, he quit his successful job and > now is an advocate and Brain Gym practitioner. And that was without > removing the toxins (lead, mercury or whatever) from her brain. try > anything before surgery! kind regards, KenG > > > > In a message dated 10/10/00 8:57:07 PM Central Daylight Time, > > persistentC@b... writes: > > > > << We've taken Kenny to this same doctor because I DO believe he > has vision > > problems. He doesn't see things well on his right side, and with > the ABA > > program, the cards had to be in just the right position on the > table or he'd > > get everything wrong. Also, when coloring shapes, he colors > everything > > shifted over to the left by about 1/4 inch. Of course, everybody > CLAIMS > > there is nothing wrong with his vision. (I don't believe them!) > After all, > > his " only " problem is autism, right? >> > > > > This describes my son a year ago except his writing and coloring > was shifted > > to the right. He had blind spots that would come and go and often > couldn't > > track with his left eye. Chelation and eye exercises we got from > NACD have > > almost eliminated this problem. Some cranial sacral treatments for > the bone > > affecting the visual nerve also did wonders. He has a very small > divergent > > strambismus in his left eye that is more pronounced when he's > stressed or ill. > > > > Has your son ever had optical illusions? Mine used to have them > alot and > > would actually " see " a book or picture he'd seen in the past on top > of a book > > or thing he was looking at. It was really weird and took us a long > time to > > figure out since we wasn't very verbal at the time. > > Gaylen > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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