← Return to Adult Life after a Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)

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@lakelifelady

When I first started back to playing and singing I noticed how hard it was to properly focus my eyes to follow the notes. My concentration would lapse and I would fall behind. As I kept on, over time things got better. Still, getting the words in to a fast moving song requires practice and concentration. Concentrating intently is very tiring. Rehearsals and painting sessions often exhaust me. Following media or reading posts on line cause dizziness and nausea for me and must take on line time in short bits or I literally lurch and weave away from my device. Reading newspapers brings on same ....I think because of moving my eyes up and down and back and forth on the page. Books do not cause dizziness most often because one's head stays stable,

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I have had this same experience, @lakelifelady.

No problem when I read books, but when I'm working with numbers and glancing back and forth between a checkbook register and a computer screen inputting numbers, the dizziness begins followed by the nausea. I have to take frequent breaks in order to clear my head.

Vestibular therapy can be really good for these symptoms. I probably need to call my neurologist for a referral.