u/Due-Hospital-2510

Anybody here who is a lawyer? I am doing a court internship these days (which is mandatory in my country if you studied law and want to qualify for certain legal professions). While I was assigned to criminal law, I had no issues at all. However, once I got ordered to serve in the civil law compartment, my visual issues exploded. I had to judge visual descriptions of accidents, graphics, etc. and it took me three days to understand what happened. Same with visual descriptions of product warranty, etc. I even got headache and an MCAS flare/Audhd internal meltdown from realizing that I can just not "picture" the accident in my head. I had to "translate" what happened to the parties in text to make it abstract.

Hey guys,

im literally sitting at my computer right now crying because i just experienced what feels like an actual miracle. Im usually trapped in the typical chronic exhaustion crash cycle, but today is completely different.

I am a desperate patient who has been suffering for 5 years. I went to so many eye doctors, neurologists, and orthopedists because i felt like i couldnt look straight anymore or was losing my vision. I felt dizzy while walking and small hikes left me crashed in bed for a couple of days while it was not the typical ME/CFS crash because strength training at home in the dark was fine without crashing me. Everything always came back clear, even my head and neck MRIs.

Because of my AuDHD diagnosis, i eventually stumbled upon a Substack post by US therapist Lindsay Mackereth. She wrote about her "neurological symptoms" stopping after getting prism glasses. I deep-dived into the topic and realized there is a massive connection between hypermobility, AuDHD, and the eyes.

Today i finally picked up my prism glasses.

When i entered the store, i was in terrible pain, dizzy as hell, wearing FOUR braces around my pelvis just to stay upright, and feeling completely unstable.

I put the glasses on. I walked out of the shop. And my first thought was literally: "Holy shit, I can walk."

The dizziness plummeted. Instantly less pain in my back. I am looking straight for the first time in years. It feels like my brain went from nuclear alarm mode to total silence. Because of loose connective tissue, our eye muscles constantly drift, and the brain wastes 90% of its daily energy just to keep us from seeing double. Prisms bend the light before it hits the eye so the muscles can finally relax.

The craziest part? I didnt even crash from the trip into the city. Im home, at my laptop, and i actually have the energy to write this. If you are dealing with constant neck/back pain, weird dizziness, and cognitive fatigue, PLEASE look into BVD. Standard eye tests miss this completely. You need a specialist who checks for micro-alignments under stress.

If anyone happens to be from Austria, I went to Optiker Hopffer in the Altstadt in Innsbruck. Mr. Gartner took so much time to figure out my messed up eyes.

Here are the sources that helped me understand the connection:

English is not my first language so sorry for any typos, i am just riding the wave of not crashing for once. Has anyone else had this extreme whole-body response to prisms?

Nervous breakdown at court internship due to visual images

Holy shit, I just picked up my prism glasses and I didn't crash. Best day in 5 years (Hypermobility / AuDHD / MCAS/ POTS/ BVD)