thanks for the quick reply.

she has quite a few of the symptoms of Irlens, even without asking
her too indepth. I dont want to put thoughts into her head before
the tests.

main ones are short attention, fidgety when reading, skipping lines
losing place stumbling over words when reading and still not really
reading what id call "proper books" for her age. she reads similar
books to her 5 year old sister even though the school says her
ability is above her age group. (they let her use a ruler as a
marker to get this result) bad handwriting bad spacing, clumsy,lack
of motivation, trouble copying and reluctance to copy from a white
board, not very well coordinated. She has said that the words jump
around and are sometimes blurred. the optician gave her some
overlays to try and a combination of aqua and mint green she
said "trapped" the words and held them still so she could read them.
she reads better in dim light. the school had pretty much written
her off as a lazy waste of time, but the fact that she had no
behaviour problems made me push on.

the only antibiotics she has had are amoxycillin.
Ive started her on omega 3 & 6 oils today.







--- In glimmercoloredfilterglasses@yahoogroups.com, "larissalle"
<larissa4@...> wrote:
>
> Hi, here's what I know:
> 1) go to www.irlen.com and read everything on the site even if it
> seems like it doesn't apply to you. You can also do a search on
their
> site for a practitioner close to you. Be aware that the Irlen
lenses
> are expensive.
>
> 2) is it possible that your daughter has astigmatisms, which is an
> irregularity to the eye that causes focal problems, not fuzziness,
> but rather the ability to make the eyes stay focused on an object
and
> so make the eyes wander and make it difficult to comprehend
> information. You can still see clearly with astigmatisms, and so
a
> normal eye exam as when you read an eye chart from a distance will
> not show that you have astigmatisms. I had reading and
comprehension
> problems since I started reading and lasted until my late 30's
when
> one of my eyes finally did get a little fuzzy, and at that time,
my
> optometrist went through a full exam as opposed to the short "read
> the eye chart" exams that I'd had my entire life. She found
> astigmatisms in both eyes. As soon as I put on my new glasses, I
was
> really surprised at how easy it was to read and comprehend. This
may
> just be my experience and it isn't proven medically, but I know it
> worked for me and like to pass the info on, especially for
children
> as who knows how it would've helped me if I'd been diagnosed when
I
> was a child.
>
> 3) Has your child been prescribed any antibiotics? I had a now
> proven but rare antibiotic reaction last year to an antibiotic
called
> cephalexin, a cephalosporin-type antibiotic. It affected the
primary
> neurotransmitter in my nervous system, and I had a variety of
> symptoms, including vision problems, confusion/concentration
> problems, loss of motor coordination, and severe fatigue (the PDR,
> which is the "Physician's Desk Reference," lists all but the
vision
> problems). The vision and confusion/concentration problems were
> debilitating as I am in the middle of studying engineering, and
they
> were bad enough and lasted long enough that I desperately sought
out
> information such as from this yahoo group because I was getting no
> help from my doctors other than a lot of expensive tests that
showed
> nothing. And, they prescribed antidepressants, which I refused,
but
> it turns out that they are the last thing that I should have been
> prescribed. Almost no doctors seem to know of this reaction, but
it
> has been documented in medical journals since 1973 worldwide. It
is
> possible that people with penicillin allergies can also have
> cephalosporing allergies, but they will be more of an anaphylactic
> shock type of reaction (such as breathing passages swelling). It
> also seems that people with sulfa drug allergies may be
susceptible,
> which was my case. A search of www.pubmed.com and other websites
> such as "web of science" through my local university resulted in
over
> 50 documented medical journal articles relating to the reaction.
My
> vision has not been the same since and has caused me to search for
> more than astigmatism correction. My university disability center
> suggsted Irlen, and it does seem to help. It is entirely possible
> that my eyes would have become this way without the antibiotic
> reaction, but it is rather strange that I was fine one day and
> started having the problems the evening after starting the
> antibiotic. Another member of this group who doesn't write in
anymore
> and hasn't heard that I have found proof, had a similar reaction
(but
> worse) to an antibiotic called Ancef, a cephalosporin. So how is
the
> reaction treated? If you do have the reaction I did, according to
the
> articles I read, you must be given an EEG which will show that you
> have abnormal brain activity that indicates what are called non-
> convulsive seizures (no outward convulsions as seen in grand mal
> seizures). You must be taken off of the antibiotic. And, you must
be
> treated immediately with anti-seizure medication. Or, you can let
> the symptoms recede on their own, as in my case as I went
> undiagnosed. The severity of the symptoms should stop within 3-5
> hours, but they may never be resolved completely as seems to be my
> case.
>
> I am telling you all this detail in case it may remotely help you
> help your daughter or someone else you know.
>
> I wish you luck.
>
> Regards,
> Larissa
>
>
> --- In glimmercoloredfilterglasses@yahoogroups.com, mastiff_mum
> <no_reply@> wrote:
> >
> > Hi.
> > After ongoing problems at school for 3 years where my daughter
has
> > been called lazy manipulative, attention seeking (yet with no
> > behaviour problems) we had her optician test for Irlens which
came
> > back positve. However, it wasnt the official Irlen centre
testing,
> > so I guess what i need to know is do we now need to have the
> testing
> > done again at the Irlen Centre, (we are in the UK) or is the
> > unofficial optician test good enough? Im looking for UK based
> > support too. Its hard to grasp as obviously she doesnt look as
> > though she has any problems, and we cant see what she sees.
> > I just feel so confused about it all and would like info on what
> the
> > school should be doing to help, which the optician hasn't
provided.
> >
> > should the school fund the official tests or is that down to us
as
> > her parents?
> > does she now need to be placed on the SEN register as I woas
told
> by
> > a relative who is a teacher?
> >
> > ANy advice would be greatly appreciated.
> > Thankyou
> >
>