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I dont know if i may be off the topic but my concern is ever since i was born i have realised that i have the ability to use both my hands but not equally, that is when im eating with a fork a spoon i will use my left hand and the other hand when im not holding anything. Same applies to when im kickicking a ball the right leg is the one that i use. my question is what do you call a person with this condition? is it hereditary?

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I had CSR on left eye untreated for 4years (the eye doctor advised to monitor). However after 3 opinions for the last 4 years, I seeked a 4th opinion to see if there was any solution to it. The eye doctor advised confidently that going for PDT (cold laser treatment) was safe and would permanently seal up the leakages. Unfortunately after PDT, I developed CNV on the central retina which was 'explosive' looking on the scan. So far i jave gone for 3rounds of Lucentis, 1 round of Eylea injections. The active blood vessels have subsided to an extent, but permanent scarring has developed on the centre of the left eye, which looks look an opague white patch when i look through the bad eye.

I am in my very early forties and may lose my job as it requires good eyesight. My life has been greatly affected as the good eye has difficulty compensating the CNV eye, and the resulting overall vision is blurry. I experience glare when its sunny or bright. I have difficulty reading and pretty much doing everything due to blurry vision, glare, easily tired eyes, and a good eye which deteriorated in terms of astic and longsightness (both from around 50deg to 120deg over the last 2 months since i developed CNV).

I have lost all apetitie for food, and zest for life in general. Everything I look at seems to trigger panic attacks as its really uncomfortable with the overall blurry vision. I sleep with assistance of pills 90% of the time the last 2 months and even so, i can hardly get 3-4hours sleep each night, sometimes staying awake hyperventilating through the night. I feel trapped in a blurry world at an age where I am about to start a family and still need to work in order to provide for the family. The vision is just really frustrating and affects my ability to think, express, and relax.

Does anyone have similar experiences? I have great difficulty adapting to a somewhat good eye and a CNV eye with central vision loss. Its been almost 3 months, and there seems to be no adaptation improvement.

Thanks for your listening ears..

...with the mainstream belief that eidetic and photographic memory don't truly exist. If they don't, then neither do I.

I really relate with what Anna said. I must visualize something to learn it. In school, I could flip back through the textbooks in my mind to find the answer. At work, I was undergoing a peer testing where my peers would ask me questions about the manufacturing process. I'm a chemical engineer and I was starting in a new facility. Anyway, I was referring to my notes by recalling the image of the page, and I answered all questions correctly, however, I was annoyed that my peers felt that was cheating. What?!! Just because they couldn't do that themselves?? They asked what I was "looking" at since I needed to "view" the page which generally involves me staring in space briefly and scrolling through to where the answer is written. So, I confessed that I was viewing it in my mind and they felt that was cheating because I should just "KNOW" the answers. Well, I did, but I needed to visualize it.

I can truly only learn and understand something that I see visually; I have people spell words or names out for me sometimes if I'm unfamiliar with them so I can visualize it in my mind and store it away for later. I imagine that I'm "burning" the name on the inside of my forehead. But, I don't have endless storage capacity so, as other things happen in life, I've had to clear my cache, so to speak.

A coworker once refused to give me books or drawings to learn a manufacturing process because, in her words, "everyone learns best when someone talks about it or teaches it out loud". I never could convince her that she was wrong...dead wrong.

The other thing for me is, when someone asks me to recall an event or fact, I will call up the image in my mind to see what I was doing when the fact first came to me. IOW, I travel for business a lot so I often will see myself on a hotel room bed with a computer in my lap and I can recall what I was doing at that time. And it isn't a snapshot. Although, I don't usually remember things like smells, I DO hear the voices replay in my head and I watch myself in the video as an outsider.

I asked my husband once if that's how he recalls memories of something from the past and he said a definite 'no'. I don't have a clue how "normal" folks recall things but they don't do it my way LOL.

So, I think perhaps the scientific community needs to redefine their definitions of photographic and eidetic memory rather than stating that no one has that ability. Perhaps their definitions are too strict because, in fact, a small population definitely has this ability. No, I don't remember everything that has happened or everything I've ever read but images are how I recall things.

My recall for numbers is amazing. So was my mother's. Perhaps a genetic factor? I cannot/do not use mnemonics! That's too hard and makes no sense to me! For phone numbers, though, I will visualize a telephone keypad and "press" the number as it's given to me. Maybe that's patterning but I don't do it that way for numbers other than telephone numbers. And PI... 3.14159265358979 That's as far as I've gotten and it's as far as I care to get. Anything more would waste my time and buffer space :)

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Irina,

There are no silly questions when it comes to CNV. It is a scary diagnosis with limited information and support. The good news is there is reason for hope. CNV especially in the young or middle aged has a better chance of responding to treatment. The Avastin and similar medicines worked very effectively in slowing and eventually stoping my CNV. Once the retina is stabilized and and the lesion (leak) stops, it is possible for your vision to regain a lot if quality sight. I have been in remission for over 6 years now with no reaccuring leaks and no CNV symptoms in my other "good" eye. The lesion left a scar through the middle of my retina and line of sight but I see through and around this scar. Everyone is different of course but I was amazed when I could eventually read again with my CNV eye and even pass an eye exam 20/40. Having it in one eye does not mean the other will get it as well. Relying on the good eye should in no way cause damage to it. There is a link between hormones, stress and elevated Cortisol levels. I am not sure if this would apply to your husband because his diagnoses was Myopic related however I always feel it is still worth noting.

I wish you both the best and I am sorry you are going through this.
Sincerely,
Kim

But what will help us to overcome this issue of not remembering names of people, places and things? It is destroying my confidence to speak if I cannot remember the name of the place I have recently visited, or the film, book, I have read or seen. It is a terrible affliction. I am still good at problem solving, organising and planning; but dreadful in a social setting.

My last check in on here was in May (2016).

I'm back to let you all know that I had an episode on Friday night (9/09/16). I fought it off. The weird thing about SP is that you can literally tell when it's about to start. The feeling is indescribable. The only thing that comes close is a feeling of dread paired with a sinking feeling. My only worry is when I'm 70 trying to fight this. I'm currently in my mid 30s (female).

Continue to share your experiences.

If we direct our attention to raising the dopamine in the prefrontal cortex instead, that should lower the overproduction reaction on the other area of the brain, quelling the psychosis. I believe the focus should be primarily on raising the lower dopamine, and helping the client to feel coordinated and emotionally more stable. Lowering the high dopamine is good but the client may not have the ability to produce higher dopamine in the frontal cortex. The treatment would be complete, alleviating more symptoms. low dopamine in the frontal cortex feels terrible. Dopamine runs everything that supports life. Why lower this...it seems like the concentration is on the reaction. We should consider low dopamine issues, as well. Then dopamine that's too high, should go down as a reaction to raising the lower dopamine in the frontal cortex.