My 11 year old daughter has been diagnosed with conversion disorder, she was diagnosed in July 2008. She had many
socializing, etc. The biggest symptom that she had and this symptom is the only
she still has is blindness. All her other symptoms went away by September 2008,
all of them except the vision loss. She did not have any traumatic happen at
this time, well she was having a tough time at her summer camp and we went to
the beach to spend the week with my in-laws. She had gotten ill, and my mother
in law and I had gotten into a arguement and just a couple hours later the
symptoms began. We had a long summer in and out of the hospital with
psychosomatic seizures and the other symptoms mentioned above. I was told that
we "loved her to much" and I did not allow her to have any feelings other than
being happy, so she supressed all her negative feelings and they are manifested
in her symptoms. She saw a therapist for quite a long time, then we started
seeing a hypnosis doctor a hour and half away once a week for 9 months. There was not much progess, so we stopped going. Not sure what else to do. Some people have suggested EFT.... I can not seem to find anyone on the internet who was diagnosed with conversion disorder who is blind. I have no idea how long this will last or if it will last forever! Anyone have any suggestions? Thank!
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Sorry for all the typos! I so did not read it before I posted!
February 1, 2011 - 6:44pmThis Comment
Hi michelle80 - In doing some quick research, every article I found on conversion disorder mentioned blindness as one of the symptoms, including this one.
Reference: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000954.htm
I found a support group for people with conversion disorder, and you may be able to find people who have dealt with blindness through this website: http://www.experienceproject.com/groups/Have-Conversion-Disorder/90580
This site provides a forum in which you can pose questions to doctors who specialize in conversion disorder: http://www.medhelp.org/HealthTopics/Conversion_Disorder.html
Mayo Clinic provides information on treatment which you may find helpful: http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/conversion-disorder/DS00877/DSECTION=tr...
I hope this information helps. Let us know if you have additional questions. Pat
February 1, 2011 - 6:57pmThanks for answering so quickly. It is true all conversion disorder articles list blindness as a symptom, but I have yet to find anyone who actually suffered with that symptom. I have not looked at the support group and will check that out. I have viewed all the others and have even posted on MedHelp.... Thanks again for the quick response!
February 1, 2011 - 7:18pmDid you ever find any help. My daughter has lost her sight from this as well and I have been looking for resources.
March 31, 2012 - 4:10pmOh my gosh, really???? No, sadly not. Its been over 4 years now. We still have no answers, so we have decided after lots of therapy and hypnosis to just live our lives with her blindness. She is learning Braille and learning how to live life without her sight. This is so interesting, no one has ever responded to me on these things. Let me ask you a question. The eye doctor says Haley does not have conversion disorder because if she did her pupils would move when he did certain tests, however they can not explain her vision loss. All other doctors say its conversion disorder. What is her eye dr saying?
March 31, 2012 - 6:30pm