Irlen Syndrome: Youth and Irlen Syndrome

Irlen Syndrome: Youth and Irlen Syndrome: "I just wanted to repost this wonderful article by Dr Armine. His son was diagnosed with bipolar disease and schizoaffective disorder. Howeve..."

Youth and Irlen Syndrome

I just wanted to repost this wonderful article by Dr Armine. His son was diagnosed with bipolar disease and schizoaffective disorder. However, on hearing about Irlen Syndrome, he organised for his son to be tested for Irlen Syndrome. The outcome is absolutely amazing. Read on...
I am a physician and have a son who six years ago was diagnosed with bipolar disease and schizoaffective disorder.  During that time, he was recalcitrant to numerous traditional and alternative therapies in that those therapies failed to ameliorate his visual hallucinations and fluctuations in his mood.  My son is an extremely intelligent and motivated individual with a high IQ who loved to read and enjoyed the intellectual challenge of high school and college.  His disease robbed him of his ability to concentrate on his reading, causing extreme distress and his inability to remain in school.  He had consistent headaches and anxiety.  For several semesters, we needed to medically withdraw him from classes and he was unable to progress in his studies.

At the suggestion of his recent psychiatrist, we were asked to investigate Irlen's Syndrome.  Upon reading the website and performing the self-tests, it was apparent that my son could possibly be suffering from Irlen's Syndrome.  His symptoms included the printed word being fuzzy, letters moving around, the background competing for his attention, visualizing in two dimensions rather than three dimensions, difficulty in night vision, difficulty in depth perception, etc.

He was tested, and I was able to observe my son’s inability to read and visual hallucinations reversed by the use of these (Irlen) tinted lenses.  Within two weeks, we had a set of glasses with the proper tinting and my son showed immediate improvement.  He was able to read without difficulty, his anxiety decreased significantly, his visual hallucinations were eradicated, his headaches (which were apparently caused by him concentrating very hard on each word to make it stop moving) were relieved; and, for the first time in several years, he was able to complete his semester."  Dr. Jess P Armine

Irlen Syndrome: Reading Difficulties and Dyslexia- diagnosis and m...

Irlen Syndrome: Reading Difficulties and Dyslexia- diagnosis and m...: "The Building Strength group sent me this email invitation to a webinar. This webinar with Helen Irlen will look at the problems faced by man..."

Reading Difficulties and Dyslexia- diagnosis and misdiagnosis

The Building Strength group sent me this email invitation to a webinar. This webinar with Helen Irlen will look at the problems faced by many with reading difficulties. Click on the link below to hear a special message from Helen Irlen.

Link to Helen Irlen special message 

 

THE MANY FACES OF THE STRUGGLING READER: Diagnosis and Misdiagnosis
"Reading difficulties and dyslexia can be found among grade school children, in older children, and adults as well. However, reading difficulties come in numerous variations. What looks like the same problem can actually have different causes. This seminar will cover the various types of struggling readers and how to identify those who are being misdiagnosed and actually have Irlen Syndrome."  Helen Irlen

 If you would like more information about this paid webinar, visit

buildingstrengthwebinars.com 

Thursday, May 12th
6pm PT, 7pm MT, 8pm CT, 9pm ET
(Links to replay this presentation will be made available to all registrants)

Thanks everyone,

Christine

Irlen Syndrome: Anxiety and Irlen Syndrome

Irlen Syndrome: Anxiety and Irlen Syndrome: "The Irlen Institute recently posted a comment on their Facebook page about the link between anxiety and Irlen Syndrome. Apparently there has..."

Anxiety and Irlen Syndrome

The Irlen Institute recently posted a comment on their Facebook page about the link between anxiety and Irlen Syndrome. Apparently there has been some scientific research done that has found a correlation between the two disorders. Here is the comment that was posted:
"There is a correlation between anxiety and Irlen Syndrome, according to a scientific article written by Jacques Guimond, Irlen Clinic Director of New Brunswick, Canada" (Irlen Institute 2011).

Irlen Syndrome, or Scotopic sensitivity as it is also known, is a visual perception problem.

Irlen Syndrome, or Scotopic sensitivity as it is also known, is a visual perception problem. Often individuals with Irlen Syndrome are unable to see people or objects as a whole. Donna Williams is a best selling author who has also been diagnosed with Scotopic sensitivity. In her book 'Like Color to the Blind', she writes about her experiences and describes the life changing benefits of wearing Irlen lenses. She can now see faces, bodies and objects as a whole.