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08-11-2008, 09:55 PM | #1 | |||
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This morning, after putting my contacts on, something seemed "off" with my right eye while driving to town. I didn't think much about it....just figured it was time to put on a new pair of contacts. Went on to the store, got home about 2 hours later, put away the groceries and then laid down in my bedroom (coolest room in the house) to cool off. I bought a new book at the store and decided to start it while laying there. The words appeared like I would think they would if I started to cross my eyes but then uncrossed them.
I had to stop reading and I haven't noticed it being that bad since then; however, after dinner we all sat down to watch the Olympics and I started noticing there was something "off" with that same eye. I started looking at the digital clock on the cable box (covering one eye, then the other) and with my right eye, I'm seeing a partial image of the numbers below the real numbers. I'm also having some overall blurriness in that right eye. No pain, though. I've had nystagmus before, and it doesn't seem the same as that. I guess I should call the eye doctor in the morning. Has anyone here had double vision before? Can you explain it? TIA.
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08-11-2008, 10:34 PM | #2 | |||
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I had it in 2005 - it was what earned me my dx of MS. I noticed several days before it got really bad that something was not quite right. Things would appear out of focus and if I tried to look to the left it doubled and then got fuzzy. If I covered one eye (and it didn't matter which) then the double vision vanished. It lasted from October 2005 to February 2006. I hope yours is short lived and doesn't cause any lasting effects.
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08-11-2008, 11:38 PM | #3 | |||
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I've had diplopia (double vision) since at least last summer.
When I look to the right without moving my head, or if I try to look back towards the right when I'm backing my car out of a space, I get the double vision. It's a bit irritating at times, but I've adjusted to it. The double image on the right is always the correct image for me, and I've pretty much trained my eye to not look too far to the right, I tend to turn my head more instead now. Some days are worse than others. When I had ON earlier this spring, it was a lot more noticeable. You should probably go visit your opthalmologist to make sure there's nothing else wacky going on in your eyes. He might be able to get you a new glasses Rx with a prism in it to correct the diplopia.
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08-12-2008, 12:46 AM | #4 | |||
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I’ve had double vision for so long that I am totally used to it. Don’t fight it. Just choose which image you want to go with, and let the rest go.
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08-12-2008, 08:44 AM | #5 | |||
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Thanks, everyone. It's still not right this morning, so I'm getting ready to call my eye doctor.
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08-13-2008, 03:44 PM | #6 | ||
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neurological probs can often create double vision and it can also be intermittent ie. worse some days than others. Muscle weakness of one of the six muscles controlling eye position will cause double vision and it will always correct itself if one eye is covered or closed if muscle weakness is the cause. your optometrist may be able to fit a prism into a pair of specs which can alleviate symptoms. If it's intermittent a Fresnel prism (which is removeable) can be fitted to your specs, but this can make your vision worse (less clear but not double).The Fresnel prism will avoid thick chunky spec lenses as well.
If your a contacts wearer and get double vision in one eye with the other eye closed or covered, it could simply be a badly fitting contact lens, a simple check would be remove your contacts - does the problem go away when specs are put on? In either case you should still see your optometrist so they can rule out any other problems. Hope this info helps. |
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