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Diplopia (Double Vision) Help!
After Tube Shunt surgery for Glaucoma, I am left with Diplopia, or double vision. Surgery was successful - good, Diplopia - bad. I'm adjusting to corrective lenses in glasses; however, I only wear the glasses for computer and reading. My vision is fine without any correction for distance. I do not need glasses for driving or watching TV, for example. When I walk around the house, I cannot wear the corrective lenses. My balance is definitely affected. Has anyone gone though adjusting to this sort of situation? All comments welcome!
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Hi everyone,
I was born with strabismus. I started wearing glasses at a young age. My left eye was my weak eye.
At the age of 18 I decided to get a surgery to correct my eyes. Many times in the past I had doctors perform the prism test on me.
The night before I was going to have a consultation with eye surgeon which was going to simulate what my vision would be after the surgery.
That night was when I first started to see double vision. I started to see two images of my alarm clock. I told my parents and the eye surgeon my story. No one believed me. I told them as the doctor was going to do the prism simulation.
The doctor made an appointment at Duke medical center in North Carolina. The doctors confirmed I was correct. The stranger part is that I can make myself see triple vision. Haven't done it in a while though.
I have had particular jobs in which my vision has affected my job .
One time when I was watching television at home and the images were moving. Now my job a the time was in television. So imagine looking at multiple television screens and trying to focus. When you see more than one television. I did that for years. Struggled a lot too.
I eventually had not one but two surgeries to straighten out my eyes but the double vision remains.
Sometimes it affects me in everyday situations. I try only to look out of my right eye. Block out the vision in my left area.
I was wondering if there is some consultation for people who live with double vision.
By the way I have been seeing double vision now for over 40 years.
Does anyone else have their story to share?
Do you still have double vision? I started seeing double at age 18. I am now 59. It happened the night before my consultation with an eye doctor. Not sure if prism glasses will help me. Do you know of non profit organization that has help with people coping with double vision
Was your vision corrected. I have double vision. Not sure if prisms will help though. Have had two surgeries too.
I have had double vision since I was 18 years old. I am now 59 years old. I had two surgeries when I was younger. The double vision started up the night before my consultation with my eye doctor. Sometimes it is hard to focus on certain things.
Do you know of any self help consultation groups.
Hi Lawrence, do you still see double vision. I live in jacksonville, fl. My situation is different. My double vision started up the night before my eye appointment. I was wondering if you know of any self help or non profit meeting groups for people with double vision.
My double vision started up before my surgery. My parents and the doctors did not believe me. I now have been seeing double for over 40 years.
Is there any consultation group that has people who see double vision In telling their stories and how they cope with seeing double.
Mike
Yes, I eventually got glasses with correction for double vision, and could drive again.
However, that was years ago. I have now been fighting glaucoma for 30 years and can no longer drive due to loss of vision. I have no central vision in left eye and only about 50% of field in right eye.
Don
I just developed double vision fo no reason. Gets worse every year making my lenses thicker which is upsetting. Can’t use reading glasses. Makes everything blurry. Am nearsighted and just take glasses
off to read. Has anyone gotten real help for this?
Prisms added to glasses help a great deal. Good luck!
Yes. I understand the double vision problems. Years ago, I had the strbismus (?) surgery in one eye, but it never helped that much. I have dealt with this for years, myself. It is very frustrating trying to get focused to see correctly. I saw triple at one time, but that doesn't happen much anymore. I was sent to a dounle vision specialist, but he said there is nothing he can do for me because I have so many other eye diseases. He said just to be sure to keep up on my glasses Rx, to be sure they are adding the prisms. I just went to the Dr and had to get a new Rx, so all three of my glasses had to be updated to the tune of $1k! And that was after my vision insurance! [That day, I had to pay that out for the glasses and then I got home & got the mail, and I owed over $3k for my home ins and $1300 for my aut ins, to I was in debt over $5300 in one day!!] I am 78 yrs old & living on SS, so llife has gotten very difficult. Ain't life fun??! 😂