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Medical Forum / General / Vision / January 2005Glasses that bring in the low vision eye at a late age. good idea?
I had a lazy eye as a child; I wore a patch, and it either didn't help, or we didn't do it long enough. I have long since had one eye that didn't see as well as the other, and limited 3D vision. I have always been told, that it is not a good idea to bring the poor eye up to the vision of the other. I'm 60, didn't start wearing reading glasses until almost 49, and progressives for distance added at 53. The poor vision eye has never been given magnifying power to 'see' better. I just an optemetric eye exam, and was told I should bring it into focus. It's something like 500, and significantly magnifies my eye. I at first saw double[still do if I change from far to close] and felt as if I were on drugs. After a day it was better, but itfeels tiring to read, and last night I had a different headache than I am use to. Sometimes I have to hold the page close and I know I'm squinting and straining to focus. Wearing them for driving is not a good idea yet. Going down stairs , the steps are blurry. How long should I consider for an adjustment period before I ask for my regular prescription. They said they would change it I could not tolerate these new glasses. This is Monday; I got the glasses Saturday. I've worn them continually, but will put on my old glasses for relief an hour or so, or to drive. It's difficult to understand how you could put faith in a science so wrong and injuring for your eyes like ophthalmology! do you have some specific information to share with me? Do you have the same condition or experience with it specific to age? forget your eye exercise, these are useless unless you drop the strain with which you do them. problem is that if you are able to drop the strain, exercises are no more needed. forget also about your glasses and "opinions". this is not a matter of opinion. this is a quest for truth. search the true cure. it is available to all. many people have started it, and someone is being able to complete it, although slowly. there is no other alternative. in an exercise when i focus on leaves on the trees, or go from star to tree leaf to closer, i don't feel as if i am straining, rather i work on doing this with an open unstrained 'unfocussed' gaze. i haven't thrown my glasses away yet; i've dome them for over a decade. i've noticed a greater ease to see something in greater detail afterwards, but that's very different from being able to keep that capacity for seeing for work or reading. There's no question of faith here; I am looking for options to understand more. If you can help, I would appreciate it. It has been 2 days and I can have a different prescription when I choose. I have actually wonderd if all the other prescriptions were not giving me the option for better vision. I do walk without glasses often and do morning distance and close eye exercises. There's no question of faith here; I am looking for options to understand more. If you can help, I would appreciate it. It has been 2 days and I can have a different prescription when I choose. I have actually wonderd if all the other prescriptions were not giving me the option for better vision. I do walk without glasses often and do morning distance and close eye exercises. > How long should I consider for an adjustment period before I ask for my > regular prescription. They said they would change it I could not > tolerate these new glasses. Give it 3 weeks or so, unless you get fed up sooner. The question is - what benefit do you derive from correcting the bad eye, and how does it compare with the downsides? Usually the benefits are marginal or nonexistent, and the discomfort and hassle far outweigh the benefits. -MT, OD > Usually the benefits are marginal or nonexistent, and the discomfort and > hassle far outweigh the benefits. This is your "medical" paradigm. Compliments. why do they even suggest it then? when I',m 60? I guess they are going for my getting 3-d vision. the optometrist said i essentially see w/ only one eye, and intimated it was dangerous to drive. I am aware of 'seeing'/or side vision of the rt or poorer sighted eye, though recognize i do not have true binoculor vision.., thus the double vision in this attempt. A young man/optician who fitted the new glasses had had a retinal attachment and been fitted after surgery with a similar change in glasses. he said it took him [20 yrs old? ] a couple of days to acclimate. I'm 'better' the more i use them, but still notice a lot of change when i go from close to far seeing[ 48 hours]. and the astigmatism of the rt eye brings a view that is very sharp almost vibrating black and white contrast to the binocular. so it's all weird. they basically said this would be a chance for me to see if i could use the eye more, since there's no charge to change back. Have you have experience then in clients' responses to this 'tx'? Did anyone acclimate where they felt it was better or worth it?
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