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Medical Forum / General / Vision / May 2006Bad Doctor or Bad Prescription???
I have been to my OD four times complaining that one eye is not as clear as the other when corrected. My prescription is as follows: Right: +2.25 Cyl -.50 Axis 92 Left: +1.00 Cyl -.50 Axis 090 My left eye, which has the best vision is not as clear as my right eye when I wear my glasses. My bad eye (right) can see details in leaves, read signs at far distance better and things are brighter. Could this be because the magnification of my bad eye is so much more - should they not be equal. Final mystery: The good eye (left) sees all my blue and red stereo on lights ( in my home entertainment center) as perfect round dots with no glasses. When I put on my prescription glasses my left eye sees the blue lights as blurred images of several lights and the red is OK...and again this is my good eye and it sees the dots correctly until I put on my glasses. Thanks so much for your thoughts. Konnie when you say "good eye" and "bad eye" you apparently are talking about how strong of a prescription is required to get the best acuity. if both eyes correct to 20/20, then one is no better than the other, one just takes a stronger lens to get there. historically have you noticed any difference between the corrected acuity in your two eyes? is this a recent change? it may very well be that your left eye, even with the best lenses on it, can't get equal acuity to your right. it might be due to any number of factors (slight cataract development, corneal abnormality, etc. etc.). just because your left eye requires a lower power lens does not mean it should be expected to be "better" than your right. your description of the way your left eye sees colored lights, however, is telling. Since blue light is refracted more than red light, and ideally they should be balanced, it might be that you are slightly over-plused in your left eye. anyway these details should ideally be worked out between you and your eye doctor. If this was a recent change and it started when you got a new pair of glasses, you might be reacting to an increase in prescription in your left eye. you could possibly get used to it-- hyperopes (=farsighted people like you) sometimes have difficulty accepting increased plus in the distance but will adjust with continued wear. what is your acuity in your left eye with that prescription on? These are my first distance vision glasses. Why would the blue light be fuzzy in the eye with less correction "Over-plused" does that mean too much correction - then why can a read distant signs better with the eye that has the higher prescription and the left with minimal prescription is the one blurred. Konnie > when you say "good eye" and "bad eye" you apparently are talking about > how strong of a prescription is required to get the best acuity. if [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > accepting increased plus in the distance but will adjust with continued > wear. what is your acuity in your left eye with that prescription on? you don't seem to understand. your right eye is more farsighted than your left eye so it needs a higher prescription to get it to maximal acuity (about +2.25). If you gave it a little more than it needed (e.g. +2.50) then it might be blurry in the distance. your left eye is less farsighted than your right eye so it needs less of a prescription to get to its maximal acuity. I suggest that it might need only +0.75 instead of +1.00. if this is your first set of glasses, you might eventually get used to them. it is hard for hyperopes to "accept" plus lenses in the beginning. try wearing them as much as possible for a week or so and see what happens. you might find that your left eye adjusts nicely and everything will be fine. > your description of the way your left eye sees colored lights, however, > is telling. Since blue light is refracted more than red light, and > ideally they should be balanced, it might be that you are slightly > over-plused in your left eye. I agree. She did a red-green balance test on herself in essence. A quarter less plus on that left eye is probably what is needed. frank ...or "Bad Patient?".....;) Dear Alana, Doctor-My_Eyes now explains the perfect answer. The "problem" is never the "doctor", no, no,no, it is always the "bad" patient. So I guess that explains the problem, Alana. Go figure. Otis one thing is for sure otis. you don't know the first thing about Alana's problem. Go on out to the nurses station and take your milk-of-magnesia. your irregularity makes you cranky. Looks like your presbyopic now if you need glasses even for distance for low hyperopia. What you can do is get an overrefraction and see if your glasses are the right power. another scinerio is one eye has more high order aberrations/irregular astigmastim. My pescription is: left eye: -4.5 sphere, -.75 cylindar(140 axis) correctable to 20/30 right eye: -3.5 sphere, -1.5 cylindar(55 axis) correctable to 20/40 Although my right eye is less myopic, it has more astigmastim including the irregular kind as well as high order aberrations so I dont see as well, dont correct as well. This may be the case for you and is why your not seeing as clear in one eye. Disregard the above poster (Ace), he likes to carry his doctor bag when he diagnoses people on the web. I am not a doctor but my experience will prove invaluable in your own judgement reguarding whats wrong. Its either your glasses or one eye just doesnt correct as well as the other and amblyopia isnt always to blame. High order aberrations are. Where is your fantasy world? Mommies basement? > I am not a doctor but my experience will prove invaluable in your own > judgement reguarding whats wrong. But why is it that you are the only one who believes this ... and why do you believe this?? I believe it's called "Delusions of Grandeur" and it usually responds to treatment. Since this is your first pair of distance glasses, you likely have spent some time without binocular, but with bi-ocular vision. Without the glasses you can fine tune the distance vision for your left eye with accommodation while suppressing your right eye. Now, the glasses don't allow that suppression, which is good, but they are taking away your ability to "fine tune." I would bet a slight decrease in power in the left eye, or even both eyes (as long as the Rx is balanced appropriately) would fix the problem. wrong wrong and who asked about your prescription anyway go eat some mushrooms |
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