Hey, all.

So... I'm 40, I have a +4.5-ish prescription that hasn't changed
appreciably in about 20 years. Pretty static.

Possibly of note as well - I have slightly elevated blood pressure
(managed with medications), and I experience ocular migraines once
every couple of months. going through one right now, in fact - which
was what reminded me to post this question. ;-)

On two separate occasions in the past year or so, I've experienced a
rather odd symptom. I have mentioned this symptom to my GP, and he
indicated he would like to set me up to see an opthalmologist. That
appointment has not happened as yet.

The symptom is as follows:

With no other noticeable symptoms, the orientation of one of my eyes
gently drifts downward by maybe 2 degrees. The effect is similar to
that experienced when you go cross-eyed, except this is not voluntary,
and it's vertical. It's impossible for me to be clear on which eye is
drifting, nor which direction, as it's all relative to the orientation
of the other eye. I could say that one eye is suddenly oriented lower
than the other, were I to have paid enough attention at the time. I
did not. It *felt* like my right eye was drifting downward.

In both cases, the effect ceased within a couple of minutes, and my
eyes drifted back into normal orientation.

I believe that in both cases, I was lying on my site watching TV at
the time, so my head may have been at an odd angle. Not sure if that's
a possible factor. But that said, I've watched TV in that posture for
decades, and this hadn't happened in all that time. ;)

This is very much a one-off, I grant - but I'm curious if this kind of
'vertical drift' is necessarily indicative of some issue or other.

Comments welcome, as always - with the exception of comments from one
or two specific people, which will be answered with raspberries
regardless of what they say. ;)

Cheers,

BD