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Just want to second the advice of Anon to get it checked out very soon
by a neurologist or ideally a neuro-ophthalmologist.

If you go back to the ER room at a different time maybe you'll get to
see a different doctor? A second opinion sounds like it might be very
valuable for you.

Let us know how you go.

Dom

Last Monday, (July 24th) I woke up with double vision - mostly in my
right eye.

I had a slight headache, which for me is sort of normal.

I really noticed how my sight had changed in my commute to work and
later in the day when I couldn't focus my eyes on objects to might
right.

That evening I went to California Pacific Medical ER.

They gave me either a CAT or a MRI scan and said they didn't find
anything out of the ordinary.

The next morning I met with several Opthamologists.

They confirmed that the back of my eyes looked healthy.

They confirmed the symmetry of my face. (There may have been some
symptom like a drooped eyelid - but if that's the case the effect is
very subtle and not that noticable. Ditto with some blackness to the
side of the eye.)

They confirmed I could feel tickelling on my cheeks.

Hearing was OK.

Blook sugar OK (108).

Blood pressure OK (normal reading).

They asked if I'd felt weak. No.

They asked if I was in pain. No.

I have had occassional pangs of nausa.

They did not actually review the MRI (or CAT) scan.

The othamologist team met privately and one of them returned and
insisted something "wasn't right". As if I was putting them on or
lying.

He talked about possible causes, physical and reflective, and concluded
this was an
instance of a reflective cause - because other than double vision I
didn't have any symptoms.

The doctors gave me a new perscription, which turned out to be nearly
identical
to my current perscription except he notched the astigmatism correction
down slightly.
My "prescription" was to get new glasses and come back in two weeks if
problems persist.

(I've done that but I'm waiting for the new glasses.)

He said everyone has diplopia when they look too far out of their
peripheral vision and wondered if I was just noticing it for the first
time. I told him that couldn't be the case because on my left side I
could focus and see a single object but if I rotated my body and looked
at the same object I could see two.

Since Tuesday morning I've developed a slight diplopia in my left eye -
but not as intense as what I have in the right.

I also have a slight diplopia when looking straight ahead - I'm able to
work from a computer with no problems but when when I look at objects
10 feet away I notice it.

Anyway, during my visit to my optometrist to get new glasses he scoffed
that an overly strong glasses prescription might be the source of
either my developing diplopia - or that a new pair of glasses would
help. Especially considering that I'd used my current prescription for
over a year.

The  optometrist had me focus on his finger and confirmed the diplopia
diagnosis.

Considering that my site might be getting worse I've pondered making a
second trip to the ER - but since the hospital doesn't have
othamologists in the ER - they only have general practitioners who call
on-call othamologists, I've wondered what's the point?  I've done the
ER thing and if I go again I'll get the same run around.

In the meantime, I can forget about driving a car or walking around too
much. Instead of seeing three cars in three lanes in a street I see
five. And the situation takes the fun out of just walking around.

Sometimes I can focus and  I think my eyes are getting better. Other
times I see no difference.

I can work OK.

I use my eyes extensivelly and do computer programming about 8 hours
every day. Sometimes I push it to 9 hours.

My plan is to set up an appointment with another Othamologist which
will be in 3 days - because of the weekend.

Well, does that sound like a plan - or should I go to the ER room ASAP?

BTW, I occassionally get a buzzy sensation (kind of like when your leg
falls asleep) on the top of my head. And sometimes my tongue feels
numb. Both sensations go away quickly. The worst symptom is the fear
that I'll see like this forever.

Thanks.