Bilateral Monocular Diplopia? HELP!

[maddieflajnik]

My double vision is monocular (but i have it in both eyes) because when i close EITHER eye the double vision does not go away. I would describe it more as a vertical "ghosting" effect. I have had this for about 3 years. When it first started, I became very worried so i went to the eye doctor and he changed my prescription which i thought would resolve it, but it didn't. I have just dealt with it for about 3 years now but i have health anxiety and sometimes when i think about that i never found the cause of it i get scared and freak out because what if it is a brain tumor or something, i always think the worst. even though idk how i'd have a brain tumor for 3 years and not know it and not have headaches or anything. anyway, the double vision goes away with the pinhole test which everyone says means that its a refractive error. It is most noticeable at night or in dim lighting.
I have one other symptom that i can literally find nothing on the internet about. When i look at an object up and down very quickly, it like smears downwards. I don't know how to describe it... but it happens when (like i said) i look at something up and down fastly and then i can see it like trail downwards for a second. Idk if that made any sense but let me know if you've ever had this or know what it's called.

[JohnHaganMD]

That is not true double vision its one eye ‘ghosting” the causes can be: needing glasses, improper fit/prescribed glasses, corneal disease including irregular astigmatism, cataract, macular pathology.  It is not a symptom of Braine tumors. Need to work through causes with eye MD ophthalmologist.

[maddieflajnik]

What about the streaking i mentioned when looking at an object up and down?

[John C Hagan III, MD, FACS, FAAO]

That is called 'palinopsia' it has been discussed here before. It is rare. I have never had a patient come into the office complaining of it. If you want to read more about it start here:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palinopsia

[maddieflajnik]

I don’t believe that’s what it is. that’s where an after image lasts for a very long time after you look at something and has a trailing affect. that’s not what I am experiencing..

[maddieflajnik]

but say it is palinopsia, I have had it for 3 years. if it were caused by something serious wouldn’t I be aware of that by now?

[John C Hagan III, MD, FACS, FAAO]

I don't know anything about that symptom

[John C Hagan III, MD, FACS, FAAO]

Never had a patient complain of it or read anything about it in medical journals only on internet