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This is my first-time posting questions on here I apologize if I'm only supposed to ask one question at a time, if I'm doing something wrong please send me a message discretely, I am diagnosed with depression and anxiety and it would be very embarrassing to be corrected in such a public forum.
I was watching a video of myself and I noticed that one of my eyes turned completely inward while the other one stayed facing forward. I went to my PCP and got a referral to a specialist. when I showed my eye doctor the video, they asked me if I did I do it on purpose. Is that something that most people can do on purpose? I was completely unaware that it happened in the video.
When I looked at the Amsler grid at home in good lighting, several areas are blurred out and distorted, when I asked my eye doctor about it they had me look at one in a room with the lights still off and I could not see the grid well enough know if/where it was distorted because I could hardly see the grid.
I told the doctor that at times things would appear to be moving and lines would appear wavy. A couple of times during the exam, when they ask "which is better 1 or 2?" my vision felt like it was crossed, I told them that when I focus on something up close that I have to blink and focus when I back away, but the only thing the doctor and the nurse asked for clarification on was why I wanted to give myself the Amsler grid test at home.
they said that they were getting high pressure on one of their machines but they would only be able to tell if they checked it on a different machine which they did, but the nurse was afraid to dilate my eyes without checking to see if it was ok for some reason? does anyone know why they might have been afraid to dilate my eyes and is that related to the eye pressure test or something different?
The doctor told me that the floaters in my eye were probably the cause of the Amsler grid distortion.
They did end up dialing my eyes and in the end, referred me to a pediatric eye doctor to test for eye alignment, does this mean that that doctor was only checking for retina problems and my eye alignment has not been looked at yet?
I did notice that when they dilated my eyes I immediately started having a headache, I didn't bother saying anything because I felt like the eye doctor was not talking to me seriously, should I mention it to the next doctor when I see them?
the doctor referred me to the other doctor and told me that if i "get like 1000 new floaters in my eye to make another appointment but otherwise come back in years, he said my middle eye looked fine and it must have just been the floater that I had made me have all of the visual disturbances.
When I left they did not give me any glasses to put over my eyes to protect them after being dilated. This is the second time that this has happened to me at two different doctors' offices, is this a normal procedure?
I was watching a video of myself and I noticed that one of my eyes turned completely inward while the other one stayed facing forward. I went to my PCP and got a referral to a specialist. when I showed my eye doctor the video, they asked me if I did I do it on purpose. Is that something that most people can do on purpose? I was completely unaware that it happened in the video.
When I looked at the Amsler grid at home in good lighting, several areas are blurred out and distorted, when I asked my eye doctor about it they had me look at one in a room with the lights still off and I could not see the grid well enough know if/where it was distorted because I could hardly see the grid.
I told the doctor that at times things would appear to be moving and lines would appear wavy. A couple of times during the exam, when they ask "which is better 1 or 2?" my vision felt like it was crossed, I told them that when I focus on something up close that I have to blink and focus when I back away, but the only thing the doctor and the nurse asked for clarification on was why I wanted to give myself the Amsler grid test at home.
they said that they were getting high pressure on one of their machines but they would only be able to tell if they checked it on a different machine which they did, but the nurse was afraid to dilate my eyes without checking to see if it was ok for some reason? does anyone know why they might have been afraid to dilate my eyes and is that related to the eye pressure test or something different?
The doctor told me that the floaters in my eye were probably the cause of the Amsler grid distortion.
They did end up dialing my eyes and in the end, referred me to a pediatric eye doctor to test for eye alignment, does this mean that that doctor was only checking for retina problems and my eye alignment has not been looked at yet?
I did notice that when they dilated my eyes I immediately started having a headache, I didn't bother saying anything because I felt like the eye doctor was not talking to me seriously, should I mention it to the next doctor when I see them?
the doctor referred me to the other doctor and told me that if i "get like 1000 new floaters in my eye to make another appointment but otherwise come back in years, he said my middle eye looked fine and it must have just been the floater that I had made me have all of the visual disturbances.
When I left they did not give me any glasses to put over my eyes to protect them after being dilated. This is the second time that this has happened to me at two different doctors' offices, is this a normal procedure?
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You will need to answer some questions to allow me to offer a better response:
1 was the 'eye doctor' you saw a Eye MD ophthalmologist or a non MD optometrist
2 Did you have a test called a Macular OCT
3.Did you have a peripheral vision test
4. You should take your own sunglasses and a hat. While disposible sunglasses are often offered after dilation, because of COVID and the mess the world is in supply side problems have depleted the supply of many offices
5 It is possible to voluntarily cross the eyes or it can occure involuntarily in a condition know as 'spasm of accommodation'
6.You absolutely need to tell the next opthalmologist that dilation caused pain. Do this before drops are put in. Ask the technician to have the ophthalmologist "check the depth of anterior chamber and the filtering angle' If you are farsighted there is a very small possibility that the dilation raised pressure in your eye.
7 If you see a pediatric ophthalmologist the emphasis will be on eye muscles not the retina. For a detailed retina exam you will need to see an Eye MD ophthalmologist the has special extra testing and specializes in 'vitreous & retina surgery'
1 was the 'eye doctor' you saw a Eye MD ophthalmologist or a non MD optometrist
2 Did you have a test called a Macular OCT
3.Did you have a peripheral vision test
4. You should take your own sunglasses and a hat. While disposible sunglasses are often offered after dilation, because of COVID and the mess the world is in supply side problems have depleted the supply of many offices
5 It is possible to voluntarily cross the eyes or it can occure involuntarily in a condition know as 'spasm of accommodation'
6.You absolutely need to tell the next opthalmologist that dilation caused pain. Do this before drops are put in. Ask the technician to have the ophthalmologist "check the depth of anterior chamber and the filtering angle' If you are farsighted there is a very small possibility that the dilation raised pressure in your eye.
7 If you see a pediatric ophthalmologist the emphasis will be on eye muscles not the retina. For a detailed retina exam you will need to see an Eye MD ophthalmologist the has special extra testing and specializes in 'vitreous & retina surgery'
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