eyesight better in morning

[Jerry_NJ]

This may be better posted in "senior health" which applies, but I start here.

In recent times (it could have been going on for a year or longer) I have better vision in the morning.  I normally wear bifocal glasses with an underlying vision that is basically functional.  That is I can get around and read large print without lenses, in fact I am now typing on a 17" computer screen without wearing glasses.  

Right now (my historic eye deficiency is near sighted) I can see the TV (distance vision - about 12' away) better without my glasses on.  Throughout the day I look at the computer screen without glasses - I have tried trifocals and never adjusted to them. On the computer I can always enlarge the font. Later in the day, in the evening, I see the TV better with my glasses on.

I need to get my eyes examined again, but I think this symptom goes back to before my last eye exam, but I did not mention it to my eye doctor (I do not go to an MD for my eye glasses).

[Jerry_NJ]

Thanks, I have been tested for cataracts in the past 5 years and believe it was expected to develop... don't remember the exact details.  

I'll make an appointment to have my eyes examined and seek recommendations there about going to an ophthalmologist.

[Ray T Oyakawa, MD]

This is probably due to a refractive problem or cataracts.  Please see an ophthalmologist.

Dr. O.