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645800 tn?1466860955

Vision getting stranger by the day.

On January 10th my vision got very blurry ( I made a post about that) then got better for a few days. But since then it has gotten bad again. Or should I say good? Now I can actually see a lot better without my glasses. At least for distant objects. My Monitor is about 10 feet from when I am sitting and is perfectly clear without my glasses. If I put on my glasses I can't make out any words on the screen. Before this I cold not read anything on the screen without using my glasses.

And I actually see double vision images with my glasses on now at that distance.  Right eye has the double vision while left eye is just blurry with the glasses. No double vision at all without my glasses. I also have the same results with my Rx sunglasses. SO I doubt it could be a problem with the glasses as I hardly ever wear the sunglasses. BTW my ophthalmologist had seen some paling of the optic nerve in my left eye.

With these strange vision problems of late makes me wonder if I actually developed MS while in the Navy as I had strange vision problems back then. All of a sudden I developed problems see things near to me and needed to get glasses. About 6 months later all of a sudden I was again having problems seeing things and my vision had gone back to 20/20.  about a year later again a sudden vision change and I again needed glasses and have been wearing them ever since. For the last couple of weeks I have only been wearing my glasses when I need to read something close to me.

Dennis
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645800 tn?1466860955
Cheryl,

  Yes I am only having double vision when wearing my glasses and only in one eye. Which has me completely baffled.  Right now I have an appointment with my ophthalmologist on the 27th of next month. I had sent a message to her about the vision change and got a message back for me to call her clerk to have my appointment rescheduled for soon, but at the same time when I check for my appointments with her the one for the 27th had showed up as a new appointment. So that has me confused as well.

Dennis
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You have to wait an entire month?!?! Ugh. That stinks. Do you go to an MS clinic? Might they have a neuro-ophthalmologist that could see you sooner?

Thinking of you. Fingers crossed that your eyes settle down soon.

Cheryl
That is the world of VA healthcare. Or should I say non care. LOL

I have 3 more months to wait until I see an Orthopedic surgeon for my wrist. It only took 3 months to even get the appointment once my PC put in for the consultation.
11079760 tn?1483386130
That must be so frustrating, Dennis! I find it curious, if I understand your post correctly, that you are having problems only WITH your prescription glasses, but not without. Does that include the double vision?

If so, then I would ask your ophthalmologist to check your eyes every week or two to monitor the change in your prescription to see if s/he can figure out why that is happening. The only time I experienced drastic changes in vision with regularity was due to an infection from abusing my contacts in university (that was before extended wear lenses were available!).

Whatever the case, I sure hope you get some answers soon. I HATE having vision issues. For me, I'm already legally blind without my prescription glasses, so when my vision went haywire, I felt so incredibly vulnerable.

Thinking of you - keep us posted.
Cheryl
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Hey Dennis, that does seem odd. I have a friend who has a similar issue but it happens when she is overtired.

If she is overtired she needs her glasses but if she isn't then the glasses make her vision distorted. I don't recall that she sees double at any time but the blurriness seems to be the main issue for her.

She hasn't seen an ophthalmologist and her optometrist hasn't noted anything out of the ordinary.

I wish you luck in figuring it out but it would be great if you didn't need the glasses.
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