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My brother has double vision due to his muscular dystrophy. He had cataract surgery done because of his blurred vision. When he got done having surgery he started seeing double in one eye they are using a prism in his one eye to help him Focus but now it is starting to get blurry. What can he do
Thank you for this video. I would love if you would make the same video without the double vision graphics added, because those of us trying to watch (like me) who already have DV, it's hard to watch 😳
Mine went away by itself after 2 months! I read on the internet that in most cases it will mysteriously , slowly go back to normal even if you do nothing. I had to close one eye or wear one eye patch to drive for those 2 months, then I was at work and I cut hair, so my close up vision was never double. I would cut hair easily, then close one eye to walk or drive. It was a scary 2 months but one night I noticed it was not so bad, it got better over about 4 more days and now my vision is perfect again. I did go to an eye doctor in the first week, they said my eyes were fine, just wait 2 months. IF it doesn't go back to normal, they would prescribe prism glasses that would correct it. Good luck everyone.
I'm going through the same thing currently at the moment, 5 weeks in. Could you tell me more about your experience, any other symptoms, anything else you noticed? It would be much appreciated
@@manssupar just on one eye, you choose. Close one eye and see how the double vision goes away. I had to walk around like that for a month or more with one eye closed.
@@Izrl1 yes, don't panic. Go see your eye doctor and let them test your eyes. Most likely you will have good vision in each eye. They will then put a lens in front of your eyes that will begin to bring your vision back together. They will make a note of which lens works the best. If you're eyes do not correct themselves in another month then you will need to get those glasses it will correct your vision. Hopefully it will go away like it does for most people. If not you will have to wear those glasses for a while to function. I had no other symptoms. You will be fine eventually my friend. Keep one eye closed at all times so you don't see double. I switched eyes every few minutes. I wrote an eye patch also to drive out watch TV. 👍
@@SuperStanster thanks man, I've seen my eye doctor and they did exactly that. And my double vision has almost gone away now, however I still see double when I look to the left and it's been like that for a couple of weeks. But I can function like I used to which is great.
Mine went away by itself after 4 months! I had brain surgery back in August which caused me to have double vision. Mine was pretty severe, my prism prescription was at 32. I just patched my eye at all times. I noticed it starting to get better at about the 3 month mark, prism prescription went from a 32 to an 8 in about a months time. but it takes a longgg time to get back to normal. I know one of the comments said it took 4 days for it to go back to normal, mine took more like 4 weeks. Just want to give folks some reassurance if going through the same thing. It was super frustrating and there's not really any resources out there that tell you how long it could take. Wishing everyone good luck though... I empathize with anyone going through this.
@@j4mset I feel so bad seeing this two years later they were not able to fix my double vision. I did get prescription glasses. I’ve had three surgeries now on my eyes and still seeing double. It’s just become normal now I drive with it like I have normal vision.
Stanley Rama I began experiencing double vision when I looked far away, It started 2 months ago. I could see fine up close. So IT GOT BETTER and now almost back to normal. I had read that this is a possibility it would just go away after 2 months .and my eye doctor told me just to wait and see before getting prism glasses. I could close one eye and not have double vision, so I closed on eye or wore an eye patch so I didn't get dizzy. Wearing the eye patch on either eye, I could watch TV and drive to work, then my work is up close so I was able to do that. Good luck to everyone . It can just go away in 2 to 3 months, but not always. Check with your doctor for advice. they never found a cause.
@@dilkidhadkann Try this but mine got better in 2 months and I didn't do anything. If your double vision doesn't go away, see an eye doctor for prism glasses. Hope you get better. Hold a pen or similar object at arm's length and focus on it. Bring the object slowly toward the nose while trying to keep it as one image. As soon as the object begins to split into two images, stop moving it and try to focus on making them back into one image again
I recently developed double vision in January I'm super scared about what's going on but when. I close one eye it's goes away 😭 I've never had this problem before untill i got COVID and got this brain infection I'm not sure if that has something to do with it
I was born with double vision, so when I was a little kid, I didn't know that anything was wrong since I'd always seen that way. My mom and grandma did notice when I was a baby that I didn't cross my eyes. Most babies cross their eyes at least now and then, but I never did. They weren't sure if that was a problem or not. What I and my family did notice much more was that I was incredibly clumsy. I couldn't catch anything reliably. Usually, if I did catch something, it was by accident or luck. I also had trouble with depth perception. If I reached for something, I would sometimes miss it, closing my hand too soon, or hitting it with my fingers and knocking it away accidentally rather than closing my hand around it. I also had a hard time learning to walk and didn't walk without falling down a lot until I was almost three. I would run into things and trip over things much more easily than other kids seemed to. I also never spoke. Didn't even try to babble, until I was three. When I turned three, I started speaking in complete sentences without any babbling. I would sometimes stutter, but you could understand me perfectly. Thinking back on it later, we wondered if I took so long to learn to talk because I wasn't seeing people's faces correctly, so I had to learn a different way to learn to talk than mimicking other people's mouth movements. From the time I was born until I was about four years old, I had terrible fevers and headaches. Sometimes, the fevers would get so high that I would hallucinate and point to things that weren't there, just scared to death of them. Other times, I would see inanimate objects and shadows moving around. When I was able to talk, I would tell my family about how I would have nightmares that wouldn't go away when I woke up. The monsters would chase me from my bed to my parents' room. My family took me to all sorts of specialists for years trying to figure out what was causing the fevers, clumsiness and developmental delays. It was the early 70's, so they didn't know as much about how the brain works as they do now. My family was told all sorts of theories from mental retardation to brain injury possibly caused at birth to possible brain cancer. It was a scary time. We found a specialist in Denver (the nearest 'big city' to where we lived in the panhandle of Nebraska) who did a bunch of tests and determined that I had a hive tumor in my head. It would flare up periodically when I would be too hot, stressed, scared or very tired. The tumor seemed to be benign, but they didn't know of any way to remove or reduce it. They had us come back every six months for a few years to monitor it. Over the next few years, it gradually reduced on its own, and I stopped having fevers so high that they caused hallucinations. I still get feelings of an intense prickly itch and heat in my face when I am too hot or stressed to this day. In the meantime, I still was clumsy as all get out. The specialists who found the tumor suspected that it could be having some effect on my brain's ability to process information, but they weren't sure. We eventually went to a new optometrist who had recently moved to the much closer town of North Platte. I was five now, and my parents had decided to not send me to Kindergarten yet because of my problems. Nebraska didn't require a kid to go to school of some kind until he was seven in those days. This eye doctor examined me and determined that I needed glasses for nearsightedness. He also noticed that both of my eyes didn't track movement together, nor was I able to focus on an object for more than a second or two at a time, and even then only with concentration. Somehow, no other specialist we had gone to had even considered checking my vision. Go figure. He taught me how to do several eye exercises to strengthen the muscles that made my eyes move from side to side especially, but also the ones that made them move up and down. I still do those exercises now and then to this day. Many of the exercises that this RU-vid channel has videos for are among the list of exercises that I do. Doing the exercises was very difficult at first and I hated doing them when I was a kid, but they did help me a lot. As the muscles got stronger, I was able to learn to read and solve math problems by the time I was eight. I was also able to improve my dexterity and depth perception well enough to dribble and shoot a basketball by the time I was ten. I was and still am a bit more clumsy and slow than the 'average' person, but I can read and write, do math, build models, play video games (not very well but I can play them) and even drive a car. I can more or less control my double vision now as long as I don't get too tired. If I get tired, no amount of concentration can keep things together. Now, over the last five years or so, I've had to deal with primary hypoparathyroidism which has affected all of my nervous system, joints and muscles, including my eyes. I'm having a harder time keeping my vision singular than I used to. I feel like I'm starting over again with the eye exercises as they are much harder to do now. I'm going to see my current eye doctor and ask about putting prisms in my next set of glasses to see if that helps. Thanks for posting this video and your other videos on vision! People need to know about these vision challenges that they or their loved ones could have. If you haven't done so already, could you do a video about how things like brain tumors, endocrine system problems, etc. can affect peoples' vision?
My friend (just 70) developed it and had the prism fitted to his glasses, then uncannily a month later I developed it. I blame it on looking at my phone too closely and too long 'cos I'm short sighted and take my specs off when I look. I would suggest the glasses prism makes your eye muscles lazy. Exercise them instead.
My daughter also double vision in lefteye,left eye ball is moved inwards and also weak eyesight.Her age is 12. Doctets suggest her glasses for two months. Can u help me more.
I have double vision but only when looking at my phone in dark mode? I had floaters and went to an eye doctors and they said everything was fine but this started in October and I’m still seeing it on my phone😭
Im getting the annoying floaters day and night, and during daytime they seem bigger and darker super scary, also my doible vision is with everything but i do noticed mainly when looking at things with light, like my phone, tv, road signs, lights from cars, still waiting for my eye drs appointment
@@crick_dream_ks yeah same here, well i started with double vision at far distances and eye floaters, but now i see double even at close distance but the dr said everything looks fine, so ima call my primary dr see what she wants to do, today i woke up with really bad double vision and unfocusing on my left eye, super scary
Hi Dr Lam, can an binocular esophoria be reversed with vision therapy? I have 3 diopter prism glasses (1.5 in each lens) that work to eliminate the double vision since 2017, but my prism arose without a head injury, concussion etc. Cat scan came back in perfect condition. At this point I am losing the ability to wear contacts without seeing double at long distances and the prism seems to be increasing (optometrist has stated that the brain can “eat prism” and get worse with more use). So far I’ve been given transparent lifesaver card and a Brock string to work on. Will my esophoria be reversible and I can get rid of my prism lenses. Help!
Yeah, I’ve had prisms for a year and my vision has gotten worse. Seems like a quick fix and a quick buck. The medical industry wants to sell us things. Rather than leading us to vision therapy in the beginning, they offer prism glasses. I’ve started doing eye exercises at home. It’s not a quick fix, but I feel some improvement.
@@totallyfrozen since the doctor I guess is too busy to reply. I’ll add more details as to my journey. So, after visits to my hospitals eye institute twice, and to another ophthalmologist - they had no answers or were blatantly stating there was nothing they could do. Couldn’t even diagnose the problem properly and quite smug about it. I ended up by luck, visiting a optometrist office on the ground floor of the building for that one terrible opthamologist, who didn’t even want to hear my story as to when this started happening. She took me on as a patient, tried some therapy, which made minor improvements but she was open about being unable to diagnosis it properly, however, she did know exactly who to recommend me to. What a great optometrist and person - not fearing her inability to solve the case and without an loss of pride sent me to someone she thought could solve it. I went to visit the new optometrist and within 10 minutes he had identified that it was a “binocular esophoria”… many of the ophthalmologists and my very first optometrist who gave me the prism lenses were saying it was an “esotropia” or being even more vague as a “strabismus” (which a general term that means your eye isn’t pointed correctly, original optometrist who gave me the prisms couldn’t even get deeper into the details about what it meant, just that it was irreversible and that I’d eventually need surgery. That information was completely wrong and my current amazing optometrist blatantly stated no surgery would be performed on a binocular esophoria ever!!!) After much research of my own, the basic difference between esophoria and esotropia is an esotropia is an eye turn that is always present. An esophoria is an eye turn that is only present under certain conditions. Esophorias may be reversed with therapy, esotropias cannot (ex lazy eye). The good optometrist gave me brock string exercises, you can make one yourself or buy one (he had ones made for his practice) and a lifesaver card. Both of these exercises worked on divergence, making the eyes turn out when looking at farther distances. Took about a month and I was into contacts where I could see no double vision in the distance, it was actually on my birthday! Best birthday present ever. I used the contacts as much as possible because I still had my prism glasses at the time. About a month after that, when he noticed my eyes were getting better, I made the investment for new glasses. Glasses were made with zero prism and I’ve been wearing them ever since with no problems. Night driving now is not as clear, but still doable. Now I understand what my parents mean when they used to say “I can’t see as good at night when driving”. But I can live with that. I’ve personally reduced my phone usage and computer usage as much as possible. I used to read a lot of articles on my phone with small print. I personally believe that this was a main contributor over years that lead to my eyes over converging over time. This is also a behaviour change I can live with. I wish anyone well on this journey, I felt lost at many points and had to spend a lot of money bouncing from one doctor to another to find the right one that had the proper knowledge. Eye exams and glasses prescriptions weren’t something I ever thought about much before, now I realize the importance of having a great optometrist that goes beyond basic prescriptions and is more knowledgeable in their field. I hope this comment helps others find the answers they’re looking for!
@@capitalexoticsyu gave me alot of hope. I have since 3 years problem looking at far specially when in car or walking fast,my eyes canr focus and i havw problem figuring out depth,distance and sometimes get double vision. Visited many doctors and they cant even find out what it is, it is such a bad feeling ,helpless . So i will try practicing wirh the string with the hope it helps. ❤
My optometrist said even if i get prism prescription eyeglasses there is no guarantee that my distance double vision would go away can anyone comment on this? I have no double vision in close distance but anything maybe 20ft i have double vision :(
What about having double vision when you close one eye? I have a lazy eye and get double vision in the good eye... Even when I close the lazy eye. Why?
Yes! When i got my glasses i was diagnosed with farsighted vision. A couple weeks after wearing my glasses i noticed i was having ghosting/ double vision. Went back to the eye doctor and was told the medicine in my glasses were too strong for my eyes, causing me to experience double vision. They are currently fixing the medicine in my glasses. They told me the new medicine will be much easier on my eyes and will help fix the ghosting.
I don't have it all time just when iam not concentrating it happens randomly and when i concentrate back it comes normal it was not that much often before but since i have got glases it happens opten. Write now when i am writing this i am seeing perfectly without glases but if i were it and do this it will go in double vision and lill bit hard to watch this happens in home mostly when outside whith glases on mostly everything is normal.
I can see fine when i see near objects. But i can't focus and get double vision when i look at far-away things like flying birlds,planes,stars n moon.it's been happening for quite some time..
Mine at least started in 1st grade (the earliest I can remember) and I’m a senior now and it only happens in the morning and it definetly has gotten better as I got older like in lower school it happened like everyday, middle school around every other day and now it varies it can go from having it everyday to once every week-2 weeks and im sick of it
Had DV since 10 y.o.a. 3 corrective surgeries helped, but haven't cured. Nobody I've consulted, here in Japan wants to take me on, as I'm already 74. It's the the type where I can "snap to normal", but, I'd still love to find a decent pair of corrective glasses. The ones I currently wear only deal with my astigmatism. My eyes (L/R)focus, is also unmatched. (A "triple-whammy", if you will. I think I'm basically "screwed".
Ever since I was a kid I had a weak eyesight, I thought I just had myopia(-4.00 on both eyes) but getting deeper into it, I realized I have double vision as well along with nystagmus 😢 I was only prescribed with the glass/lens for myopia and I still cannot see well with my right prescription. Doc told me my prescription are not wrong and it's because of nystagmus I my prescription is not working... Any help plz? Im really suffering with not being able to see well as I'm a student and and teachers got me in back benchers... Any help plz😢? Your help would be appreciated 🙏
I have double vision, age related since March 2022. I'm so tired of the headaches every single day. 24/7 headaches that Panadol and Nurofen only take the edge off the pain. I'm almost 68yrs and i've given up.
I've had this my whole life and as dumb as it sounds, it honestly never occurred to me that I had it, cause I can get by fine. Trying prism glasses now.
I have had exotropia my whole life, sometimes I can control moving my one eye in and out when I want and it gives me double vision, when I was younger I thought I could see through walls toooo😂😂
I know a truck driver that just got double vision! The doctors he went to could not tell him why~ I am starting to think it is from driving down the road, with his brain wanting to see the mirrors & the road at the same time! They Scanned his brain and found nothing! Must have went to the wrong doctor~? Because they did not say what you are saying on here~ Love^..
I got prism reading glasses, but they only mask the problem and don’t do anything to fix it. My eyesight has actually gotten worse over the last year. Buyer beware.
I have normal double vision but it increases when I use my phone Is there a possible cure for it 🥲🥲😭😭😭 This double vision thing is very depressing I only get anxiety and depression I can't focus on life I just feel lost wanting to die Please help if you know what's its permanent cure because it is not bearable 😭😭😭😭😭😭 Please I request you 🙏🏻🙏🏻
@@steverogers3855 I don't know if the same thing could be done for contact lenses because I never used them so I don't know if they look the same or not. I've got double vision when I look with both eyes in the distance (when I close one or another it's fine). I believe everyone might have a different issue but mine is amblyopia - lazy eye so I have a prism foil stuck over glasses for only one eye. This lazy eye has poor vision anyway. The Eye Doctor said if in 6 weeks a double vision still will be there then he will give me a prescription for proper glasses where you can't see this prism anymore. It's something new for me. I was scared at the beginning but since I've got this solution I feel more comfortable. It's not perfect but I can finally see normal without double vision.
Hi, i have double vision from June 2021. I have taken a cyclosporine table 100 mg and 150mg for alternative days for 6 to 7 months. So as a side effect double vision happened to me. So i stopped the medicine by September. After few days the double vision was also corrected itself.. But for past few days i have double vision.. I dont know how to correct it. Any help doc?
Any update ? Are they gone or not? I'm facing similarly I'm taking amitriptyline (anti depressed medicine) for 2 months and from this medicine my got dryes and I see starbursts vision halos and shadow of letter (double vision) It's already been 5 months to get off with anti depression medicine and also Opthalmologist said my eyes are normal.
I have double vision since i was kid im 24 now and it's starting to really annoying me is there any fast way recovery like lazer operation or something?
me too and it shocked me that when i googled it, thats not meant to occur...? if I focus my eyes sharply onto what im looking at, it will create a double image for me. I can turn it on/off at wlll. I thought that was normal for everyone??? apparently not...
"I thought that I had x-ray vision, that I could see through walls" *And this was the moment I knew that I had double vision* It flicks in and out for me... I can control it but when I'm very tired I just let double-vision run through
@@rupam21kumar actually my vision was clear, then, i accidentally injured my left eye due to sun glasses hit by concrete nail head 1month ago, and im experiencing overlapping vision when im reading or if the background was bright
I was diagnosed with double vision on Aug 15th 2022. The double vision started in April. I didn't think nothing of it. Now it's getting really worst. At my job I do alot of computer and numbers stuff. I think that cause double vision. I have no idea how much prism lenses will be since my insurance doesn't cover.
@@dennispaskel4487 I need prism lenses. I go tomorrow to fine out prices. I hope I can still use my frames but I had my frames for a long time. I live close to my job walking distance. Least my boss is understanding when I text half hour before my shift. (Seizures)
I’ve had this for all 14 years of my life, it’s a fucking curse. I absolutely hate it, never been able to get rid of it, nor has it “mysteriously went away” by itself, like what people on the internet are saying. Is there any medical treatment to fix it?
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Funny enough, when I'm focusing with only my right eye, it's normal, but when I try to focus with both eyes, that's when the double vision happens. Kind of like an on and off switch. (Also, unlike other commenters, I was born like this.)
Is there a way to treat double vision and not need prisms in glasses? I want to be able to wear contacts and I was told contacts don’t have OB prims. This is the first time I’ve been rx prisms and haven’t ordered anything yet I just want to know what my options are. Thanks in advance !
Diagnosed with 3rd cranial nerve palsy, been with double vision for over 50 years, fuzzy images this video puts us more blurred vision than double vision, and prisms doesn't work for everyone... I use an eyepatch and double vision is gone....
Long ago I had a retinal hemorage over my non dominant fovia. This will never heal entirely, but as the crenelated surface heals and my brain tries to interpret more I get an odd form of double vision, but it does not appear correctible with prism glasses.
Hi Doctor I am shortsighted with both eyes with -5 equal numbers now I had cataract surgery in my left eye but right eye has no cataract just shortsighted after cataract surgery my left eye number reduced now left eye numbers are she -0.25 cyl 1.00 now problem I face is I can't tolerate one eye -5 other is lower number I can't wear glasses I face double vision dizziness vertigo vomiting kindly guide me how I can fix this Thank you.
Yeah I Thought I'm the only one who had the Superpower In The Entire World. But When My Mom Told me about This Vision that happens some Times with Her Too. Then I Thought there are Only 2 People who Exist with This Superpower 😅
When my head is straight I look straight ahead and left no double vision when I look left and down I see double what can I do to help get rid of my double vision?
My wife, (who's father from the Philippines was in fact Chinese last name was Lim). She now (60's and is see s double vision some time). What maybe the cause of this?
Dear team one help We have one customer today , having done catract surgeory before 3month with multifocal lenses ,but still customer need prescription for distance and near for distance RE +2.00/-1.25*100 LE +1.75/-0.75*100 add +2.50dsph The customer is changing the glasses for the 2nd time between this 3month because of the prescription change and customer having trouble with doubling and halos , is there any remedy for curing this , i have re checked the customer the power is almost same as the new prescription
They're saying my double vision was caused by a stroke and now I have to retrain my eyes could have been misdiagnosed it could just be double vision in general? But I'm wearing an eyepatch every other day on every other eye retraining both my eyes and I was just checking this out to see what could have happened
I'm taking amitriptyline (anti depressed medicine) for 2 months and from this medicine my got dryes and I see starbursts vision halos and shadow of letter (double vision) It's already been 5 months to get off with anti depression medicine and also Opthalmologist said my eyes are normal.
Got hit in the eye during bare handed boxing training (not so wise I reckon) now seing double. for people suffering the same trouble I’ll tell you what I’ve done but first I got to fix that
After surgery with melanoma tumor in found out I have double vision in my good eye at night . and just over a year and a half later now im almost blind with the right eye . but now in day and night I have double vision plus blurry vision in my good eye . one doctor doesn't believe me . the other says I just have to live with it . plus I still get injections in my bad eye .
