Hello,
Wondering if any opticians can help pls?
Back in the autumn I had an eye test and the optician said I needed a little help driving and with tv watching. I am legal to drive without glasses but the ones she gave me do make everything clearer.
She also said I had astigmatism. I've had regular eye tests for five years and nobody has mentioned it, but she put something in the lenses to help with this.
It's all been fine with the short drives I've been doing,
However I drove for several hours yesterday for the first time. About 1.5 hours in I started to feel strange: a dragging sensation in my head, plus something like motion sickness and the vehicles around me didn't seem to look like they should.
I slowed right down and got off at the services. Took off the glasses. Took myself for a walk and some water, and had a break.
Decided to drive the rest of the way without the glasses in case it was them. Symptoms disappeared.
So, does having something in the lenses for mild astigmatism if you haven't actually got astigmatism cause symptoms like this? Is it possible to misdiagnose astigmatism - is it a subjective diagnosis - or should it be crystal clear to a qualified optimiatrist whether or not I have astigmatism? And is it possible to suddenly develop astigmatism after years of being told I was just needed lenses to help with close up reading due to normal age related deterioration?
Thank you!