help! double vision?

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eyesofthetigers · 04/12/2023 22:37

bit of a weird one, just wondered if anyone could tell me anything else about this!

when i read i dont usually get double vision. But i feel like if im reading or doing anything up close for any length of time, i have to sort of work hard not to get double vision. I cant really explain what im doing it just feels like im making my eyes work hard. when i just 'relax' my eyes and stop working hard, i get double vision straight away. And one of my eyes turns out.Everything just splits into 2. it happens with things up to about 4 metres away but doesnt happen to anything further away than that. when things are up close its much worse- the closer the worse the double vision. if i hold something like a book and then relax my eyes it all splits into 2. so for example if i write this

and then i relax my eyes, i can see 2 X. i can work really hard to only see 1 X again but its more comfy just to relax my eyes and see 2. When i see 2 i can pick which X i want to look at and then the other is still visible but blurry and i can swap between both. when i recorded myself doing it my eyes were turning out one at a time

does anyone know what this is? ive had it all my childhood and adult life but just wondered if anyone could tell me anything about it

thanks!

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Didimum · 04/12/2023 22:50

It sounds like you have a lazy eye. Is your vision corrected with lenses?

DarkAcademia · 04/12/2023 22:53

I developed this recently to a lesser extent and it turned out I needed reading glasses.

Crikeyisthatthetime · 04/12/2023 22:55

Have you ever discussed this with an optician or doctor? Had your eyes tested?

Quartz2208 · 04/12/2023 22:58

Squint/lazy eye exercises you can do

MammaWeasel · 04/12/2023 23:02

I can do this too, I have a squint.

hellsBells246 · 04/12/2023 23:05

Go and see an optician!

Symphony830 · 04/12/2023 23:08

I’ve had double vision and saw halos years back when I had dry eyes due to contact lens wear.

Recently, I had concerns over my eye health as I’d had a twitch for several weeks and booked an appointment at Vision Express/Specsavers. One of the two. Cost me about £20 and they did a series of checks for eye health using their machines.

I would recommend this if you’re worried.

WrongSwanson · 05/12/2023 00:13

Definitely worth going to an optician.

I have DV if I concentrate for too long and I put up with it for several years before discovering it was caused by Myasthenia Gravis (there other causes too though)

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