Myopia

[Miraclealltime]

Hi everyone, i have a concern
did anyone start with different prescriptions of eye power for both eyes? How did u manage and did it make any issue for daily life?
especially for small kids. Any solution or way to make the difference gap closer or smaller?
i am worry as my kid start with different power for both eyes .

The gap might always be there, as for most people. The important thing is that the glasses will correct this while being worn and her brain will learn to interpret incoming visual messages correctly.

My DD had normal sight in one eye and gross long site in the other. Glasses were used from the age of 18 months to help her see and make sure the brain learned to interpret things properly. It has not been a problem for her, although she has to wear glasses all the time.

I have had reading glasses for a few years (am 61). One eye is short sighted and one is long sighted. They just put different lenses in. It probably kept me out of wearing glasses until late fifties as I had both distances covered!

I had a patch aged 4 or 5 have had glasses as long as I can remember both parents are very short sighted and i inherited it. it would have been school eye tests that picked it up. I have -1.2 between eyes and my weaker eye goes back weaker and stronger by a tiny amount every now and again. at 6 i was -7 I couldn't see without my glasses it wouldnt matter about giving the child a rest if without the glasses you look like a blur they need them on all the time. Its cant be cured shortsightness is the shape of the eye. the glasses slow progression but they are for life or lasix when they are older

The point of the glasses is to make both eyes the same and stop them favouring one eye. If one eye is much better they may rely on that eye, the glasses actually help stop that happening.

Talk to your optician if you are worried.

I’ve always had a large difference in prescriptive strengths ; -8 and - 4. I’ve used both contacts and glasses, the only problem with glasses is the extremely expensive cost I have to pay for the glasses. To balance the strengths, the highest strength lens has to be thinned by the maximum amount, and the -4 lens thinned by the medium thinness.

Did your daughter get better on age? Since small toddlers vision should be change from time to time

I understand glasses is to stop the weaker eye getting weaker

the gap is my concern as I don’t know how it the progress
i afraid the gap too big
i looking for someone that naturally have the gap getting closer from time to time to give me hope on it

the gap is my concern as I don’t know how it the progress
i afraid the gap too big
i looking for someone that naturally have the gap getting closer from time to time to give me hope on it

i know i cannot control how the progress going to happen
i should aim that after glasses she can get 6/6 with the prescription as now she cant get 6/6 yet
but the gap, i cannot just forget about the gap that making me worry so much

i need some time to open up my heart and mind
i dont understand myopia wear glasses, why give me a gap to worry about? I hope the gap will naturally getting closer in future .

Did u even plan for lasik?

@Miraclealltime the gap is unlikely to change much and as long as your dc wears the glasses she wont get a lazy eye or have any other major problems.
You really do need to stop worrying and obsessing about this your dc needs glasses thats all nothing to worry about honestly

I can't have it, I've got glaucoma and cataracts.

And before that, I couldn't afford it.

As others have said try not to worry, I have a big difference in my eyes and a big difference in astigmatism too. I did wear a patch for a while as a kid but I never developed a lazy eye. I have always had one "good" eye and one "bad" eye (both are terrible really 😂) and it's never effected me other than not being able to see without glasses.

Why exactly is the gap worrying you @Miraclealltime ? The glasses are to correct the vision, each lens will be what is needed for that eye du the gap doesn't matter.
I've worn glasses for about 30 years. It's never even occur to me that the gap matters. As long as I can see with my glasses then the opticians have done their job.

How big is your gap? For young age too?
why you do patching with no lazy eye?

I'm extremely short sighted too. -9.

May I ask what your prescription is and how old you are now?

I am 36.

Astigmatism the gap is 3 diopters, for the normal prescription the gap is 3.5 diopters so it's a pretty big gap when you add it all together. They patched just to try and make my weaker eye do more of the work (possibly to prevent a lazy eye developing?) I'm going back 35 years though so I'm not sure if they do the same thing now. And yes there was always a big gap, it has actually got a bit smaller over the years.

So your different for myopia is -3.5 and astigmatism is -3 for both eyes? What age u start wearing glasses?
so your gap actually smaller than beginning?
with this big gap u are so lucky didnt develop lazy eye. What age? I always curious that with high or different diopter didnt you think of get rid of the glasses?

No she isn't.
Wearing glasses prevent a child with a large difference from getting a lazy eye. Luck has nothing to do with it, all that is needed is the use of glasses

What u means she is not?

She isn't lucky because luck has nothing to do with whether or not you get a lazy eye, its all about using glasses to correct the vision and prevent a lazy eye developing.
Basically its this simple
Big difference and no glasses lazy eye
Big difference and correct glasses no lazy eye
Have your dc wear the glasses and then they wont get a lazy eye