Woke up with one eye crossed

[ZigZagWanderer]

Hello,
I've name changed for this, not that I'm well known on here anyway but here goes.

Last year I woke up with one eye crossed, but didn't think much of it at the time, in fact I thought I had dreamt it.
Then 3 months ago it happened again in the night and it freeked me out, I went back to sleep and woke up normal.
Then last night it happened again, I just told myself to relax and go back to sleep, then this morning I woke up feeling normal except I feel a tiny bit of pressure in my right eye and something with my vision doesn't feel quite right, I can see fine, as I usually would.
I should mention that since I was a small child I have had a very minor eye wobble (Nystagmus) which hasn't been diagnosed, this doesn't cause any problems but I'm now wondering if this could be linked to the crossing of the eye at night.

Any know anything about this or has anyone experienced this? If so, what happened?

Feel a bit freeked out as my eye feels like something is going to ping (if that makes sense).

I spoke to the optitian who said I can go in next week and it's not urgent which I suppose is something.

Zig, the fact that it's intermittent is a good sign but tbh if you were my patient this would worry me somewhat. I can't really give any advice without seeing you. It could be something simple like a muscle imbalance, which occasionally breaks down into a squint but there are several other conditions which could cause it.
Has that eye always been a "lazy" eye?

MY DH had this and he had hospital appts in the eye unit to sort it out. It was something to do with a weakened occular muscle? He had to wear a sort of perspex "grid" on his glasses until it was trained to go straight again.

Get it checked out. Eyes are precious.

I've never had sight problems and both eyes are forward facing now, it has only ever happened in the night upon waking.
Could it just be the phase of sleep? It happened while in deep sleep, hence dropping off quickly again.
All eye test previously have been normal, last tested 4 years ago.
As the day has gone on it feels better, but there seemed to be pressure in the eye this morning.
I'm still worried though, hospital visits aren't convenient for me right now, I have a very demanding 1year old.

Zig, tbh, it's not just the eye. Sudden onset double vision can be an indicator of underlying health problems. And I don't want to alarm you because it may be nothing to worry about at all. But inconvenient or not, you must get it checked out.

I'm going to the opticians next Tuesday, it's too long to wait, I can't stand it!

Chipmonkey can I ask what your profession is?
Would a go visit be worth while in the mean time?

Sorry GP visit.

You might be better going to the GP and getting an urgent referral to your local eye unit, where they will have all the kit to assess your nystagmus and muscle balance. Its more than likely the Optician would refer you anyway.

I am an optician/optometrist, Zig.
Look, if it's happened a few times and resolved itself, then it's probably not an emergency as such so Tuesday would be fine. Your optometrist would be better than your GP( usually!) at detecting various eye conditions .
From what you are saying, it sounds as if there is a possibility that the eyes have a phoria or a tendency to turn and that most of the time you have this under control. Occasionally if you are tired you lose control and it turns.
But sometimes people get this with neurological conditions. The other thing to check would be eye pressure and a morning appointment would be better for this.

Ok thanks for that. I'll wait until Tuesday.
Fingers crossed it doesn't happen happen again.
Thanks

Zig, can I ask, when was your nystagmus picked up? Did you definitely always have it?

I've always been aware of it. But thought it was normal, until a year or two ago.
It hasn't been diagnosed just something I read up on. Congenital Nystagmus, the symptoms fit what I have.
I shall mention it at my appointment.

4 years ago I was prescribed glasses for a very mild astigmatism but they made my sight worse so didn't wear them. I think they were just for reading.
Could the fact I didn't wear them have caused this?
I should have persevered with them perhaps.

No, nothing you did or didn't do will have caused this, Zig.

Thanks, chip.