Anyone have a lazy eye?

[Kazmin34]

I wear glasses as I am long-sighted and have a lazy eye. I find it very frustrating sometimes when I am out and about and someone I know is walking toward me but my vision is blurry until the person is right up close to me. People I know can wave from across the road but It takes a few seconds until I register who it is. I am sure some people think I am downright ignorant as I don't always respond straight away.

Anyway, the purpose of this post is to ask if any of you that know about this problem knows of any kind of eye exercises I could do to maybe strenghen the eye muscle or something similar??

Also, do all people with a lazy eye have a turn in their eye? I haven't noticed a turn in my eye but when I am really tired I find it harder to actually focus on what or who I am supposed to be looking at. My DH said he hasn't noticed a turn or squint as such.

I'm not an optomotrist but had a squint or 'lazy eye' as a child. My understanding is that they are one and the same condition ie there is a weakness in one of the eye's lateral muscles which means the muscle on the opposing side has a greater pull and so the eye turns. My squint was very slight and so I wore glasses and had patching for a few years as a child, until the muscle had strengthened. That or eye surgery is common practise in children.

Have you been diagnosed with a squint and long sightedness? I'm long sighted but have no problem with distance, the issue can come when you look at something up close as the eye needs to accomodate for this.

I'd suggest you have an eye examination and seek advice from your optomotrist as to what your options are.

I remember the HV asking if my DC's had a squint or had I noticed one (which I haven't) the weird thing is, my parents reckon I didn't have a squint as a kid however they never took me for an eye test either until I was a teen.

I was first told I had a lazy eye when I was in my twenties - very odd.

I am just wondering if the problem could possibly come on later in life - does anyone know?

I have had a lazy eye in both eyes. I had operations as a baby 2 and thing were okay but over the years it got worse and worse until the turn was very very bad. It did effect my confidence when talking to pple etc and tended to be worse when tired or drunk!!! Funny thing tho my vision was always okay and I don't even wear glasses

I made the decision last yr to go and see about it - they told me both my eye turned but the worst one had a 60% turn. I had day surgery to correct it and really its fantastic - my eye is just about straight. My vision has been imparied a little but it may come back.

The surgery was fine, over it in a couple of days.

I'm not sure what youre describing is a lazy eye as I thought they always 'turned'. Good luck anyhow.

I think what you are describing is strabismus which isn't the same as Lazy eye (apparantly).

As far as I know there is no treament for Lazy eye in an Adult only in Children.

My Sister has a lazy eye (can't say I have noticed a turn in it) and she says it gets her down because her sight is blurred in the lazy eye even with glasses.

i have a lazy eye - had an op at 5 to correct it, now wear glasses for long sight and i'm fine - without my glasses i turn my eye in on purpose to focus, but that gives me a headache

I ahve a squint (lazy eye?) , I had an op at about age 5, and a pirate patch (well, an eye patch) but it's gotten worse as I have got older- I am sure they are advanced nowadays enough to correct it? I hope so anyway.

As far as I am aware there is no treatment for Adults with a lazy eye only in Children. Could it be Strabismus (not sure of sp?) which is a permanent turn/sqint in the eye whereas a lazy eye may or may not only turn when tired. People with a lazy eye have poor vision in that eye.

I think people with a permanent turn in the eye can have an op to correct it at any age.

I have a lazy eye. Had an op when I was one and wore glasses and eye patch at times (also remember having to go to hospital regularly and having nasty nurse put drops in my eyes). My lazy eye only bothers me when I am really tired or have had too much wine! I wear glasses.

I think that a lazy eye and a turned in eye are different. With a lazy eye, one eye dominates in the actual process of images being seen and recognised by the brain. With turned in eyes, this is a muscle-related problem.

Lazy eyes can only be treated up to the age of five or so (this is what the optometrist told me; I have a lazy right eye so much so that I cannot focus out of it properly). She did mention that there can be a genetic element to this so get your children checked out early (3 yrs or so) and this was interesting as my Mum had a lazy eye too and the same side.