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Prism correction for horizontal diplopia at a distance

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Ciamhnait
Ciamhnait

I've had worsening diplopia for close to a decade--first at night (when I was tired), but now pretty much 24/7 (I'm almost 50). 

I was prescribed glasses with a good deal of prism (sorry, don't have the script handy), and these didn't work at all. However, the prism testing "monocle" the doctor used resolved the diplopia immediate and profoundly. 

I'm not sure how the testing "monocle" translates into a glasses prescription, so I'm not sure why the monocle would work, but the glasses wouldn't, other than the lab made the lenses wrong. Any thoughts? (I asked the doctor if I could buy his prism testing monocle, and just walk around with that for the rest of my life, since it worked so well!).

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  • lizzie67
    lizzie67 Ciamhnait

    Posted

    Hi

    Did you ever get told why you have double vision?

    Did you ever see anyone at a hospital for it?

    x

    • Ciamhnait
      Ciamhnait lizzie67

      Posted

      I'm afraid not. The process is moving very slowly ("try this for a week; now try this for another week," etc.). My eye doctor should be referring me to another who specializes in this within the next week...

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