Eyes

[transatlantic]

Ok, bit of an odd one. Recently, I've noticed that I see double, but only in very specific scenarios, and was wondering if you guys see the same thing?

- When looking into say the bathroom mirror, I see the reflection of whats behind me, as you'd expect, all normal. But if I focus on a point above the mirror, like the frame, but the mirror is still in my peripheral view, the reflection I see in the mirror of whats behind me is in double.

- When I look at my bathtub, after it's been used, so is wet and shiny. Although I only have one light bulb, I see two point lights (slightly apart) in the *direct* reflection of the light on the bath tub. If I close the left eye, I see one, if I close the right eye , I see one.

- When looking through a window, where the foreground is the window pane and the background is say my garden. If I focus on the background all is fine. But if I focus in the foreground, say some dirt on the window pane, in my peripheral view, I see the back garden in double.

Do you guys get the same?
Wondering if I need to go see the optician.

To me, it kind of makes sense that you would see double, as your focus point is changing, and I believe your brain is supposed to blend the images together of the thing in focus from the 2 eyes, so that you don't see double. But in the scenarios I gave there are 2 points, the focus point and the peripheral view, so I guess it can't blend for both.

 

[Claymore]

I'd book an appointment with your optician, It actually sounds very similar to how mine was many years ago and I ended up getting some glasses and been fine since then.

Its always best to get them checked out asap as it can also be a sign of other illness's (don't want to worry ya but its important)

Cheers
Brian

 

[nev]

http://www.boots.com/en/Opticians/Optic ... st-offers/

https://www.visionexpress.com/offers/evoucher/

 

[Kalimna]

Get it checked out by someone who has the correct equipment to diagnose any sight problems and can offer expert advice i.e. an optician. An internet forum is no place for advice to be given beyond that already mentioned. Your eyesight is too valuable.
Good luck, hope it all checks out ok.

Adam S

 

[transatlantic]

Get it checked out by someone who has the correct equipment to diagnose any sight problems and can offer expert advice i.e. an optician. An internet forum is no place for advice to be given beyond that already mentioned. Your eyesight is too valuable.
Good luck, hope it all checks out ok.
Adam S

Just to be clear. I had full intention to get it checked out, already have an appointment with my doctor for something else and was going to bring it up then to see if he could get me checked in with an optician at my local hospital as I don't think the local high street would check for this, but was gong to see what he says.

I wasn't looking for advice. I just wanted to know if it was normal or not before I bring it up.

 

[CHJ]

.......I don't think the local high street would check for this, but was gong to see what he says.
...

What makes you think an ophthalmist on the high street won't check such, it's their diagnostics report that is used as the first stage for Eye Hospital referral and any surgery assessment.

It's no only focus problems that can cause double vision but eye positioning muscles may be weakening meaning you need a prism component in a corrective lens to align the two images.
If you value your vision you should be getting a check every year, waiting until you become aware of a problem can often mean that damage/deterioration is already taking place unnecessarily.

 

[Sheffield Tony]

I thought that was normal. The focus and vergance of your eyes adjust to what you're looking at,. stick a finger up about a foot in front of your face and alternately look at it, and the background. One or the other is double and out of focus. Or am I missing something ?

 

[RogerS]

What Chas says.....but I have to confess that I have a jaundiced view of the chains like Boots and Specsavers. I'd much rather go to a good independent.

 

[CHJ]

What Chas says.....but I have to confess that I have a jaundiced view of the chains like Boots and Specsavers. I'd much rather go to a good independent.

No matter where or who, the quality of the professional is down to the individual, if you have regular checks and question/challenge the professional for advice and explanation you can usually get a confidence in the opthalmist, if you don't, go elsewhere.

I've been fobbed off by an independent that basically just wanted to sell me a designer image, and told me I was being too fussy about my vision requirements.
I've had a high street big name write the prescription correctly then take three attempts to manufacture the lenses the correct way round. (byfolcals in wrong eye and reversed.)

For the past 12 years I've been, gone elsewhere (for apparent convenience) and come back to the same opticians and a specific pair of opthalmists at a high street chain that have provided me with prescriptions to meet my requirements and seen me referred for essential to quality of life Eye Surgery twice.

(Last OP was Tuesday, todays the first day (so far) not to take morphine based pain relief.)

 

[RogerS]

Bloody hell, Chas...that sounds positively grim. Hope you have a speedy recovery.

 

[CHJ]

Minor by many folks standard, basic cataract which is a no brainer and nothing to bother about but I have recurring calcium deposits on Cornea that had to be done at same time if I was going to have any meaningful benefit from new lens.
That's the real bummer, consists of scraping the cornier surface to clear the deposit, if you think in terms of having a scratch in your eye and the couple of days of discomfort, compound that with about 20mins worth of area being abraded off.
Surgeons up front advice that it's going to be painful hardly does it justice, if you ever face it don't let them convince you Paracetamol and ibuprofen are all you will need.

Dread to think what folks like Steve have gone through.

 

[lurker]

On the subject of glasses supplied by high street opticians

Have a look at what "my" lens manufacturer has to say here

http://www.shepshedoptics.co.uk/our-services

Particularly about them using semi skilled staff
You know that bit where you sit in boots and a lady does the measurements?
Look at what he says.
He took a good 15 mins to do mine including me standing looking into a mirror 3 meters away whilst he checked over my shoulder , that never happens in boots!

Obviously he is no good to most of you as he is not local. But heed his words

He looked at my varifocals and said the lens in my boots supplied glasses were similar to the lowest quality he makes.
They cost me just shy of 400 a few years back
I now have his top of the range... Cost me £260 with a 2 year warranty against scratches.
They are really good.

And his desk glasses are great for me in the workshop.

 

[DiscoStu]

I went to vision express yesterday for a regular test and went to pay and they told me they are currently not charging for eye tests! I did even need to buy anything.

I am going to get some safety glasses but I didn't get them yesterday.


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[transatlantic]

The reason I have little confidence in the high street places is that my last eye test with Spec Savers felt extremely rushed and incomplete. The woman performing the initial pre-test didn't seem to know what she was doing and kept asking for help. The man dealing with me after didn't seem to care for anything that I said. It felt like he had a list of things to go through and did those as fast as possible and anything I mentioned about the symptoms I had at the time were basically ignored.

Not saying they're all like that, but at the end of the day, they're a business and I suspect will specialize in the symptoms that result in them getting sales. I'd be worried they weren't performing as a complete test as you might get from the NHS as it woudn't be cost effective. I mean, why would they?

 

[Jacob]

The small independents get a better write up in Which mag. I've been using them for 60 years!
They use a proper (usually visiting) optometrist for the test and if necessary you might get referred on to an opthalmolgist (hospital) for glaucoma or other symptoms - as I have, for high pressure and glaucoma risk.
The optician is another thing - just to sell you glasses etc to match the prescription

http://www.nhs.uk/NHSEngland/AboutNHSse ... nsFAQ.aspx

 

[Jacob]

I thought that was normal. The focus and vergance of your eyes adjust to what you're looking at,. stick a finger up about a foot in front of your face and alternately look at it, and the background. One or the other is double and out of focus. Or am I missing something ?

Missing a visit to an optician by the sounds of it!
Not sure if you have to see a doctor first and get referred - ask the optician

 

[sunnybob]

From personal experience, specsavers was an expensive mistake when i had two sets of glasses made and couldnt wear either set because the lenses were so wrong. Everybody in that shop was rushing to get as many through the door as they could.

I couldnt take them back because I had bought them back to cyprus with me. They are still in a drawer, waiting to be donated to an african charity.

Again from personal experience, vision express have been the opposite. I have had two free eye tests (including all the back of the eye and air puff and every other test) over the last three years and still havent bought from them. I did buy 2 pairs of shooting glasses from them almost 20 years ago, and I can still wear one pair when I'm potting clays.

 

[transatlantic]

The small independents get a better write up in Which mag. I've been using them for 60 years!
They use a proper (usually visiting) optometrist for the test and if necessary you might get referred on to an opthalmolgist (hospital) for glaucoma or other symptoms - as I have, for high pressure and glaucoma risk.
The optician is another thing - just to sell you glasses etc to match the prescription

http://www.nhs.uk/NHSEngland/AboutNHSse ... nsFAQ.aspx

So how do you go about getting an eye test with the independants?

 

[Jacob]

The small independents get a better write up in Which mag. I've been using them for 60 years!
They use a proper (usually visiting) optometrist for the test and if necessary you might get referred on to an opthalmolgist (hospital) for glaucoma or other symptoms - as I have, for high pressure and glaucoma risk.
The optician is another thing - just to sell you glasses etc to match the prescription

http://www.nhs.uk/NHSEngland/AboutNHSse ... nsFAQ.aspx

So how do you go about getting an eye test with the independants?

Ring one up and ask.

 

[transatlantic]

Oh - thought you meant a referral thing.

I have a test booked for next week with Vision Express, so I'll see how that goes.

incidentally, came across these links which seem to describe what I'm seeing.

https://almontgreen.wordpress.com/2011/ ... notice-it/
http://www.netwellness.org/question.cfm/78950.htm