*Brian Regan voice* “ARE THESE MY GLASSES??!?!?!?!”
I got my new fancy-shmancy “your eyes are wonky so here are some prisms” glasses!
I guess it’s kind of dumb to blog about these today because I’ll probably take a while to get used to them, but I’ve got them on and am ready for the magic.
Update 1: my depth perception is whacked out. At least for far away things.
Update 2: after using my computer and doing stuff like my French lessons on my phone, I am noticing that the text isn’t jittering around like it used to. Which is nice.
Update 3: I haven’t had a headache (except for a weather headache due to major pressure changes) since I’ve started wearing these.
Update 4: I read in the car for FIVE MINUTES and only got slightly nauseous. I can usually only stand a few seconds before I want to puke.
Update 5: depth perception is still a little wonky, but I think it’s getting better.
Claudia versus…Eyesight? I Guess?
So it turns out my EYES ARE WONKY.
Story time:
Nate and I went to the eye doctor today because it’s been like three years since we last went and he needs new frames. I figured I had no change in my prescription because last time the change was miniscule (my eyesight actually improved (??) but there was not enough of a change to warrant a new prescription) but I went anyway just because.
They do the eye exam and, as expected, no change at all. Then the eye doctor asks me two questions:
“Do you frequently get headaches?”
“Do you experience motion sickness?”
My answer to both of those questions was yes. I get frequent low-level headaches (which I’ve always assumed was just due to the wacky weather here) and I have very bad motion sickness, especially when trying to read in the car.
So he goes “interesting” and I think what do you mean ‘interesting????’ and he takes me into a different room to conduct further tests.
The “further tests” involve wearing a VR headset and having to focus on a little yellow dot while a bunch of other stuff was going on in the VR world. After the test was done they show me through the VR headset that my eyes don’t freaking point in the same direction and it messes with my focus (apparently I was very close to the upper threshold of misalignment that the test could measure, so that’s great). I’m focusing beyond what I need to focus on, especially when I’m looking at something up close. This causes double vision and consequently makes my brain continuously compensate for said double vision. This causes the headaches and the motion sickness, among other things.
So the eye doctor said that they have this thing called Neurolens, which is some sort of progressive prism lens that’s really supposed to help with this. They’re expensive, but he said that he’s had quite a few patients who tried them out and not one has asked for a refund after the 30-day trial.
I did some reading about them and it sounds like a lot of people really do benefit from them.
So I’m going to give them a try. It’d be nice not to have near-daily headaches and to be able to read in the car for more than 30 seconds before feeling nauseous.
We’ll see! I’ll let y’all know, even though I’m sure no one cares.
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