I (27F) had surgery three weeks ago. I've had double vision for the past 12 years, prior to that I had suppression of one eye. I developed strabismus at age three, and most likely had stereovision up until that point (came from a bad ear infection).
My surgeon told me that now that the surgery has been successful in aligning my eyes as much as possible, especially eliminating the vertical misalignment, I could potentially experience stereovision, and that it could happen gradually over the next weeks or months etc.
For these past three weeks, I've made sure to use both eyes simultaneously. Even though I have constant double vision, my left eye has been and still is dominant. But for the past four days, I've noticed a change in the way my brain uses my eyes together. I've noticed that once I allow both eyes to be used at the same time, my brain automatically wants to steer my eyes at the same point in space. What once was a conscious decision to move my eyes toward the same point, now happens automatically. And on medium to long distances, I'm experiencing not just the images overlapping and hovering over each other, but actually briefly "clicking" into place. For a moment it's perceived as a single image, but I don't think it's suppression, because I know both eyes are being used. Up close I haven't had this experience yet, but will see if it happens as well.
Does anyone have any insight into the journey towards stereovision, especially since it's been so long since my brain has experienced it? I recently read "Fixing My Gaze" by Sue Barry, but in her case it seemed like stereovision came into effect all at once. Does anyone have a similar experience to mine?