r/BinocularVision

I’m curious, for anyone who can switch which eye you’re focusing through, how did that change after prisms and/or VT?

My assumption is that that “ability” would be lost since both eyes are actually working together now.

I haven’t had my NVM exam yet, got another week to go for that. So I don’t know the specifics of my BVD besides my hypertropia, but I’d be shocked if the doctor said I didn’t have it.

I think I’m starting to put the pieces together why I’m in constant pain. I thought these were all separate things but I think BVD makes sense.

My main issue is that I’ve had a low-grade headache basically my whole life. I actually don’t notice it most of the time, but since I was a kid I have a noticeable headache almost every day at some point. But when I think about it I have a “surface level” headache all the time. The muscles on my eye/forehead/brow are constantly tense and I can only relax them if I close my eyes.

My left eyebrow has always been more arched than the other. I always thought it was just normal facial asymmetry but I’ve noticed that my brow/temple muscle on that side is constantly tense, and this is the focal point of my headaches. It’s always behind my left eye/arch of my eyebrow. When I cover that eye I can immediately relax my whole face.

It gets worse throughout the day especially when looking at my phone. Even night mode is way too bright and I’ve had to turn my whole phone display red. The pain/tenseness spreads down to my mouth/jaw, and my upper lip on that side is also thinner than my right side. My whole left side of my face is slimmer actually.

My whole neck/shoulder/jaw area is also incredibly tense. Even though my jaw feels more tense on the left side, my right TMJ joint hurts a lot more and feels sore to the touch. My molars also always kinda hurt too.

When I read about BVD and habitually tilting your head to one side, I noticed I feel way less tense when I tilt my head slightly to the left, and progressively more tense the more straight/to the right I tilt my head.

I also have ADHD, and chronic stomach issues. I almost always feel dizzy and nauseous, especially when reading or looking at a screen. I’ve also been noticeably clumsy/off balance my whole life. I also have eustachian tube dysfunction, and the left ear is usually the side that gets full.

I didn’t think any of these things were related until I was researching my headaches and came across BVD and it all seemed to make sense. Most people with chronic headaches had a problem with furrowing their brows, but I had a problem with arching on only one side and my pain originating from there.

Do my symptoms sound like BVD? Thank you for reading!!

Hi,

I’m looking for similar experiences.

I’ve been dealing with severe visual overload for a long time. I can’t watch TV, driving is not possible, and even normal visual input (screens, movement, busy environments, lighting) quickly becomes overwhelming. I also have strong light sensitivity and a constant feeling of sensory overload and mental exhaustion.

It often feels like my nervous system cannot properly filter input anymore, leading to rapid overwhelm and shutdown-like states.

Background:

• strabismus since birth + hyperopia
• convergence problems/spasm
• nighttime rotational vertigo attack → severe exhaustion and clear worsening afterwards
• very sensitive nervous system
• on SSRI treatment (Escitalopram) for several years; dose reduction at one point seemed to worsen symptoms
• symptoms also fluctuate with stress and overload

Main issues:

• severe visual overload / brain fatigue
• cannot tolerate TV or driving
• strong light sensitivity
• constant overwhelm from sensory input
• long-term course (months/years)

Has anyone experienced something similar long-term (1+ year)?
Did SSRIs or anything else help stabilize things?

I’m not looking for quick fixes, just shared experiences.

Thanks.

Hello Guys! I have weird vision issues for 2.5 yrs and 9

Month ago was diagnosed with bvd , vertical and horizontal eye misalignment.

One of symptoms that is really annoying is when I walk the whole world is stable but the horizon or something super far from me feels bouncy. I think my eyes don’t know where to focus when I look far?

Anyone had this with bvd???

I’m going though visual therapy for the first month.

I'm not sure if this is the right place for this type of inquiry, but about two months ago, I was out on a walk and noticed that things in the distance seemed to move up and down very slightly in time with the movement of my feet. The effect isn't too noticeable when I walk, but I do notice it more when I run. It doesn't make me nauseous, but I was just wondering if I anyone has thoughts on it.

Obviously, when I tried looking this up, the first thing that I came across was oscillopsia. I watched several example videos, and it doesn't look like that. I also read oscillopsia descriptions where people said their vision looked like a shaky, old camera or that their vision shook like an earthquake, and I would say that my vision doesn't do either of those things. This thread is the closest description I've found.

I already went to my annual eye exam this year, and my vision was pretty much perfect. It would be pricey for me to go again, and I'm trying to decide whether it would be worth it on the chance that I have some sort of VOR issue or maybe BVD.

I have permanent double vision after three strabismus surgeries as a kid. My left eye has always been my good eye and for 15 years now I have become accustomed to closing my right eye and using my left. About a week ago I noticed the vision in my left eye was suddenly super blurry - both near and distance vision. After a few days it hadn't gone away but actually had gotten worse so I went to the optometrist. The refraction in my current glasses which were perfectly fine the day before it all went blurry is -1.75. The autorefraction machine was showing -7.5 and the other eye tests were -6.0. The photos and scans showed the eye itself was perfectly healthy so I got an urgent referral to an ophthalmologist. Saw them the next day. During that appointment cyclopentolate drops were put in and my distance vision cleared up. I was given enough drops for 5 days and told to come back for a follow up in a couple of months. I've now done day 4 of the drops and every time they wear off the blurriness immediately returns and seems to be getting worse. It's not intermittent either. I'm almost 30 and have never had an accommodative spasm before. A previous ophthalmologist considered it and ruled it out because I didn't have miosis at the time.

I just have a few questions for anyone that might have experienced this condition.

Does this condition tend to occur more in both eyes or one? What would be the reason for this.

For anyone else who has had it, did you have blurry vision for distance only or both near and distance?

Is it often resistant to treatment or take a long time to fix itself? I've been told I can't take cyclopentolate for too long. I don't really want to anyway.

What are the chances of it being caused by an illness or some other condition? I can't think of any lifestyle factors/changes that would have caused it.

Finally, does anyone have any advice for what to do soon when I've got no more drops, can't see anything out of the eye I use to see everything, and inevitably can't get back in to the ophthalmologists for days at a minimum? I feel like gouging my eyes out some days.

Hi everyone,

Can someone please comfort my anxiety - because I think I made an irresponsible and irreversible mistake on my house.

I live in a modern, all big window/glass designed house. Those big windows require shades/blinds. Therefore, outside rollable and adjustable aluminium venetian blinds/lamellen have been ordered and already paid for.

However, in hindsight I just realised that ooo fuck, that will be terrible pattern glare from the blinds.

Anyone have any suggestions?

Thanks a lot!