A question about cross-eyed

[yermum]

I have this condition, brought on in part by being born with cataracts.

Essentially my brain never learnt to correctly interpret the images from both eyes, so I don't have true binocular vision. I can consciously switch between which eye I'm looking out of, and I do get a little vision out of the other, albeit very blurry and with little focus (for example if I close one eye, my FOV gets slightly smaller).

It probably sounds a bit trivial but one of the worst things I find about not having binocular vision is it makes playing ball sports pretty hard (due to not being able to triangulate objects in the air). I love football but I can't head a ball to save my life, and as for stuff like fielding in cricket, if a ball is struck high in the air I've got no idea if I'm right underneath it or it's gonna drop 10 yards in front of me. It also makes me look a bit of a muppet if people throw me something in day-to-day life!

It sounds like you should be a member of this family!!

 

[matthew_o50]

I have this condition, brought on in part by being born with cataracts.

Essentially my brain never learnt to correctly interpret the images from both eyes, so I don't have true binocular vision. I can consciously switch between which eye I'm looking out of, and I do get a little vision out of the other, albeit very blurry and with little focus (for example if I close one eye, my FOV gets slightly smaller).

At primary school this was treated with patching (to try and boost the lazy eye). I also had pretty bad crosseyedness so before going to secondary school, I had an operation to adjust the muscles in one eye. That was actually a right bitch to recover from as my eye was all pussed up for ages, eyelid stuck shut, I had to put these horrid eye drops in for a couple of weeks (I don't have a problem with drops in general, I've put them in daily for the past 20+ years, but these were vile).

As far as people looking in my eyes go, I really don't care what they do, in fact eye contact means so little to me (probably due to my condition) that I can't say I've ever really paid much attention to where specifically people are looking. It's only an issue if it freaks them out a little when I switch 'primary' eye to the other!

It probably sounds a bit trivial but one of the worst things I find about not having binocular vision is it makes playing ball sports pretty hard (due to not being able to triangulate objects in the air). I love football but I can't head a ball to save my life, and as for stuff like fielding in cricket, if a ball is struck high in the air I've got no idea if I'm right underneath it or it's gonna drop 10 yards in front of me. It also makes me look a bit of a muppet if people throw me something in day-to-day life!

This is very similar to me. I was also born with congenital cateracts and as a result had operations to remove the lense in my eyes. I've always had a lazy eye as a result and despite doctors trying to correct it with patches when I was younger I still have to switch between the two. People have never said anything to me about it but I think that's because I am aware of it and often correct it and most of my friends know my eyesight is bad anyway. I can't see how people look at me so it doesn't bother me much anyway

 

[shaffaaf27]

with me its neer been a medical problem, i jsut look at an object, and somehow can forcemyself to split it.

try and split it so that two of the birds overlap, then see what comes up

 

[shaffaaf27]

whats the message in this?

 

[HangTime]

This is very similar to me. I was also born with congenital cateracts and as a result had operations to remove the lense in my eyes. I've always had a lazy eye as a result and despite doctors trying to correct it with patches when I was younger I still have to switch between the two.

Interesting. I had one cataract removed (from the weaker eye) and replaced with an artificial lens at age 18, but I've held off on getting the other eye done because I'm concerned about losing the ability to focus. At the moment I tend to use the 'fixed' eye when out and about (due to problems with glare etc), but switch to the cataract one when I'm doing reading, on my computer etc.

So, I've got a question for you - do you find it much of an issue not being able to focus properly after having both lenses removed? What age were you when the op was done? I've never really got much benefit from glasses in the past so I tend not to wear them, it would be a bit of a change for me to suddenly become reliant on them for reading.

As an aside, I think one of the reasons I get on well with computer games etc is that relatively speaking, I'm not really at such a disadvantage compared to 3d sports etc. Depth perception is all 'implied' on a 2d screen so only using one eye doesn't really affect me.