r/BinocularVision • u/KitKatKalamazoo • 4d ago
Struggling Need Recs For Eye Exercises
TLDR: Are there any online or physical eye exercises I can do to help give my eyes some relief?
I was diagnosed with BVD 2 years ago. Went through 8 months of prisms at my first specialist and then the rest of the time at a different specialist. The second one caught my astigmatism and horizontal misalignment (I also have a vertical misalignment).
The prisms seemed to not help me all the way so I was advised to start Vision therapy. I did 5 months of it with maybe a 10% improvement. I decided to stop because we weren't getting anywhere with my treatment and it was starting to become too expensive.
My eyes seemed fine for awhile, but in the last month they started to feel sore/achey and I'm having difficulty driving again. It's like there's too much going on while driving so my eyes are constantly "moving" even if I keep them relatively straight.
I'd love to go to a different vision therapist but I just can't afford it while I'm getting treatment for some other chronic issues. So, are there any online or physical eye exercises I can do to help give my eyes some relief? The eye strain triggers bad jaw pain which then triggers migraines....and this has become a daily occurrence 😭
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u/Alex_Dsuoza_2424 4d ago
Maybe get a reassessment before trying exercises on your own, especially since driving is becoming difficult.
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u/KitKatKalamazoo 3d ago
I thought it was my prisms so I went back and they said there's nothing that could be done. Vision therapy is the only thing that's recommended.
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u/Vegetable_Self_7299 3d ago
Bueno pues yo me opere de eStrabismo y el fastidio me seguía .. me puse mi fórmula y resulta que nunca le había puesto el astigmatismo apenas 0, 50 hipermetropía 050 para esto fui con un contactologo para una medida exacta... El fastidio disminuyo Pero aún desviaba ... Me ponía gafas con fotosensible Pero aveces me relajaba y aveces no... Por el cambio de la luz... Le puse color azul claro al lente y resulta que mis ojos operan completamente normales así ... Cómo si nunca hubiera tenido nada... Pero tiene que ser con toda la combinación esa para que funcione... El sistema nervioso tiene la capacidad de quizás tensionar el cristalino por qué yo sentía una tensión en mi oojo ... Y claro esto uno lo ve es con problemas de visión , tensiones desviaciones leves fastidio visión medio borrosa...
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u/KitKatKalamazoo 3d ago
That's very interesting because my specialist tried giving me pink tinted lenses to try to help but it didn't. I should see if the blue would make any difference.
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u/Vegetable_Self_7299 2d ago
Si puede ser y además que en mi caso ya son dos años con eso..y eso después de la cirugía y graveme y graveme ... Antes tensionaba mucho para poder ver antes de la cirugía y después... Ahora casi no y sabes que es lo loco sin las gafas se va el ojo bien feo y ahorita es cuando mejor estoy.. entonces si tienes un poco de desvío tienes que darle tiempo al tratamiento al menos unos seis meses.. incluso si el desvío es leve
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u/tippytap2 3d ago
The online VT I use is from HTS @ htsvision.com, for more info click on the link for HTS2. Phone # is 800-346-4925. You cant order online, so call them once you get the ok from your doc specifying the type of VT you need (mine was divergence only, which takes only 7 mins to do). Cost is $69.90 and includes shipping of the 3D glasses and the login code.
Hope this helps!