PhilG This worries me that patching is making my binocular vision even worse, yet it's the only thing that allows me to function at work. Any thoughts or adviice?

I ran this question by my neurologist, my ophthalmologist, and my nuero ophthalmologist. All three of them said that patching is completely safe an there is no evidence it causes any negative side effects. The only thing the cautioned against was driving while wearing an eye patch since it limits your peripheral vision out of the patched eye nd that can be dangerous.

My vision therapists have recommended

In my experience "vision therapists" are simply eye doctors who want to charge you more money for bunk "vision therapy" that doesn't actually work and is just a bunch of mumbo jumbo pseudoscience. It's telling that medical insurance doesn't cover it.

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    vladgh It’s different for everyone. So continue your training, not too much and not too little. The interesting thing is how it feels after 3, 6 and 12 months of training.

      8 months later

      @mike did you have any device in your life that you can’t adjust by patching? I recently bought MacBook Pro m3 pro with mini led display and it’s the first device which I can’t use even with one eye covered. It gave me photophobia, and I don’t know what to do. Maybe you’ve got some advices? Patching changed my life and I can use any device with one eye closed instead of this particular one

        bisk89 Sort of, but right now I can use all screens and lights (incl. Philips Hue). I had to use different techniques to solve the issues. Patch the other eye or lights at 100%.

        And one more thing. It takes time, you can’t be in a hurry to fix this.

          Without offending anyone, I feel like I need to spread some positivity and celebrate the birth of a digital pirate:

          8 days later

          Is there any risk to my vision if I use an eye patch every day? I'm really afraid of destroying my eyes...

            bisk89 Mini led backlight flicker a lot, that why you can't use it…

              I have this thought, isn't it the case that the eyeglass correction makes it more difficult for us to get used to the screens? When we cover one eye, we force the other eye, (among other thing), to align properly, which may be hindered by the very correction in the glasses and/or the misaligned centers of the lenses relative to the eyeballs. Has anyone thought about these? Maybe if (in theory) we didn't have glasses and patched one eye, it would be easier and faster for us to adopt and cure the problem? What do you think about it?

              2 months later

              mike

              is there a tutorial video how to do it ?

              my lazy eyes in left, my dominance eye is right than i cover my right eyes right ? how long a day ?if i close my right eyes is it the same with patch right eyes ? because is kinda embarasing using eyes patch in public room,if closing right eye is the same with patch right eyes ?

              • mike replied to this.

                  hansennnnn Hi, it’s so individual with training. Patching and the screen/lights used for training.

                  Start patching the lazy eye, and look at a screen that doesn’t work for you. Do what feels comfortable, and don’t overdo it. Begin with some minutes and level up.

                      mike patching eyes means close my one eye right ?so patch the normal eye and use only lazy eyes to look screen

                      i am user glasses miopy,it wont effect my miopy eyes ?

                        Jo09 I asked this question to 3 separate neurologists and 2 eye doctors. They all said there was no risk or harm associated with patching. The only thing the pointed out was that if you patch while driving you need to account for the limited peripheral vision

                          4 months later

                          I would like to ask those people who patch some details about patching.

                          1. How long do you patch at a time? Do you keep a patch all day or take breaks, and if, how often?
                          2. How do you patch? Do you patch your eye fully or just partially (eg. eye patch or non-transparent glasses like arturpanteleev)?

                          Thank you.

                            4 months later

                            mike hey dude love your work on here. I'm very new to all this and I spent hours reading your comments this morning and your journey.

                            By patch do you mean like a pirate patch? Like I can use a bandanna or rag etc? Can I open the patched eye and I saw one dude patched his glasses, should I completely enshroud 1 of my eyes? Or having a patch on glasses fine?

                            I'm sorry to ask because you've probably written this 100 times and trust me I looked but how long like 1 hour a day for a week? How low should I start and how many days or weeks until I go longer? Are astigmatism or near sighted bad candidates for this technique? When should I switch eyes? 1 of my eyes has a very tiny congenital cataract that blurs my right eye ever so slightly would this cause issues?

                            I really wanna try this but seen horror stories on reddit about some nightmare syndrome and permanent double vision wondering if those people did it for days on end continuous 🤔

                            Is it only good for pwm sensitivity? Or does it correct other things like sensitivity to extreme contrast, motion ghosting and light sensitivity?

                            Thank you for your time and wisdom

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                                RecentlyDeceased666 I really wanna try this but seen horror stories on reddit about some nightmare syndrome and permanent double vision wondering if those people did it for days on end continuous 🤔

                                I'm not a doctor. but I'd be curious to read those for context. Got any links?

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