AGI
I have not, but I can't find it anywhere in my country, at least not for eye purpose.
AGI Dominic 14 pd at near
How was it measured? Did you notice any change from week to week? In my case, a week later the value had halved. I wonder how a doctor can prescribe glasses in this situation…I am sure you know where I am heading.
Measured by cover test. Honestly I didn't write down my previous measurements and it doesn't look like my optimetrists liked this idea either as I cannot find it anywhere on the papers I have gathered. Next week I'm having the next appointment, so we will see if 14 pd is up to date.
However, I think there is a way to properly measure your deviation. My latest ophtalmologist told me to patch my left eye (as it's more symptomatic one) from the very first moment when I wake up and keep it untill I come for the appointment. Then I took off the patch right before the cover test. I think it makes sense as your covered eye squints to its maximum. Other than that way of doing a cover test may differ from each other because your eyes can be simply more or less tired. I think that's why I sometimes had a succes with devices at the first moment, but exactly the same device would had induced the symptoms an few hours later.
AGI I have seen three VT specialists so far and I just realized that my condition is a puzzle (maybe I should call it a mess). The specialists give me some directions but it is up to me to put the pieces together. I am still trying to clarify if there was a real change of my condition from exophoria to esophoria - currently it seems so, and the reasoning might be excessive exercising.
So you were diagnosed with exo before?
That's puzzling to me as well because I am always diagnosed with exophoria, but after months of excessive exercising when I wear my glasses the strain I feel is located between my eyes, not on the sides, what could indicate more of esophoria. To make it more complicated, base out prisms help me more than base in prisms. It should be the other way round for someone having an exophoria.
I'm still in doubt if it's certainly an exophoria or eso or some kind of vertical heterophoria (Maddox test shows a little bit of it), but I'm telling myself I saw some many eye specialists and literally all of them diagnosed me with exo deviation not even saying a word about other types of strabismus.
AGI For instance, very recently I have been wondering why I am still given a lot of exercises that are typically prescribed for exophoria when I am affected by convergence excess. I believe that the specialists think that my problem with electronic devices is that I can converge but I cannot hold the convergence. I can do those exercises very easily, though. In fact I am always able to do the next-next level exercises with respect to what they prescribe. But now I clearly have pain afterwards.
I have figured out something new to me recently. Most of those eye exercises strenghten eye muscles (medial rectus or lateral rectus muscles), but what if the trouble is that your muscles are too strong/tight? I think especially if your medial rectus muscles are too tight (then you are probably esophoric) you make it worse by doing convergence execises. If they are all right, but your lateral muscles are too strong then doing convergence exercises won't really help you to loosen your lateral rectus. Obviously there are still divergence exercises, but again they are made to strenghten your muscles, just the other way round than convergence exercises.
What I mean is that there is not many effective eye exercises loosening your muscles. This would explain why VT made my condition worse. It gave me a good convergence/fusion, but no essential change in my exophoria.
AGI I am also doing more loose prisms exercises with the base in instead of out. This relaxes my eyes and diminish my symptoms. I just discovered it a few days ago after "studying" my primastic lenses and consulting with @Lauda89.
This is very interesting. Given you have esophoria, most specialists would prescribe you base out prisms. I have the same problem, but in the other direction, with exophoria. Did you think up any possible explanation?
AGI I bought four pairs of glasses in the last 3 years and I never used them for longer than 2-3 days. A complete disaster. Besides, I watched this video. The specialist compares prisms to crutches. If you can, you should try to walk without or you won't get better.
I bought 20 pairs in the last 2 years, luckily they were not that expensive where I live. Dependency on prisms is something I fear of. I read stories people couldn't take a shower or wake up and open their eyes up even for a second withour wearing their prisms. Besides, I had my LASIK done 8 years ago thus I'm not happy with being glued to any kind of lenses.
AGI I have been long-winded, but perhaps you are willing to reconsider your statement that you already got most out of your VT. Cheers.
There's a long waiting line to have a surgery, so I still have months to try other things. For now, I do "exercises" by playing 3D games with cheap VR headset. After two days I'm sure it's not indifferent for my eyes because I feel their muscles right after a VR session.
By the way, I did VEP test this morning and they didn't find anthing alarming.