I will be tested for BVD by a optometrist in a couple of weeks here in Germany and might get prism glasses. My symptoms line up: difficulty focusing on text (even analog text) and I experience less symptom and better focusing when patching my non-dominant eye.

degen how do you check for AMPD1 in 23andMe? What SNP?

      I'm also very glad to hear the prism eye glasses worked for you. I've been working with my Diplomate Binocular Vision and Perception doctor and we're just trying everything he can think of. I've gone through several sets already attempting to eliminate the computer eye strain on both Mac and PC's. The last appointment he ordered a set with Prisms, so I'm just waiting for them to come to see if that will help. After that he said there is still a more expensive lens company that we could try.

      I'm curious….do you wear the prism glasses only when working on the computer, or do you also wear "walking around glasses"…and if so, do the "walking around glasses" also have the prism adjustment in them?

      Thanks.

        15 days later

        degen what were your diopters? My testing was not really conclusive, perhaps I have 0,5 diopters. Then again there is normal anatomical variance, many people have a alight astigmatism but their brain and muscles correct it.

            13 days later

            degen How is your BVD and use of displays by this point? I’m curious to know if you managed to get back to using displays comfortably.

                FNP7 Yes, I am using screens mostly comfortably again. I would say I am about 75-80% back to where I was. It took quite a while after the statin exposure for the double vision after blinking to resolve completely. Now when I blink I see a single image quickly, unless my eye muscles are tired. My main complaint is some lingering pain in the inner corner of my left eye which can intensify after a long day of close work. Overall my left eye, even fully corrected is a lot weaker than my right.

                  karut I have quite a decent amount of astigmatism, up to -2.50 diopters in my left eye. The prismatic corrections for my BVD are much smaller in comparison, 0.75 diopters and smaller.

                    brvideo I have two sets of glasses, a close work and distance pair. There are horizontal and vertical prisms, and they are present in both pairs and in the same diopters. This is actually something I want to talk to my optometrist about, because I think I might need more horizontal prism in my near pair, but I can’t tolerate more in my distance pair. On the other hand it makes sense to me that vertical prism is the same in both pairs, as that correction must always be active for my eyes to fully relax.

                      Zodios rs17602729

                      How I found it was to import my 23andMe data into Promethease, years ago.

                      If you import it into Promethease now this SNP is not reported on at all anymore, not even if it’s normal, just completely gone. Possibly they had to remove it for FDA compliance.

                      SelfDecode did report that SNP on my imported data, which also showed homozygous deficient, but I wouldn’t recommend that service for other reasons.

                          voidv2 I saw Dr. Debby Feinberg from Vision Specialists of Michigan. A truly first class optometrist who has changed many lives, especially those who have suffered concussions and develop BVD as a result. Another major cause of BVD is facial asymmetry. She places emphasis on correcting vertical Heterophoria and believes that small corrections in this domain can bring big results.

                            I looked at my raw data from Ancestry, it's reported as G;G for me there.

                              18 days later

                              degen Do you have to use your glasses when not in front of computer?

                                  tfouto I have two pairs of glasses, one for distance and one for near (such as at the computer). I am always wearing one pair or the other when I am awake. My eyes relaxed the most this way.

                                    dev