Anyone Deal With Strabismus?

[SharinganUser]

I suffered a head injury a few months ago and had some irritation to my eyes afterwards. I went to get it examined at a private clinic that says they specialize in eye problems. They did a lot of tests except for strabismus. Two months later the irritation persists and I went back to the doctor and had them test my eyes again.

When I went back yesterday, they did another test and they said that my eyes are not lined up properly.

Next week I head back to Canada and will see a more competent doctor. I hope I can get this fixed. I was wondering if anyone had some advice for me.

 

[sageproduct]

Little do you know that strabismus is actually code for an ability to copy any ninjutsu one sees!

I've had strabismus pretty much since I was born. My right eye is higher than my left, and I mainly see out of my right eye. Whenever eye doctors do that test where you see a box with one eye and a dot in the other and you're supposed to see the dot in the box when you put them together, I always fail.

I never knew strabismus could be brought about by a head injury. For me, it really hasn't affected my life much. My depth perception is probably a little ****tier than average, so it was a little bit of a disadvantage in sports. Other than that, it's been fine. I know surgery can correct the problem, but I never cared enough to really consider it.

I imagine it's rather different having normal eyes and then coming into this condition at age 28. I really don't have any advice...all I can really say is that I don't feel my life is significantly affected by this condition.

 

[FairShake]

I've had it my whole life. I also can't see out of my wandering eye. I agree with the poster above, if you've dealt with it your whole life I guess it doesn't matter as much to you. I did once ask what surgery would cost. It was about 3 grand. So that was a non-starter.

It was A LOT worse when I was younger. I was a goofy looking kid. I didn't start wearing glasses full time until I was about 10 years old. My eyes aligned better after I started wearing glasses full-time. I would look into that as well.