Eye position instability?

[wishless]

For years, my eyes have had a tendency that when I move them, the scene itself seems to move with it, rather changing from one point to another on a still scene. Due to this, I can make it seem like there's an earthquake going on simply by moving my eyes around frenetically. This leads to trouble with reading comprehension, because whenever I move my eyes along the line, the line moves with it, so my eyes land a few words away from where I meant to point them. I have to force my eyes to keep the scene still when I read.

I don't think this is a binocular problem, because I patched one eye for a few days and the problem is still present with the unpatched eye.

I am 21 years old, near-sighted, and have been diagnosed with exophoria at near (convergence insufficiency) and hyperphoria.

What could be causing this? Is there a name for this condition? Thanks for your input.

[John C Hagan III, MD, FACS, FAAO]

No exact fit but try palinopsia and look at the references below

www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20655497

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palinopsia

JCH MD

[wishless]

Thanks for your input, Dr. Hagan. I'm trying to find the posts you speak of with similar observations...do you know what keywords I should search for?

[John C Hagan III, MD, FACS, FAAO]

Over the past 6 years we've had some people post observations like yours.  No one has had a definitive diagnosis. Most have had for many years without anything serious developing.  ]

If you wish to pursue further diagnostic work up suggest you see a neuro-ophthalmologist. Find one near you at www.geteyesmart.org

JC MD