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Hi, it's me, I'm back again and still with NO answers. I am 36 years old now. At the age of 28 both of my eyes decided to start focusing separately. I scheduled an appointment with an eye dr and he did surgery after an eye exam to correct the muscles and they stayed straight for approximately 4 years. After that they started crossing outward (exotropia) even worse with my right eye playing the dominate straight one and the left being the "lazy" one almost constant. I then scheduled an appointment with a different eye dr who did an eye exam, diagnosed me with glaucoma, exotropia and referred me to a strabismus specialist. I see him and he finds nystagmus. He refers me to a neuro-opthamologist who orders labs, MRI and all results are normal. He refers me a glaucoma specialist (mind you, I've been on drops for glaucoma for about 3 months already diagnosed from 1st doctor). Glaucoma specialist says yeah you have glaucoma. So then its back to the neuro-op who says I am going to refer you to a neurologist for an EMG. So tomorrow I have an appt with the neurologist and upon talking to them on the phone, they have no clue why I'm coming or whats to be done. I feel like I've been ran in circles and my exotropia is driving me mad. My depth perception is horrible. I miss my toothbrush with the toothpaste. I miss the glass sometimes when pouring a drink. All because my eyes are seeing two different pictures. My vision is 20/20 and 20/15. Any idea or similar situations any of you?
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What a thoughtful response by the doctor, who would not have had to respond at all.

i have had similar but not as serious issues.  I am hoping just an exam, new and stronger prescription glasses and a second strabismus surgery help correct my situation.  My first strabismus for exotropia surgery lasted me 10 years.  Very pleased and happy about that.
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Very unusual.  The most common problem is consecutive exotropia after previous strabismus surgery.  The glaucoma thing is unlucky and if it has damaged your vision some may explain why your eye went out.  Nystagmus makes no sense and I'm assuming that is the reason you are getting bounced around different specialists.  You need to follow through on all recommended testing and once everything is settled and you have a set diagnosis a second strabismus surgery could be done to fix the exotropia.  Good luck.

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