what is this called?

[skybye134]

I'm not really new to eye problems-- i'm partially colorblind in my right eye from an accident, I have an astigmatism in my right eye, and near-sightedness (both eyes). I don't have my exact prescription readily available but I don't think I need to provide it to get an answer on this.
Basically, i've always had a few problems with not knowing where things are (I'm sorry, I don't know the exact terminology for this so if anyone knows, that'd be great if you could tell me!). Like, I'll go to pour a glass of milk and I have to keep touching the glass and the milk jug to make sure they're lined up properly. If I don't, I'll end up just pouring milk all over the counter.
The same thing happens when I'm reaching for anything, I'll have to pat around a lot to find it. I can clearly see the object I am reaching for, but I guess I can't really judge the distance?
Is this normal, and if so, what is it called? I can't afford to visit my eye doctor until next year, and the problem seems to have gotten worse in the past couple of mouths.

[achillea]

In order to judge distances, you need two eyes working together, along with your brain's computing ability.  When everything is working well, you have good binocular ('two-eyed') vision.  If you have only one functioning eye, you don't have binocular vision, and if something is causing your two eyes not to work well together, you also lack binocular vision, and you will misjudge distances.

As the doctor says, something appears to be causing your eyes to be uncoordinated with each other.

Since it's getting worse, i think you'd better find a way to afford a visit with a doctor sooner rather than later.  Eyesight is fairly important, I think you'd agree?

Quite often, if doctors know you're having financial problems, they will find a way to adjust your fee a bit.

[CBIsraeloffOD]

It seems that you have a binocular vision problem. You need to see an eye doctor who specializes in binocular vision.

[skybye134]

thank you for replying, but unfortunately that doesn't seem to fit me.
I can see clearly, but I just can't really judge the distance on things. Before I got a job, it wasn't that big of an issue but now at work I'm constantly dropping paperwork because I miscalculate how far away the tabletop is and things like that.

[CBCT]

It might be convergence insufficiency.  Does this web site describe your problem?
http://www.aapos.org/terms/conditions/38