Jumping vision problem

[chu373]

For the last few weeks my vision has gotten worse, but only when I am reading up close (such as text). It happens most of the time but not all the time yet. However it has progressed enough to where I have noticed it frequently. The lines start to move around in to different positions around the place. I found that I have to tilt my head or cover my eye to get a more focused picture. A few years ago when I got my eyes checked the optometrist said I might strabismus and covered one of eyes and according to my family members my eye shifted outward. I didn't really think much of it until my vision started to get worse. I recently went to another optometrist and he discredited the idea and stated my eyes seemed fine. He also suggested it might be a neurological problem rather than an eye problem. Normally I wouldn't really make a huge deal about it, but the problem has made me lose concentration on school assignments.
Any help would be appreciated!

[Michael J Kutryb, MD]

There are many possibilities here.  First, you might just need glasses.  Second you could have some sort of strabismus problem or convergeance insufficiency.  You need to have a complete eye exam with ophthalmologist to  look into these two issues.  The problem should not be too difficult to unravel.  Good Luck.

MJK MD