What is my condition?

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I've got an appointment scheduled for a vision specialist but before I go I want to see if I can get some insight as to what is wrong with my vision. I can focus through either eye at an object at any normal range of distances. I have been tested at 20/20 in one eye and 20/10 in the other, thing is, I cant focus both eyes at a single point at once, hindering reading abilities for example. I can read perfectly from either eye, I just cant read with both at the same time. I was born cross-eyed and had two surgeries at the age of four and five and I wore glasses until I was 12 to correct vision impairments caused by the surgeries. I've looked into Amblyopia but this doesn't seem to properly explain my case as I only get a "lazy" eye while focusing through a single eye . I've also researched Diplopia and although it seems that this could be whats happening, I'm not sure if this is the best explanation for what I'm experiencing. All I'm really looking for are other possibilities of what my condition could be. Any ideas?

[Michael J Kutryb, MD]

Monofixation syndrome.  A stable,microdeviation after strabismus surgery. You don't have true amblyopia in weaker eye, but you have a dominant eye that does 90% of the work especially central vision like for reading, while the weaker eye fills in the peripheral vision and gives a small amount of depth perception.  Even though you have excellent vision you may not have true fusion on worth 4 dot test and may have significantly reduced stereo depth perception and inability to see 3-d movies or stereogram picture books.

MJK MD