I've looked everywhere online and haven't found a single thing about these incidents/episodes with my vision. FYI - I have astigmatism in both eyes, nearsighted, migraines with aura, and that's all I can think of that would be related to why this happened. I am 31 years old, female.
About four weeks ago (3/28/09), suddenly my vision went cross-eyed. But I was not intentionally crossing my eyes. It felt the same as if I were intentionally crossing my eyes, but I could not control my eye movement at all. It lasted about 45 seconds or so. Then my vision went back to normal. I felt the slightest bit dizzy (not even 10 minutes), and my eyes felt strained (for about an hour) afterward, but I was not in any pain, and my eyes did not hurt. I did nothing about it at the time, because I figured it was nothing to worry about.
This happened a second time two days ago (4/20/09), exactly the same except it lasted only about 30 seconds. And the same feeling...slightly dizzy (about 5 minutes), and eye strain (about an hour) afterward. None of the same circumstances were present from the first time it happened. Just out of the blue, sudden cross-eyed vision.
I immediately looked online to see who I should call/see (ophthalmologist or neurologist?) & made an appointment with an ophthalmologist. My appointment was this morning. My eye exams were all normal...nothing out of the ordinary. She set me up with a blood test for possible myasthenia gravis, but she says it's most likely not the issue. She said she wasn't really sure what to tell me because she had never really heard of this before.
She told me that the next time it happens to cover up one of my eyes to see if I can see clearly. She also said it could possibly be a TIA, but I am not in the right age group. My main concern is if it happens while I'm driving, as it could be very dangerous!
Any ideas? Explanations? Suggestions? Thank you!