Monocular double vision... for reals!

[jensequitur]

Man, this is driving me crazy.  So I've been wearing glasses for six months because I couldn't afford contacts, and every time I wore contacts, my right eye would see double.  I thought it was just the contacts.  

I went and got more contacts, and talked to the optometrist, and he said that if I'm seeing a clear doubling of the image, then it's not the contacts, it's my eye.  And it's definitely double - two clearly defined images of the same thing.

This morning I was having the same problem without the contacts - the right eye was seeing double.  Granted, it's hard to tell, because my eyesight's so terrible!  But it was definitely double - albeit fuzzy - in the right eye.

According to Wikipedia, monocular double vision is rare, but possible.  It takes a lesion in the visual cortex to cause this problem.  I'm just looking for solutions... are there any?

[jensequitur]

I think you're right - I'll follow up with the neuro next week.  Maybe I can see a neuro-opthamologist, and really track down whether this is my brain or just my eyes.

[michelleric]

Prisms only help with Binocular Double vision.  I really would recommend you see an ophthalmologist.  You will get more answers than from an Optometrist.

Michelle

[jensequitur]

I've been wondering about that myself - if it were doubled all the time, I'd go for it.  

It's definitely a 'double' image in the right eye.  I do a lot of closeup computer work, and the image is actually clearly doubled, and very clear in both copies.

[MarksMS]

I'm not sure this applies to the OP, I post in case it is helpful to medworld's readers.

My wife has double vision, her eye muscles are not synchronized, the problem has grown worse with time, the further away an object is the more noticeable the problem. This problem has gotten worse with age.

She saw a very good eye surgeon recently, he prescribed new lenses with Prism in both horizontal and vertical axes. The alternative is surgery, he doesn't want to do it unless the new glasses don't work. We'll know in about a week.

[jensequitur]

Hmmm... these are Acuvue Clear, I think.  The writeup says they're full of water, so they allow oxygen to pass through the lens.

[michelleric]

Do u wear Gas Permeable lenses or soft?