#bvds

[whosagodnow]

[coloradotightywhities]

Classic 90s BVDs for this Saturday

[wewerealwaysthere]

[korotkoworld]

Finally got me a six-pack

[thebibliosphere]

I'm getting a backup pair of glasses made using an old set of frames I found in my desk drawer, and out of curiosity, I took off my current prescription and tried the old one. And man, those prisms really do so much heavy lifting.

The plain RX is fundamentally the same, but without the micro prisms to treat the BDV (binocular vision disorder), my vision skittered off, and took my balance with it. I almost fell over while standing perfectly still.

Just looking at past me like, damn, you lived like this?

[shamelesslymkp]

I don't think I posted about it here, but @thebibliosphere posted about binocular vision dysfunction again a few weeks ago and I decided on a whim to see if there were any specialists closer to me than the last time I checked a couple of years ago (at that time, closest evaluations were 3+ hour drives) and there IS and I had an appointment on the 21st to get evaluated and holy shit you guys.

My eyes are still definitely nearsighted and have astigmatisms, and the visual snow syndrome complicates matters, but there's also something really going on with how my eyes work together. Individually, each eye works fine (with the above caveats and corrective lenses), but when I try to use them at the same time they don't actually look at the same thing and my brain has to compensate for the difference.

This is how the doctor explained it:

My left eye is actually looking at a spot different than my right eye (left eye looks at the blue hollow star; right eye looks at the red hollow star) and then my brain compensates and comes up with the one image (purple filled-in star).

which isn't a lot of work for my brain and eyes to be doing! except it's doing it constantly. and has been doing it constantly for all of my waking 34 years of life, which is why the symptoms (vertigo, balance issues, tilted head, sudden unfocusing/focusing of eyes, closing one eye to read, etc.) have gotten so much worse over the last decade.

so the way they address binocular vision dysfunction is with prisms. micro-prisms, really. they aren't doing anything to my eyes or my brain, they're literally interfering with and adjusting the image my eyes are looking at before they ever get to my brain at all.

see?

AND I CAN WALK IN A STRAIGHT LINE WITHOUT THINKING ABOUT IT. MY HEAD IS UPRIGHT WITHOUT THINKING ABOUT IT. LIKE. HOLY SHIT. ALL OF YOU PEOPLE LIVE LIKE THIS. ALL OF THE TIME. WHY DID NO ONE EVER TELL ME.

[b1gbang]

favorite football friendships  ― Erling X Jude

[ging-ler]

better call em NSYNC because they're bi bi bi (ib?)

[edwynner]

[its-ticsticstics]

my son is nearly 5 months old and today im going shopping with him for the first time.. ever.

between my visual impairment and tourettes, going out in public is incredibly difficult/terrifying but. im going to do it today.

i have to, this little guy deserves a parent who will push through anything hard for them. i got this.

[seraphic-sapphic-safehaven]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, BISEXUALS AND BIROMANTICS!!

[whosagodnow]

[coloradotightywhities]

Gray BVDs for this lovely Sunday

[futestuff]

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[thebibliosphere]

Hi Joy! As like, the only person I know who is full of knowledge about both migranes and eyeballs I was wondering if you knew anything about like, migranes caused by weather pressure systems changing your perscription? It's been snowing here and the weather itself seems to be fine but trying to see, both through glasses or contacts, is just enough off that it's causing me massive migranes :/ Do you know how to stop it? or how to succinctly bring it up to my Eye Dr? Thanks, and wishing you drawers full of spoons!

This is something you'd benefit from bringing up with both your eye dr and also neurologist because it's possible you're having vestibular migraines. It's not uncommon for vestibular migraines to mimic the same visual problems as binocular vision disorder. Sometimes the vision going wonky is your warning sign.

So you might benefit from talking to your eye doctor about BVD and asking for a thorough screening (note: I do not have typical BVD, and I do not have blurry vision all the time. That's why my case was found by a neuro-ophthalmologist instead of a regular eye doctor.) but I'd also urge you to see a neurologist to get that checked out and make sure it's not something else.

Best of luck. I hope you find respite soon.

[iwasraisedfromperdition]

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