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'Adjusting' my eyes after waking up (self.Blind)
submitted by sanya4
The moment I wake up, my eyes feel heavy, so I feel I have to widen them in order to make them feel relaxed. But I feel like I cannot do that until minutes later.
I was d/x with vision loss in March 2018 and my glasses were no longer useful about a month ago if that is relevant. My best sight goes from 20/25 to 20/150 though my sight is most often very blurred. I would see clearly for a 1-2 seconds a few times, then lose my sight again. I almost always wake up with blurred vision too. I remember coming up with just pain when the glasses were useful, but now I have a painless feeling that my eyes were not relaxed. I have eye strain as well.
I'm a 22 y/o African American female. Does anyone else have this experience of 'adjusting' their hard-feeling eyes?
I was d/x with vision loss in March 2018 and my glasses were no longer useful about a month ago if that is relevant. My best sight goes from 20/25 to 20/150 though my sight is most often very blurred. I would see clearly for a 1-2 seconds a few times, then lose my sight again. I almost always wake up with blurred vision too. I remember coming up with just pain when the glasses were useful, but now I have a painless feeling that my eyes were not relaxed. I have eye strain as well.
I'm a 22 y/o African American female. Does anyone else have this experience of 'adjusting' their hard-feeling eyes?
KillerLag 2 points 5y ago
Do you know what the cause of your vision loss is? I wonder if it is a muscle thing.
sanya4 [OP] 1 points 5y ago
I have amblyopia in both eyes
SnoobertDoobertDoo 1 points 5y ago
I have vascular issues (among other things) with my retinas.
Sometimes when I get up too fast after waking up, my vision fades in and out going from almost pitch black and then back to my usual level of vision at irregular intervals. I also run into the same problem if I over exert myself when I'm exercising or move too abruptly after resting or sitting for long periods of time.
The things I usually do when this happens are:
1) Pick an object to focus on. I prefer using my hand as a reference point.
2) Blink very slowly.
3) Close my eyes and roll them around a little to stimulate blood flow.
4) gently massage the area around the eye with my finger tips again to stimulate blood flow.
After doing any combination of these things for two minutes or so, my vision goes back to "normal."
Sometimes when I get up too fast after waking up, my vision fades in and out going from almost pitch black and then back to my usual level of vision at irregular intervals. I also run into the same problem if I over exert myself when I'm exercising or move too abruptly after resting or sitting for long periods of time.
The things I usually do when this happens are:
1) Pick an object to focus on. I prefer using my hand as a reference point.
2) Blink very slowly.
3) Close my eyes and roll them around a little to stimulate blood flow.
4) gently massage the area around the eye with my finger tips again to stimulate blood flow.
After doing any combination of these things for two minutes or so, my vision goes back to "normal."
Asajev 1 points 5y ago
Good Afternoon like others I would need a little more information. However I will take a stab in the dark no pun intended. I am an Adaptive Technology Instructor for the Blind. I myself am low vision with a much lower eye acuity. I am going to make an assumption here and say that due to the drastic difference in focal points on each eye your brain has not adjusted to compensate. You are actively attempting to focus how you used to in the past and straining your vision to accomplish it. I am not a medical doctor much less an eye specialist but have you attempted to try to focus with your dominate eye first. Maybe close the weaker of the eyes and try to dail in your focus with it. Then try tthe other one by itself. When you dial in each on its own then try to balance it. If you are not confortable posting your condition or how you became a low vision/blind individual please feel free in PMing me and I can give you ideas how to work around this new stage of your life.
sanya4 [OP] 1 points 5y ago
I wasn't treated for amblyopia in my early childhood, so my vision didn't get better. I had my first glasses at 11 but the blurred vision became prolonged at 21. It all started when I was a young child. I would shift eyes to another object so my vision would be clear. Other times the blurred/double vision would go away. Other times I'd rub my eyes and then shift to another object b/c shifting to that other object didn't 'help'. Lived a w/o glasses at aged 19-20 due to lacking eye insurance. I remember straining in my early teens. Icouldn't strain at all after another eue Dr gave me a dilation, and that's when I learned that straining wasn't beneficial. I was 21. Placing one hand on one eye helps stop my double vision.
Didn't know that Straining triggers migraine, so I'm trying to avoid that. Both of my eyes are amblyopic.
Didn't know that Straining triggers migraine, so I'm trying to avoid that. Both of my eyes are amblyopic.
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