EKS Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 My 22 year old son was just prescribed reading glasses with mild magnification as well as prism lenses. He has been wearing drugstore glasses to read for about six months, and I finally convinced him to go the the eye doctor. He said that when the doctor added the prism correction to the magnification while he was in the office it was an amazing difference. Does anyone have any experience with prism lenses? I have to admit, I was surprised when he told me about it. The only experience I have with them is when my friend had to get them because of double vision from cancer mets in her brain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KatieJ Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 My son in law got them last year I think after after several months of double vision. He’s never worn glasses. Eye Dr told him he likely always had double vision, but his brain? ( not sure what he says) was tired and couldn’t deal with it any more. He is in his mid 40s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pawz4me Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 My MIL has them for double vision. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gardenmom5 Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 (edited) I have strabismus. The first time I had prisms in my lenses I could feel my eyes relax. (I was in my late teens) I had previously had headaches all the time, and they made an enormous difference. Edited February 28 by gardenmom5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bambam Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 Both my DH and my MIL have them for strabismus. Recently my DH had surgery to correct the issue, and so far all is good - eyesight aligned correctly, so no need for prisms. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kbutton Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 Has he ever had a developmental vision eval? I think some of the things that prisms are prescribed for can sometimes be helped with vision therapy. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EKS Posted February 28 Author Share Posted February 28 7 minutes ago, kbutton said: Has he ever had a developmental vision eval? I think some of the things that prisms are prescribed for can sometimes be helped with vision therapy. He did VT for over a year when he was 5-6yo. The guy he saw today is a COVD developmental optometrist. We picked him because of that. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EKS Posted February 28 Author Share Posted February 28 2 hours ago, gardenmom5 said: I have strabismus. The first time I had prisms in my lenses I could feel my eyes relax. (I was in my late teens) I had previously had headaches all the time, and they made an enormous difference. Interesting! He said the same thing about relaxing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EKS Posted February 28 Author Share Posted February 28 2 hours ago, KatieJ said: My son in law got them last year I think after after several months of double vision. He’s never worn glasses. Eye Dr told him he likely always had double vision, but his brain? ( not sure what he says) was tired and couldn’t deal with it any more. He is in his mid 40s. That’s interesting. I didn’t realize that the brain could compensate for double vision. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kbutton Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 1 hour ago, EKS said: That’s interesting. I didn’t realize that the brain could compensate for double vision. Brains compensate for all kinds of crazy stuff. Sometimes they do so by turning off vision in one eye though, IIRC. My older son had VT for mild strabismus/convergence issues, and he didn’t see double unless his eyes were really fatigued or an object was coming close to his face. When something got close, like a ball, he would see it in strobe-like images and not know exactly where it was. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura Corin Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 My husband has them for a weird visual effect he was getting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irish Posted February 29 Share Posted February 29 I got them at age 50 and it has made a huge difference! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resilient Posted March 5 Share Posted March 5 My beloved mom got them and it was helpful...except for playing tennis (at 85). The ball was untrackable. I doubt most people face this problem. :0) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spryte Posted March 5 Share Posted March 5 I love mine. However, for me, vision therapy has made an even bigger difference. DS had prisms in 4th grade, the year he did VT, and no longer needs them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EKS Posted March 5 Author Share Posted March 5 1 hour ago, Spryte said: I love mine. However, for me, vision therapy has made an even bigger difference. DS had prisms in 4th grade, the year he did VT, and no longer needs them. Just getting my son to go to the eye doctor was challenging. I'm not sure I could get him to commit to VT. I do think this might explain why he stopped reading for pleasure about 10 years ago. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spryte Posted March 5 Share Posted March 5 (edited) 1 hour ago, EKS said: Just getting my son to go to the eye doctor was challenging. I'm not sure I could get him to commit to VT. I do think this might explain why he stopped reading for pleasure about 10 years ago. Yes, it could definitely be the reason. FWIW, VT for me was not in our budget for many years — about a decade. We did it for DS, and then there were braces and more braces and other uncovered health needs and college. I got by with just prism glasses fine. They made it workable for me. Adding in VT this past year has been wonderful, but prism glasses alone were a huge help. My rambly point is that maybe this is enough for now, and in a few to ten years your DS will be ready for VT. Or maybe doesn’t need it at all! I hope the prisms are a huge help for him! Edited March 5 by Spryte 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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