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Optical Elusion

ArchaeC

Having procrastinated for over a year in arranging an overdue eyesight test at the opticians, a recent visit left me shaking.

I sat on the chair and positioned my head on the chin rest of the autorefractor. The optometrist shone a light in my eye and peered at it from point blank range. At this point my head started trembling.

This has happened to me every time I go for an eye examination, yet my body and arms remain steady which is strange.

Do other people find eyesight tests difficult?

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  • Suggest that you might ask your optometrist about this  

    A quick AI search suggests this could be a reflex response to the stress of that sort of examination and also possibly a symptom of an "underlying condition".

    As you understandably don't mention any particular condition you have I am most inclined to suggest that you talk to the specialist as well as the good people here :-)

    Thanks for introducing me to a topic I had never heard of before!

    Best wishes :-)

  • in reply to Phased

    Thank you for the information  . I’ll mention it when I’m back next week, although I usually try to hide the issue. 

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  • in reply to ArchaeC

    hmmm... not sure if they had family in the same line!...I would put that statement in the "did I just say that out loud" category of my own experience! hehe

  • in reply to Phased
    Phased said:
    the importance of developing a trusting relationship over time with,say, a GP or optometrist for that matter is so important

    I agree with you Phased. It’s good that you and other autistic professionals can be in a position to highlight these things. 

    My GP is nice and we have a good relationship, but he isn’t always available. Healthcare is disjointed here and patients with chronic conditions don’t get consistent care. I’ve been seeing the same dentist and optometrist for many years so that’s helpful. 

    Phased said:
    "trust me I'm a doctor".  Hehe, although I seem to remember a snake in Disney's version of the jungle book saying a similar sort of thing...

    Uff! Years ago, my old GP at the time was the spitting image of a doctor in England who made news headlines because he murdered rich old people to get their money. He even had the same mannerisms and the beard! 

  • in reply to ArchaeC

    That's something I suspect that perhaps might not be taught enough to healthcare professionals.about people.   For this reason the importance of developing a trusting relationship over time with,say, a GP or optometrist for that matter is so important.  Before days of widely and highly publicised cases of medical malpractice it was commonly said "trust me I'm a doctor".  Hehe, although I seem to remember a snake in Disney's version of the jungle book saying a similar sort of thing...

  • in reply to Phased

    Haha! My preference is to disclose as little as possible to health professionals. It’s irrational, yet I can’t get round the feeling that my body and/or mental state is being invaded and it makes me feel peculiar in an unpleasant way. I think there’s an element of fear of being judged too. 

  • in reply to ArchaeC

    Jolly good :-)  Your response interests - I've spent a lot of time in health care myself and despite that I also am wary of being open when having a health consultation.  Weird isn't it!  Thing is they're all bound by confidentiality and heck we're going there to potentially be helped.  Maybe we can't get over the idea that even professionals will judge us?  Social convention is a funny old thing hey!