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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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  • I've been 6 times in the last 10 months.

    Seems I have CSR, which is highly correlated with stress, wet age-related macular degeneration (AMD), possibly some dry AMD.

    The wet AMD require injections onto your eye. It is not nice.

    The eye exams require dilating your pupils which stings. Then they scan and take pictures of you retina. It is blinding and I can't see for 30 seconds or so.

    They then use the slit lamp with a prism. I ask them to turn it down, but it is still blinding. I can't see after that either for 30 seconds or so.

    When the inject my eye I see the fluid and air bubbles. I then get a white out and it aches a lot. The last visit I told them it was a problem and the stress I guess is spiking my eye pressure way too high, 2.5 times higher, which presses the optic nerve, like with glaucoma. So for future ones I will have something (beta blocker) to lower eye pressure first.

    When I come out, it is always a sunny day and I can barely see. You can't drive so I have to walk around and get the bus. It is not easy.

    Anyway, the first time I dissociated, the second I cried, the the next two were a lot of aching for 3-4 days. The last one where the pressure was stabilised removed the ache.

    So I know well how horrible the damn light in your eye is. I hate it. There is no way round it. You can ask them to turn down the brightness a bit, but it does not make that much difference.

    The eye puff things are more gentle than they used to be. It is the anticipation that makes it hard. If they do it quickly it is not too bad. If your eyes are not dry it is easier too.

  • in reply to Stuart333

    That’s rough Stuart. I hope your condition is controlled. 

    It’s highlighted one of the reasons why I should attend eyesight examinations regularly.

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