Does anyone else have such a contrast in vision? If so, do you feel "off balance" at times or tired? I don't know how long I have had this as I thought my vision was normal until I had a routine check at the eye doctor and when I covered one eye, I freaked out because I couldn't see that well out of the other!! Anyway, I have allergies too and I just don't know if my off balance feeling can be from my eyes or not.

Does anyone else have such a contrast in vision? If so, do you feel "off balance" at times or tired? I don't know how long I have had this as I thought my vision was normal until I had a routine check at the eye doctor and when I covered one eye, I freaked out because I couldn't see that well out of the other!! Anyway, I have allergies too and I just don't know if my off balance feeling can be from my eyes or not.Wow. 20/20 and 2400/20 is a very large contrast.

However, I know someone whom has one better eye than the other-- what he has are glasses where one of the lens is perscribed and the other is transparent with no prescription.

Does he ever feel off balanced or tired??

Does he ever feel off balanced or tired??Without glasses, yes. And there's no surprise there considering his eyesight isn't 'balanced' to begin with..
With them on, however, he has 'perfect' vision and experiences no problems.

Is there a reason why the vision in one eye is so much worse than the other?

While my vision isn't quite this different between eyes I do have one that is weaker than the other and getting weaker. The reason for me is that in my right eye I am short sighted but in my left I have an astigmatism. My right eye is always changing but my left seems to have stopped.

Your best bet would be to check with your optomotrist. I know many peole who wear only one contact lens for some reason and that may be a good solution for you. I wear Ortho-K lens overnight and sometimes my eyes don't come out perfect in the morning for one reason or another and I would have that off balence feeling. Things definitly look weird and depth perception is also affected, but I haven't taken note of tiredness.

They just said that my cornea is in the shape of a football instead of being round. It's a bad asigmatism.

OK, I was concerned that you might have somethnig called Keratoconus, which is a condition where the cornea changes shape and causes blindness. It could certainly account for a severe siddrence in vision like that.

Would Keratoconus be the same as astigmatism? Are doctors familar with that? What testing do they do to determine that is the case as opposed to astigmatism? Now I am worried!!!!

It sounds like you have ambyopia in the eye with visual acuity (VS) of 2400. Amblyopia is also referred to as lazy eye.

Depth perception would be affected.

Wow! Were you ever told that it could be corrected? I have been told that since there is such a contrast in my vision and it has been that way for so long (they think) that if they were to correct the bad eye then my vision would REALLY be off causing much more problems. Do you find that when you turn your head or look at things in a row too fast that your vision doesn't quite keep up with it? When do you feel light headed? This stinks! I am 40 years old and hate the thought of how this is going to affect me as I get older. Pretty scarey!

I have keratoconus and first of all it does not cause you to go blind!

It does cause your cornea to change shape therefore it is a bit more troublesome when getting correct prescription for glasses/ contact lens.

I have very different vision in my two eyes my left is perfect and my right is shocking - completely blurred. I found that before I got glasses I would get eye strain alot from the mismatch.

I cant really say about the balance issue. Shortly after my vision worsened I got vestibular labrynthitis which affects balance, dizziness etc so I don't know what exactly causes my imbalance and dizziness.

If I was you I would get checked out by opthomologist. Most normal optometrists will not be able to diagnose keratoconus. It is definately a specialisation.

Good luck!

Thank you so much!!!!!

http://www.kcenter.org/

Wow! Were you ever told that it could be corrected? I have been told that since there is such a contrast in my vision and it has been that way for so long (they think) that if they were to correct the bad eye then my vision would REALLY be off causing much more problems. Do you find that when you turn your head or look at things in a row too fast that your vision doesn't quite keep up with it? When do you feel light headed? This stinks! I am 40 years old and hate the thought of how this is going to affect me as I get older. Pretty scarey!

With regards to your question about correction, I was told that it was not possible since I am at an adult age. Once the optic nerve becomes--lets say "lazy"--there isn't any way to get it to function. It is not working with the brain and a lens would only cause confusion. Once it gets past a point in age there's no reversal. There's research going on for correction for children.

Torre,

VERY interesting! Thanks!