(much not inclded fromprevious post describing eye focusing problem and
2 doctor visits)
>Is your eye care professional an optometrist or an opthalmologist?
>Does that person test you for glaucoma by checking our intra-ocular pressure?
The first doc was an optometrist. He checked eye pressure with the "puff of air machine method".
The second do was an ophthalmologist (medical doctor who does eye surgery and the whole bit). She checked eye pressure with the "little machine that actually
touches your eye method". Both agreed in EVERY particular of their findings. I'm a little farsighted, will need glasses at any minute. The opthalomo says
the right eye is slightly (.5 in whatever scale they use) more farsignted than
the left. They also dialated the eye and did a full perferial vision test.
Big computer and minature planaterium where they flash lights and you have to
hit a button when you see it. I think it may tend to give audible clues to
when it is flashing light or it could probably be learned after a few tests.
I did not include any of this detail originallly because I wasn't it would be
of interest. I am most appreciateve of the replys so far. I can only observethat while their findings make sense to me, they cannot explain my symptoms. Itdefinitely seemed to me that anything outside their "standard" approach of glasses and surgery was just not documented and no good (I asked about exercises, diet to ward off glasses etc.--universaly said they won't help).
Caffeine and stress could be related to this. I drink a lot of coffee, 2-10 cups/day and was under a lot of school related stress and doing a lot of reading
at the second incident. The first I know stress was not an issue.
