Hello I am a 23 yr old female and I finally decided to poke around and see if I could figure out if what I can do with my eyes is natural. A little history. I was born with a "lazy eye" as they call it. When I was little 45 and 6 yrs old I wore bifocals and from time to time I had to wear a patch. I do remeber wearing the patch on my right eye which leads me to believe my left eye was the "lazy" one. But now a days when Im tired or on my one I can cross my left eye while leaving my left one straight. But what I ponder is...I can blur my eyes on command. It's not something that happens on it's own. it's something I can make happen. Very simple...clear blurry clear blurry clear. just a quick as you can read this I can blur and clear my eyes (blurry to the point that I can't read 2 inch type 6ft away). I've been able to do this ever since I was a little girl but never mentioned it because I assumed it was normal. I also do not have to wear correctine lenses anymore I haven't had to since I was 6 yrs old and I had a minor eye exam roughly 2 weeks ago and I can read very very small type. Oh but I don't have any depth perception. Could someone please tell me if it's a condition a natural thing in some people and maybe a name for it? I would greatly appreciate it.
2014-12-26 10:38:23
This is called accommodation. You are constricted and relaxing your ciliary muscle and changing the shape of the crystaline lens and changing the vision. It is usually done to see up close but in your case you can probably reduce your hyperopia and vision until you stop accommodating and vision blurrs. This may be a sign that you need glasses or just that you have great accommodative ability. A refraction with cyclogyl drops with an ophthalmologist would completely clear up the question of what is going on.
2014-12-26 10:39:02
