Re: Another question....does anyone have ear/eye issues?

April 25, 2005

What is your night vision like? Can you not see well because of the

glare from headlights? Do you see haloes or starbursts around lights?

Or is it something else entirely? Sue

On Monday, April 25, 2005, at 03:56 PM, tandarat wrote:

> I'm having strange problems with my eyesight. I've had poor night

> vision for quite awhile, and have had glasses for about 9 years,

> now. HOWEVER, when I'm feeling particularly icky, my night vision

> is close to zero (difficulty seeing, plus absolutely no sense of

> perspective...scary when you have to drive). Also, I often have

> trouble focusing, even when I'm wearing my glasses. I get severe

> headaches that start behind my eyes, and often become migraines,

> though not all the time.

April 25, 2005

What is your night vision like? Can you not see well because of the

glare from headlights? Do you see haloes or starbursts around lights?

Or is it something else entirely? Sue

On Monday, April 25, 2005, at 03:56 PM, tandarat wrote:

> I'm having strange problems with my eyesight. I've had poor night

> vision for quite awhile, and have had glasses for about 9 years,

> now. HOWEVER, when I'm feeling particularly icky, my night vision

> is close to zero (difficulty seeing, plus absolutely no sense of

> perspective...scary when you have to drive). Also, I often have

> trouble focusing, even when I'm wearing my glasses. I get severe

> headaches that start behind my eyes, and often become migraines,

> though not all the time.

April 25, 2005

No, not really. It does happen to some extent, but I can usually

blame that on dirty windshield or glasses .

The biggest problem I have is loss of depth perception, and inability

to see things, even if they are illuminated. Some examples: if I am

at an intersection, I can't see the island on the other side of the

intersection; if I'm driving on a road, I have difficulty seeing the

lines on the road until I am right on top of them. If I need to

change lanes, and there is a car next to me or behind a little, not

only do I have trouble figuring out if I have room to move over, I

can't tell if the car is in the lane next to me, or 4 lanes over.

Generally, if I have to drive at night, I try to get a few carlengths

behind another car, and just follow them. For some reason I can see a

*little* better, then (maybe because the light from their breaks are

coming back at me, so it gives me something to focus on when dealing

with depth), and also I can rely on them to see what I can't.

I avoid driving at night whenever possible, but if I start working

again, I'll have to in fall and winter. THAT scares me to death.

>

> > I'm having strange problems with my eyesight. I've had poor night

> > vision for quite awhile, and have had glasses for about 9 years,

> > now. HOWEVER, when I'm feeling particularly icky, my night vision

> > is close to zero (difficulty seeing, plus absolutely no sense of

> > perspective...scary when you have to drive). Also, I often have

> > trouble focusing, even when I'm wearing my glasses. I get severe

> > headaches that start behind my eyes, and often become migraines,

> > though not all the time.

April 25, 2005