Gmo Posted March 31, 2012 Report Share Posted March 31, 2012 Does anyone have double vision http://www.medindia.net/patients/patientinfo/images/Double-Vision1.jpg that's the best picture I could find. Idk if it's a symptom of HPPD or not but it's pretty annoying. I got it like 3 months after my depersonalization hit. I told my eye doctor about it but she said she couldn't detect anything wrong with my eyes. I've always had pretty bad eyesight so I'm not sure if this is a symptom of that or my drug use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morbide Posted March 31, 2012 Report Share Posted March 31, 2012 I don't know if it qualifys as double vision but i do really have problems focusing my eyes, they seem to cross each other which does not only give me double vision but it also makes me look like i have a screw loose... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loky Posted April 1, 2012 Report Share Posted April 1, 2012 Yep, I get this.. I notice it in particular when things are up close, such as when I'm talking to people I tend to see two profiles or outlines of their face. I also have problems focusing on things, but I'm not sure if this has something to do with colour as well. For instance, I find it very difficult to look at stripey shirts - my eyes are always shifting around. When I was prescribed risperidone, the double vision became a lot worse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gmo Posted April 1, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 1, 2012 Well it's good to know I'm not the only one. So maybe it has some relation with HPPD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zukov Posted April 1, 2012 Report Share Posted April 1, 2012 yes. look at the moon for example, is not double vision but is something close. In dpselfhelp there's a post about this with pictures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghormeh Sabzi Posted April 1, 2012 Report Share Posted April 1, 2012 Quite a few people experience this. I think people usually call it 'ghosting', because the double image is like a ghost image rather than a true second image. Sometimes I see more than two images / one ghost image. See this thread for pictures, including the one zukov talks about above: http://hppdonline.com/index.php?/topic/675-ghosting-question-about-medications/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
windscar Posted April 2, 2012 Report Share Posted April 2, 2012 I have had lots of double vision lately. It was one of the symptons that got noticiably worse with time. It is not as bad as many there, just some doubled lights, texts when the font is white and the background is back, objects... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VisualDude Posted April 3, 2012 Report Share Posted April 3, 2012 Gmo, that is ghosting Loky, it does seem to be affected by the distance of the object It seems so much like an astimatism - yet that is something an eye doctor can readily identify. Another posibility is 'binocular conversion' problems (which would involve mid-brain dopamine areas). But it really seems to relate to some weird combo with starbursts and positive afterimages. Question to all with this problem: Do you also have starbursts? Do you have any positive afterimaging? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghormeh Sabzi Posted April 3, 2012 Report Share Posted April 3, 2012 Startbursts - yes. Positive afterimaging - yes, but only a very mild case. Rarely do I notice them. I can also see trails (do people with positive afterimages usually have these as well?) but they are so mild that I have to look for them usually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loky Posted April 6, 2012 Report Share Posted April 6, 2012 What are starbursts? I get after-imaging a bit but usually it's nothing too serious, just black/shadowy blotches on my vision which go after a couple of seconds. Once was incredibly scary though: I'd glanced up at a ceiling light for too long, for the next 30-40 mins I had a multi-coloured ring literally burnt into my vision. Even if I closed my eyes it was still there. I literally could hardly see anything apart from this circle. Luckily it went away, but it seriously freaked me out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nepuinthesky Posted April 6, 2012 Report Share Posted April 6, 2012 Here is a link of starbursts pictures, but i wouldnt watch it because i first noticed Halos and starbursts after searching for it. alot of people see it but are so used to it http://www.visionsimulations.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=59&Itemid=152 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
windscar Posted April 23, 2012 Report Share Posted April 23, 2012 Do you also have starbursts? Do you have any positive afterimaging? Yes and yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loky Posted April 23, 2012 Report Share Posted April 23, 2012 Here is a link of starbursts pictures, but i wouldnt watch it because i first noticed Halos and starbursts after searching for it. alot of people see it but are so used to it http://www.visionsim...d=59&Itemid=152 Bit scared to look at the link! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Smith Posted April 24, 2012 Report Share Posted April 24, 2012 Nope not ghosting, I get that too when i smoke sometimes, or when i see things at a certain distance like the blotches on the windshield of my car. I mostly notice it now while watching tv high. It's really hard to focus my eyes, It's different from ghosting because ghosting is vertical, and it seems less eye-brain related than this. This just feels like my brain isnt connecting both eyes properly, while ghosting feels like both eyes are adding more than should be there. Hard to explain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghormeh Sabzi Posted April 24, 2012 Report Share Posted April 24, 2012 Is it present only with both eyes open? I.e. when you close one eye, does it dissapear? If so, sounds like your eyes aren't working properly together, and so your brain isn't connecting the two images together. You can make yourself see double like this if you hold your finger over one eyelid, apply a little pressure and move it about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gmo Posted April 24, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 24, 2012 ^^^^^That's what mine is. I'm pretty sure it's not ghosting cause it's only there when I have both eyes open. It's like I'm seeing both separate images at the same time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nuroeone Posted April 25, 2012 Report Share Posted April 25, 2012 I have ghosting but i also think i have a bit of double vision as well, when i see light reflecting of something there is always to images about a centimetre apart but of the one object. Does anyone here also experience this shit star bursting symptom during the day? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VisualDude Posted April 25, 2012 Report Share Posted April 25, 2012 Double vision is usually the term for 'binocular convergence' problems - two eyes don't position correctly (incorrect triangulation). If you close one eye and see double vision, then it is ghosting. If double vision corrects, then you have binocular convergence issues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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