Here’s an interesting news item. Is anyone reading this that has used it? An article entitled Treatment seems to Help Adults With Lazy Eye published at Forbes says a “new treatment developed by the University of Southern California (USC) and three Chinese universities” may help adults with amblyopia.
The article goes on to say, “The new treatment involves training the patients to detect a small gabor, a set of contrasting ovals.” An average of 70% improvement in vision of adults with amblyopia was reported, with no improvement in those without amblyopia.
Especially interesting is that info says it may be developed as a home training program. Of course there is the issue of how much it will cost and if insurance will cover it. I’m sure the bottom line for each will be, will it work for me?
Just a quick update… been on prozac 20mg daily for about 2 weeks now (for depression), and it’s been much easier to keep both eyes focused together. There is some slight double-vision, so it’s not 100%.
just an update… its been a little over 2 weeks on 20mg prozac and the initial “high” has wore off. focusing w/ both eyes is a little more difficult, and possibly back to its previous state before the meds. an increase in dosage might help but i have little faith.
Hi, I live in the washington dc area and am 25 yrs old. I have both amblyopia and a slight eye turn in my right eye. I know how to manipulate my eyes to look straight however this gives me double vision. Believe it or not, I just started wearing glasses this summer. I’m sure I’ve done a lot of damage to my eyes by not wearing glasses all these years. Anyways, I’m really interested in doing vision therapy and possible surgery to straighten my right eye. Although friends say my eye turn is not noticeable, I seem to notice it a lot and am so self conscious about it that I really need to take action. If anyone has any referrals for the dc area, I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks!
In december 2010 I found a new article about treating amblyopia with the following conclusions:
“45 children in the patch group had their stronger eye patched for two hours per day and were instructed to do activities such as reading and typing, which helps to strengthen near vision in the weaker eye.
After 15 weeks of both therapies, vision clarity improved in more than 66 percent of the patch group and more than 75 percent of the acupuncture group. Lazy eye was declared resolved in 41.5 percent of the acupuncture group and in 16.7 percent of the patched eye group, according to the study.
“The findings from this report indicate that the treatment effect of acupuncture for [lazy eye] is equivalent to the treatment effect of patching,” the authors write in their conclusion. They also note that their study group included only patients with a specific type of lazy eye, and follow-up time was limited. They also note that acupuncture “is a very complicated system of therapy. Differences exist among acupuncturists, and there are divergent manipulation modes, stimulation parameters, treatment styles, and subjective sensations evoked by acupuncture stimulation.” They conclude that larger, multifaceted, multicenter studies are warranted to bolster their findings.”
Does somebody try this type of treatment? Sounds promising…
hi everyone,
im 35 years old and have an amblyopia on my right eye. my vision is 20/350. they said that my condition cannot be cured anymore because of my age. my parents were not able to detect my problem in my eyes when i was young maybe due to lack of knowledge about my condition. my right eye hurts at times (is that normal) and i also feel nauseous. i have difficulty with depth and perception and find it hard to drive or even walk at night. it’s great that there are sites that educate us on our condition. hope i can decipher 3d images in the future=)
Greetings to all.
I was extremely pleased to find this forum, and it is great to hear the optimism of so many sufferers. I am male, 72 years old and suffer from amblyopia in my left eye. My problem was caused by an accident to my left eye which left considerable scarring on my cornea. I managed to obtain a corneal graft, but the essential covering during recuperation caused the eye to stop focussing. I am therefor left with one functioning eye. Needless to say, I was told that I was too old for treatment, and even current vision therapy practitioners limit the age to 55yrs. I fail to see the significance of the number of years you have survived. Surely it is more to do with your attitude, and the willingness to perservere with the treatment. I have read that Virtual Reality computer games can help, and intend to try that approach. I will of course keep you up to date with the results.
I must also confess that even if the vision therapy practitioners would accept me, I would not be able to afford the fees, since I am living on a State Pension.
Keep up the good work – you’ve certainly given me hope.
Dave, I was 59 when I started Vision Therapy. Get another opinion from a COVD doctor:
http://www.covd.org/
I do understand the “affording it” problem. I was still working when I did Vision Therapy, but my insurance didn’t cover it. Now I am now on disability fixed income (not because of strabismus), and I certainly couldn’t afford office therapy sessions now. Many VT doctors provide computerized VT which you do from home, with only periodic followups in the office. The doctor can even get your computer uploaded VT report each day and send a reply to you with comments. You might want to check into that.
Best to you, regardless of which route you take!
Lois
Hello friends,
my name is jatin and i am 23 of age. i found during an medical examination in the paramilitary recruitment process that i have some problem in the left eye as it is 6/18(indian standard) . so i checked from doctor and he told me that i have Amblyopia. And in addition to this he said nothing can be done now as i am overage for the treatment. Kindly help me in this matter as i want to join the Army…
Thanks & Regards
Jatin
hi friends,,
em haanah..i am also amblyopic patient…at tha age of 18 i was told that am amblyopic pt during the recruiting process of army..
as my right was effectd by 6/36 pakistani standrd…my doctor told me that it could not be treated..but i did several exercises and i improve my site upto 6/18….
Hello mates.
After long reasearch I found the most suitable “treatment”:
It’s a prosthetic contact lens that hide the squit. It’s not noticeable and the symmetry of the eyes is fantastic.
A normal person will not notice at all.
Wish you all best!!!
http://special-eyes.com/news.html
I have amlyopia in my left eye. Vision has been measured at 20/80, but I think it’s more 20/100. Vision in right eye with glasses is 20/20. I’m 60 years old and I’ve had this all my life. I was patched as a child and had surgery on left eye to straighten it. I remember going to the eye doctor and doing exercises, prisms, etc. but after entering first grade I think everything was stopped.
I now have a cataract on my good eye. I’m scared to death. Has anyone with amlyopia and my age had cataracts removed from their good eye? Have the results been good?
Lois, I would love to talk to you. I’m 60, and I’ve had amlyopia since childhood. I have a cataract on my good eye–although not to the point that it has to be removed, but at some point it will. I’m so scared and I’ve read that nothing can be done for the weak eye past a certain age. Has vision therapy helped your weak eye? What is your vision in your weak eye? Thanks so much.
David,
I recently turned 33 and had a long history of problems with my left eye. A strabismus surgeon has seen me a couple times now to take measurements for surgery. I’m wondering if you could share your experience with me on treatment you’ve re dived sine this post.
I only ask because the surgeon warned me that the surgery may actually make my double vision worse if my brain can’t reconcile the two images.
Thanks,
Mike
Hi Jan,
I don’t have amblyopia. My strabismus is alternating intermittent. I have difficulty with double vision and focusing. Like you, I have cataracts not ready to be removed yet.
I had my first surgery at age 58, and another at age 59. I did my first VT at age 58 and did it for a couple years regularly. I still do some at home now. Both of these helped some but I still have difficulty keeping a focus.
Certainly VT is worth a try for you at any age. Susan Barry was older when she did VT and had very successful results. Talk to a COVD doctor and see it it will be helpful for you.
Many people who use this website, and also in our Eyes Apart Support group at Yahoo do have amblyopia. You may want to ask questions from some who post about their amblyopia or join our Yahoo group and ask there.
Best to you,
Lois
Hi my names stephen….I was attacked by a dog when i was 4 leaving the lid of my eye scarred as well as the nerves in my forehead thus dropping the lid over my eye. I was unable to open my eye for at least 2 years and whe i did it was painful for me to try and use it to try and prevent amblopia. But now that Im 19 and im trying to start a career in truck driving i cannot get a cdl license with my right eye being somewhere around 20/200…it needs to be 20/40. i know thats a far reach but is it at all possible for me to correct my vision to atleast 20/70 and then where corrective lenses…Please help me if nothing else i just want to be able to see with two eyes again…i dont even remember what it looks like to see out of both…thank you so much
Thank you, Lois. I will check out the support group and I have an eye appt in a few weeks. I’m going to discuss with the dr. Every doctor I’ve seen has said nothing can be done with amlyopia after a certain age.
I just read an article about rTMS treatment that has shown some positive results but only temporary. Dr. Benjamin Thompson of McGill Vision Research unit did the study. I’d like to know more about it. Anyone heard of this?
Hi I am a 17-year old female. It was confirmed that my right eye is amblyopic when I was 13 years old. I used to wear contact lens on my right eye until last year. My optician had told me that there was no need of wearing lens because that wouldn’t help. Is this going to affect my amblyopia? He had also told me that the vision in my amblyopic eye is going to remain stable for the rest of my life. Is that true? I am so confused now. I don’t know anyone else who has amblyopia and was pleased to see that I am not the only one who is suffering from it. I always thought that it will not affect my eyesight until my left eye has perfect vision but after going through this thread, I am really worried.
Hi All,
I’ve been suffering the same as most people and my left eye is very weak.
I’ve done hours and hours of research and I’ve found out a few interesting things.
The most interesting and helpful thing is that usually the problem is with the brain, not the eye. New research suggest that you can train your brain to improve the vision in your bad eye and that the ‘critical’ stage 0-6 years old is a load of old tosh. I don’t know if this is true and so I’m going to try and find out for myself.
For the past week or so I have patched my good eye for 2 hours a night out of sheer curiosity, in the hope that my left eye will work. I realise that most opticians will tell you not to do this, but they’ve all been a bit patronising, dismissive and don’t even seem to know what they’re talking about anyway, so I figure I can’t do anymore harm).
I really have noticed a marked improvement, although I don’t know whether this will be permanent or temporary.
The general feeling from most researchers is that you have to try really hard and for a long time and practise exercises, so I’m going to do this and see what happens.
Someone’s got to do it!
If anyone is interested in seeing what happens then feel free to mail me. I’m more than willing to share my results.
toxicorang3@gmail.com
Leon, you are correct that there is a connection between the brain and vision/fusion. There are two schools of thought on this, however. Eye muscle surgeons (Doctors of Ophthalmology) generally feel surgery is the best treatment. Doctors who specialize in Developmental Optometry, on the other hand, usually recommend vision therapy (supervised eye exercises). Self-treatment can often do more home than good. My recommendation is that you find a Developmental (Behavioral) Optometrist and get an evaluation. Go to http://www.covd.org and click ‘Locate a doctor’ at the top right corner of that page to find a Developmental Optometrist near you.
You may be interested in Susan Barry’s book for a very encouraging success story with Vision Therapy:
Fixing My Gaze: A Scientist’s Journey Into Seeing in Three Dimensions
Can you update us on your progress here in the comments? But please don’t try this on your own without at least getting an evaluation from a qualified Developmental Optometrist who can teach you the proper exercises for you.
Lois
ASALAAM ALIKUM good morning i m frm afghanistan and i hav ambyopia (right eye) and i m not known since when this disease got me i m male 19 years old kindly anyone having experiences share me @ SAEED.KHAN@EMAIL.COM i hav nthng done my eye and one think more will it also offend the other eye
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I’m a 26 male with 20/400 in my left eye. I patched for 5 years between 3 and 8-years-old.
Anybody heard of stem cell treatment? Does it exist for this condition? Heck, I’d be willing to guinea-pig my eye. It’s not doing anything anyway. Any optic surgeons want to poke around?
caseyjamesisajerk@hotmail.com
Hi I had a “squint” turn in the eye/ Lazy Eye when I was younger and after unsucessful patching had the turn corrected when I was 13. I’m now 30 and the sight in my “lazy eye” is deteriorating badly. Support from orthoptics wained after my surgery to correct the turn in my eye but my eyesite problem was never adressed.
I have been having regular migraines on the side of my lazy eye. And at the weekened after discussion with my partner about my inability to appreciate or see in 3d, e.g films etc. I have realised that I am infact missing the function of my eye significantly
I’m going to my GP this afternoon to ask for referral back to the orthoptists to see if there is any option to me, doubting it though having read through this board.
Michelle , UK
<Michelle
How did you get on with the GP? I had eye surgery as a child for a detached retina, and years later developed a cataract in that eye, which I believe is common after having a procedure such as surgery. I also found my sight deteriorating as a result of this, and because I couldn't see hardly at all out of that eye, it started turning out. I had the cataract removed couple of years ago and just 6 weeks ago had surgery to correct the misalignment of my eye and straighten it up. Eyesight is so precious, I am sure there is something that can help you.
I’ve procrastinated for quite some time about whether I should post on this forum again. The last time I did I stated that I was going to try patching in order to see if this would make a difference to my left eye, which is slightly squinty. I’ve received quite a few responses to this and I’d like to thank everyone for their enquiries, advice and concern.
The reason that I was hesitant to re- post is because I don’t want to ruffle anyone’s feathers, as most people have advised me against it. I’m a very experimental person and have a ‘try everything once’ mentality. Some people may see this as reckless, but I firmly believe that you should test your capabilities, especially where your body is concerned. Having said this- I don’t want to encourage anyone else to take matters in to there own hands like I have. I’m aware that there are certain risks involved, but I’m willing to take those risks. That’s not to say that I think other people should do it. Professionals know a lot more than me, so I’d advise people to see professionals.
I’ve since done a lot more research in to eyesight, especially in the vision therapy field and have used quite a lot of techniques to exercise my vision (including occasional patching). You’d be surprised at how much material and techniques are available online. Most of the techniques don’t include patching and encourage the use of both eyes at once, so rest assured that I haven’t just plonked a patch over my eye and hoped for the best because this certainly isn’t the case.
The exercises I have practiced are-
Swinging, Tromboning/ Tracking, Palming, Sunning, Brock String, Hart Chart, Lifesavers, Saccades, Marsden Ball/ Bunting, Letter Pyramids…There’s too many to mention.
I’ve definitely noticed a vast improvement in my left eye and it is much more responsive. The main benefits I have experienced are-
-My left eye actually opens of its own accord and I’m able to centrally fixate. My eye isn’t drifting as much as it did
-I’m much more aware of the eyesight in my left eye. The peripheral vision is actually there now and I’m able to move my left eye with much more ease (before- I used to ignore most things to my left).
-I did experience slight double vision at first, but convergence and central fixation exercises have sorted this.
The next step is to seek support from a professional vision therapist, but this is difficult due to my location, finance and time constraints (I work fulltime and me and my partner own a small business). I can appreciate that this should have been my first step, but I wanted to see if any of these methods hold water first and the answer is yes- they do!
I wish all the people on this forum good luck with their journeys and hope that you all achieve success in improving your vision.
Don’t just give up and don’t take no for an answer!
Toxicorang3@gmail.com
Can you elaborate on what exercises did you do?
Thank you
hannah,Can you elaborate on what exercises did you do?
Thank you
Hello, I’m 23 and a doctor noticed I had such a problem (including strabysmus) when I was very young, so I had my eye patched till I was 14 and used glasses as well. It seemed to be fine till lately, when I was about 22, my once-lazy-eye seems to be getting lazy again.
But everywhere I read about it, they say it should have been cured when I was a child since I had all the necessary treatment. Why is it coming back now?
Patching it again will work?
Hello, i’m 24 years old, and i have amblyopia. I recently started to search for treatment, i realy want to try excercise for my lazy eye, maybe i still can make it see better. Maybe someone, can e-mail me software or research in Europe , becouse i live in Latvia, and 3 doctors have told me already that amblyopia in not curable, i realy can’t believe that.
I don’t want to believe that my lazy eye will stand in a way to have a carrier or something even better. Please e-mail me : o.grundans@inbox.lv
With hope 0lly
Hi Victor, did RevitalVision make any difference?
25 Amblyopia/strabismus since birth. Patching regime as a child as well as surgery to correct strabismus.
Like Leon Brett, I did my own regime (exercises, patching my good eye while reading and practiced focusing, tracking etc.). And I have noticed considerable improvements: I am less sensitive to light, which means my eyelid is now opening fully, my eye now rarely wanders and though not perfect my eyes tracks considerably better. Also, i found that before if i used my bad eye too long, it would literally shut off; it would slowly fade to black, which simply does not happen anymore. Note, that my vision still isn’t great, it’s something like 20/100 in my bad eye, but it is definitely less noticeable that I have amblyopia; so much so that my mom and family doctor thought it had gone away.
Leon, May I ask how old you are? And what exercise program you are using? Is this program a home program? I would really like to hear from you. My email address is rtcfritz@yahoo.com
Thanks Much
Robert
Hi,
I am 25 years old and I think I have amblyopia. I live in an isolated city in Australia where there is one opthalmologist. I have been seeing him since I was a baby and no one has ever explained to me what exactly is wrong with my left eye. I cannot see out of it – only partial blurry vision that I cannot verbally explain. I have an artificial lens in that eye because of a cataract that was not detected until I was a teenager and was removed when I was 14. They patched my eye as a young child and I wore glasses – but I don’t know for how long. I was also born with a squint (I was very cross eyed) and had surgery as a baby -which apparantly went wrong – although I do not know for sure. I am so confused. I have had laser surgery on my left eye numerous times but I do not feel this has made any difference. Through my own research online I discovered amblyopia and have decided this must be what I have. I am literally in tears having read all of your posts – I feel so alone and have no one to talk to who understands. I am grateful for the vision I do have – I know it would be worse to be totally blind but I would give just about anything to be able to see normally. I would love to find someone who I could just talk to about it. Maybe get some advice, because I just don’t know what to do…. or where to start.
Mel
Hello,
I am 28 year old, female that is trying to get more answers about my eyes. I was born with a lazy eye, which my parents went ahead and got surgery done on it. This from my understanding was tieing the muscle in my right eye. As I grew the muscle did not and pulled my eye to the outside right corner. This caused my brain to hard wire seeing to images instead of one. I know that I have strabismus, and amblyopia. But I am not sure how I can fix it. I would greatly appreciate any advice, I am now taking the care of myself into my own hands, due to my siblings not getting anywhere with their advice. I have searched high and low and am not really sure where to go to find out more about my condition or even who I should go see for possible treatment. I thank you all for listening and hope that I may get some needed advice on how to begin my journey.
Thanks
Hi, i had a brain aneurysm last Sep which left me with a squint on my right eye and partial blindness in my left eye. I m very depressed initially but came to accept fate after realising that i m lucky to be able to still see my loved ones. Life is not so bad after all
I myself also am suffering from amblyopia in my Left eye, is it a coinsidence that alot of the people suffering from this seem to have it in they’re left eye? I suffer from servere migraine’s because of this.
Hi i am male 22 from india , i have amblyopia in left eye ,is there any treatment available then contact me.
hello im a male of 17 and suffer from amblyopia in right eye since age of 4. But it was discovered last month that i m suffering from it.I m,
from india.
kindly tell proper treatment other than patch or an eye drop.
Hello Everybody,
To all of you who dedicate some of their time to post here…
We are all here for the same reasons… We are all DESPERATE for an EFFECTIVE therapy to bring our eyes back to life!
So please, don’t stop by to only tell us that there were some kind of exercises or a computer software or VT program that worked for you and then you just walk away! PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE, share with us the details of whatever the successful method you have used! Help others and care for their pains and suffering!
Thank you & Good luck!
Regards,
Joe
aviator77777@live.co.uk
Am a Zambian biomedical student with asymptomatic strabismus condition.Will the microscope use worsen my eye sight?
help me with the management of this condition so as i can thoroughly prevent it before am predisposed.
I have had amblyopia in my rt. eye since I was 4 yrs. old. Wore a patch for a short time I believe. Anyway, I’m 54 now and have noticed an improvement in my eyesight (have astigmatism in both eyes 20/250 in left & 20/300 in rt. I think)and have had to go back to wearing my old glasses from 6 yrs. ago. My vision gets worse almost every yr. Haven’t gone back to my dr. yet, but feel it’s because I have added Cognizin Citicoline 500 mg. daily and Juvenon Acetyl L-Carnitine 1000mg. daily for about 4 mos. now. You can read about Citicoline on the net and studies showing improvement in memory (I started taking it due to my mother having developed Alzheimer’s) and improvement in eyesight.
Hope this helps someone who would like to try to improve their eyesight whether it’s nearsightedness or amblyopia.
Hi Stacy,
I am 64 years of age and I also have the black out that you spoke about.
Hello all,
I am 31 years and have lived with strabismus and cataract in my right eye and been blind in that eye from birth. I had eye surgery early this year to remove the cataract. My doctor has assured me that once I start seeing again with the right eye my eye will straighten and be normal. It seems that after the surgery the strabismus has been worse and this has stopped me from really following my dream as a newscaster. If anyone has any advice it will be very much appreciated. Sometimes I feel really low and attributes this to so many mishaps in my life.
Hi everyone,
I’ve carried on reading people’s posts on this forum and it makes me feel sad to think that we’re all going through the same thing. I’ve also recieved quite a few emails since with questions about how you can help cure your Amblyopia.
I took Lois’s advice and read ‘Fixing My Gaze’ by Susan R. Barry and I have to say- it’s probably the most interesting book I’ve ever read.
For all of you who are confused, anxious, upset…. I strongly recommend that you read this book.
It explains a lot of the theory behind eyesight and eye problems, including Amblyopia, and it will give you an idea about how and why these problems occur, and furthermore- what steps you might be able to take to solve, or help you deal with the problem.
Thanks for the recommendation Lois!
Leon.
You’re welcome, Leon. Glad you found it helpful!
Struggling with amblyopia and double vision since birth, has led me to travel around Asia and the USA in search of a cure. Most vision therapist, optometrists, eye muscle surgery doctor, slight therapists and neurologists doctors have promised results but did not deliver any after months of training.
Whatever treatment showed any hope I went and applied to my eyesight- leading only to disappointment after disappointment.
Right now my double vision has been aligned after a month of treatment and a couple more months of training is yet required to “graduate” from doctor Yang’s vision therapy facility.
However, what is amazing are the results…… never in my life was I able to control double vision but within a month double vision is gone and now working on improving the vision of the amblyopic eye.
I’m posting this comment on the website because I know how many people out there suffer from vision problems and can make living life difficult. Doctor Yang’s vision therapy clinic is very hidden and located in Seoul—– perhaps those who are in search of a treatment for their vision problems can find it
Hello all! Last winter, I found this forum and have read a lot of the posts…I am finally posting a comment myself. I am 18 and was diagnosed with “lazy eye” when I was 7 years old. The eye doctor said that improvement was only possible under eight years of age, so he soon had me begin “therapy” of patching and eyeglasses. But I only did that for a few months or a year and stopped after I turned 8 years old. It has been 10 years since then, and I’ve grown increasingly anxious to correct or at least make as much improvement as possible in my vision (right eye is amblyopic).
Summer/Fall 2010, I started to look around online for info. on lazy eye treatment and came across an article (I believe it was from Mayo Clinic) that said that improvement could be made up to the age of 17! That was very inspiring even though I was already 17, because all this time, I thought there was absolutely NO hope. I researched more and found several articles that talked about video gaming while patching as being a possible way to improve the vision in the amblyopic eye. That was exciting news for me as I am somewhat of a gamer myself.
So, I began playing about 2 hours of video games (very annoying with a patch, but hopefully worth it) with a patch almost every week for about 3 months, but slowly spent less and less time playing due to schoolwork (so the next 6 months I played once in a while with a patch). Since starting this “therapy,” I can’t be sure if there was any improvement. However, I have experienced more double vision than before. Because of the double vision, every few days, I would be forced to patch and wear glasses so I could continue studying without seeing double (during the spring 2011 semester). I would assume that having more double vision is a good sign because that means both eyes are working. The problem is that they have not yet learned to work together!
Since mid-summer 2011 I have not done much video games with patching…Again, due to the busy schedule. Fall 2011 rolled by and I did even less of the video games with patching.
In the fall 2011, I learned more about the Nintendo 3DS even though I never was interested in the Nintendo DS or handheld gaming in general. I had heard/seen advertisements of Nintendo’s latest handheld (3DS), but it wasn’t until recently (after coming across an article online that said that the 3DS could be a tool to DETECT amblyopia) that I became rather interested from an eye therapy standpoint. The idea of the article was that if you can’t see the 3d effect on the 3DS, you may very well have amblyopia. Now, I thought…Well, has there been any research done to see if the 3DS is something that could help improve vision in a different way that the DS? So far, I have not found anything. At this point, I really didn’t have any idea how this would all work, but since then I have come up with some ideas.
First of all, there seems to be some support showing that playing a gaming system (and more notably the DS which requires you to look back and forth between the bottom and top screens) with or without a patch has been successfully used in treating amblyopia. Now, the 3DS is basically an improved DS with the capability of adding 3D effect if you wish (the depth slider). One idea I have is to play the 3DS (with 3D off) with a patch to at least start getting the lazy eye used to working. Every so often, try without the patch and with 3D on full and when you start seeing some of the depth, play some with the 3d on and no patch. But keep playing some without 3d and with patch. Gradually play less with patch and more with 3d until you can play the whole time with 3d and no patch.
The first time I played the 3DS (demo at a store), I played for about 5 minutes with 3d on full (no patch, of course). I couldn’t really see the 3d much, but I could tell something was different than 2d. But soon after finishing, I had a headache and my lazy eye was really tired and it kinda hurt! Needless to say, I was elated and very happy for that! Because, the fact that my good eye did not feel any discomfort at all and my lazy eye was so sore (it lasted about 18 hours!!!) told me that my lazy eye was being used just in that 5-minute period of playing the 3DS! So, I bore the discomfort with an excited grin.
Btw, several times a month (the days when I study/read the most), my GOOD EYE (non-lazy) gets tired! So, the fact that my bad eye got so noticably tired/sore and especially in such a short time was VERY unusual and quite a dramatic change.
Well, I now have my very own 3DS and am looking forward to making some vision improvement with it or at least keep my lazy eye from getting worse. So far, I’ve experimented a little bit with the 3D effect and found that I can see the 3D. It is difficult and takes some focusing and the 3D needs to be on full blast. Also, my cousin (20 y.o.) has amblyopia in his right eye. His amblyopia is worse than mine and he too could see the 3D effect when I showed the 3DS to him recently. Neither of us could understand why we could see the 3D on the 3DS but could not see 3D in real life! Anyways, it’s about time I wrap it up ‘cause this post is already very long. But, please read if you’re interested, let me know what you think, give me warnings/suggestions, and if you are a gamer or have a 3DS or might get one, comment please! I’d love to hear from you all! Don’t give up…EVER…and Happy New Year!