Eye glasses prescription differences

WE HATE going to the eye doctor to begin with. Then we had a really nice doctor, but we had to move and our new one is not friendly or mean, but makes me nervous. WHen I go I tell him that my eyes are all over the map with changes since last visit. This was one of the worst years for eye changes...since last NOvember.WHen I get tested the eye doctor never beleives such changes could be, but does realize my eyes are strange.HE has done special testing . Well the eyes have gotten worse. This time he said our preferrences changed several times during two days of appointments. The eye glasses only worked for some of us. SO, the frustated doctor said he would give us one more try and if new lenses dont work, we will have to buy brand new lenses (600 dollars US)even though we just got new ones a week earlier. We nearly got in to accidents driving it was so bad. Our old glasses from the year before made it really hard to read. We started wearing soem from two years ago and did okay except almost none in the hall needed bifocals.SO, we keep taking our glasses off and forgetting we have them. Back to my recent appointment. HE retested my eyes and said that he would have to take all my prescriptions from the past two weeks adn find a happy medium and my eyes wil have to train themselves to get used to them. I told my Therapist about how i get frightened so easily when with doctors. My T said this eye issue is due to the fact all different ages are trying to see thru the same prescription. And this past year I have done huge work and alters are out quite often as we work to compromise and stuff. My T said the system(hall) will have to be taught to look thru Kelly's eyes. I thougth he was crazy. I get the differen t prescription part, but training so many to see thru one script..YIKES. I realized we have done this before. I got my new lenses and jsut as the doctor said, they will not seem perfect but give them time. We are all doing great, some see perfect others dont know the difference and some see okay but can manever their eyes to see out of the bifocals in a way that works for them. WHEW!! Anybody else have this issue.
Kelly

I'm in a hurry so I'll try to come back to this topic later but yes, we've had this problem too. Some of us are farsighted while others are nearsighted for instance. Makes it difficult to compromise. We all (it seems at least) have the same problem with our depth vision, but that has been there since always. It's pretty weird. But then again our colours change too.

I first want to say, that I hope it is okay that I am posting here as someone, not with DID, but with a mother who has it. I don't want to encroach on the comfort and safety of those with dissociative experiences. I just posted my own topic, but if participating in other topics, is not welcomed, I hope the moderator or any posters will let me know.

I won't probably post on most things, but this eyeglasses topic is very interesting to me. I can't say for sure if my mother has this trouble, but it wouldn't surprise me if she does. My mother almost never will use her prescription glasses, saying sometimes they don't work. She opts for the "cheaters" that you can buy multiple places. She has about 12 different cheaters glasses. Their strengths are all different, not their style, which may suggest her alters each have their own. I'm not sure.

Anyway, I always found that curious, and if it is her alters with different vision, that would make a lot of sense for usually choosing cheaters glasses over prescription bifocals. Since I don't know for sure, I don't want to assume. This is an interesting topic, however. Thanks for posting it. I'm glad you've found success with your glasses.

This has also happened to us. There was someone, I can't remember who, that could see perfectly fine without glasses, and I, for example have to use them everyday and everywhere. Also, when we went to the doctor because the old glasses wouldn't help me at all, Kim came and did the test. And she can see very well with these new glasses, but I still have some problems. Also, they are too strong for the littles, but Kim has told me that there are some others that find them not good enough.

I realized that when we are watching TV and we switch, the image will become more or less clear depending on who is out at the time and actually feel our eyes move in order to adjust to that change. Strange thing.

Hi Kittiekat...

Of course you can post! Don't be silly!




Glasses! They are obnoxious. I try and keep a pair that is sort of in the middle. To get my drivers license renewed a couple of months ago, an alter with great vision came out and took the test so we don't have that restriction on our license. I was going to wait until I integrated to get a new pair, but I have lost mine now and have to give in. I like to wear them to watch live sports games and I do wear them to drive.

I was about to say I don't have this problem when I realised that I do, to some extent. I will happily wear my glasses all day at work (and my work isn't strictly office/computer based, it involves a lot of different activities), and actually feel 'blind' and unable to function without them. At home, I will only wear them for reading/computer/TV, and if I get up to do something else and forget to take them off, I will quickly become irritated with them because I 'can't see properly' with them on, even though I can do the exact same activity at work (for example, make a cup of tea) with my glasses on and not be bothered by it at all. Never really thought about it before.

Last time I went to the eye doctor he said it was kind of hard to pin point my exact prescription.

I know in my system, Michael doesn't wear glasses. And Milana always knocks them off when she comes out. The others all wear my glasses, though I suspect it's not exactly the perfect prescription for each of them.

Our optician just said "there's no such thing as magic glasses" when we asked about the prescription issue associated with DID. She first took the test on Lin, then on Ana (one right after the other, seconds in between) - the results were not the same. For me she didn't even bother doing the full test (this was a year later) and said "it's not like DID affects your eyes. You share the same eyes you know" etc. Was extremely disrespectful. After that none of us have gone back to get better glasses. So the only one with glasses right now is Lianne cause Ana's were lost. Hope you figure something out that works for all of you.

I wonder how this is caused, because the optician is right that it are the same eyes. I don't want to invalidate anyone, but it ARE the same eyes. The only explanation I could give is that there is a psychological aspect to it. Which would imply a LOT to how eye problems are currently viewed (as purely physical problems). I found this after a bit googling:
www.uniteforsight.org/community-eye-hea ... e/module11
I don't know how reliable it is, but it seems quite reliable on first sight (to me). If mental healt problems cause worse vision, I wouldn't be surprised different alters need different glasses.

And yes, an eye doctor shouldn't just ignore the DID - because it caused trouble with vision.

Check out what the ISSTD says. Those with DID do have changes in visual acuity among other things. I know it's just plain weird, but it is! Questioning things is not invalidating - at least in my very, very, very strong opinion. I hope no one here wants to believe myths and worse - keep passing them along!

pg 131 2011 ISSTD Treatment Guidelines
http://www.isst-d.org/jtd/GUIDELINES_REVISED2011.pdf

Physiological differences among alternate identities.

Case reports and studies using small groups of DID patients and controls who simulate
different “alternate identities” have found significant physiologic differences
in DID patients compared to controls that manifest in a variety of
behavioral ways. These include differences in visual acuity, medication
responses, allergies, plasma glucose levels in diabetic patients, heart rate,
blood pressure readings, galvanic skin response, muscle tension, laterality,
immune function, electroencephalography and evoked potential patterns,
functional magnetic resonance imaging activation, and brain activation
and regional blood flow using single photon emission computed tomography
and positron emission tomography among others (Loewenstein &
Putnam, 2004; Putnam, 1984, 1991b; Reinders et al., 2006; ¸Sar, Ünal, Kiziltan,
Kundakci, & Öztürk, 2001; Vermetten, Schmal, Lindner, Loewenstein, &
Bremner, 2006).