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really overnight ,after 47 years of 20/20, i have double vision,is this common for graves disease?
This might be a sign, Jake, of developing TED. If that is the case, you might want to see your doctor and revisit the decision for RAI. The current theory is that RAI can aggravate — specifically make temporarily worse — any TED. Studies have shown that if you take a concurrent dose of prednisone with the RAI that TED is not aggravated. So when TED is present in any significant degree, our doctors either suggest surgery (which is not shown to aggravate TED) or the prednisone, if it is thought the person can tolerate it. So, if you have doubling of your vision, you need to get it checked by an opthamologist, in addition to talking with your endo.
I do know how awful it is to have double vision. I took to wearing an eye patch at times. The patch works to eliminate the double vision, but it also eliminates depth perception, so it makes driving a bit more hazardous. Of course, driving with doubling is hazardous as well, so I stayed off the roads for a long period of time. Or drove back roads with little traffic. And be sure, if you do this, to alternate the patched eye so that you don’t weaken one.
Where can you purchase a eye patch?
My double vision came on instantly and then as quickly as it came, it went. I woke up one morning and the double vision was gone. I was wearing prisms and the images were all scattered. It came back a few days later, then was gone completely and has been since last May. Driving was very hard and I needed to drive to work so I had prisms ground into my lenses. Because of the changes, it took 3 sets of lenses during the 1 1/2 years I was experiencing double vision. I understand that they have stick on prisms as well.
I got one a few years ago at Walgreen’s for when I had a corneal abrasion. It had a black side and a blue one on the reverse.
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