HOW TO FIX LAZY EYE | Amblyopia Treatment Strategies

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  • @DoctorEyeHealth
    @DoctorEyeHealth  4 ปีที่แล้ว +419

    Eye Health QOTD: Do you have lazy eye and have you tried any treatments for it? What was your experience?

    • @Siansonea
      @Siansonea 4 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      I have strabismic amblyopia, and as a child I had eye patch and glasses treatment, but I don't think it did any good. I still have dramatically weaker vision in my lazy eye as an adult, and now that I'm past the half-century mark, I don't think there's much to do about it. I think if my strabismus had been more pronounced, the condition would have been caught earlier, but it's such a slight misalignment that it didn't get noticed until I was nine or ten years old.

    • @raphaelalbert8110
      @raphaelalbert8110 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@khalilcool7507 I don't think EM would gel with his school of thought.

    • @judyharris6516
      @judyharris6516 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      I’m 73, wasn’t diagnosed with this until I was late in my teens. I’ve been told this is a brain condition, not an-eye condition, and it’s just too late for me

    • @JadeCanada237
      @JadeCanada237 4 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      I was a premature baby born with a lazy eye, astigmatism ,and poor vision. I started wearing glasses at 1.5 years old, had eye surgery at 5 to correct the lazy eye, wore the patch, did the exercises, still wore glasses and it didn't really help. I had laser PRK in my early 20s. Now in my 40s I notice that my vision is getting bad again. When I am tired I notice my lazy eye gets worse.

    • @omersolomon7030
      @omersolomon7030 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Doctor Eye Health ur eye color is beautiful !!!

  • @orion8093
    @orion8093 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1674

    I like how most of us here have lazy eye (myself included) because it makes me feel like we are all connected in a way because of the experience we had with our eyes

    • @tobin525
      @tobin525 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Yes that's what i was thinking

    • @TylerINFOCUS
      @TylerINFOCUS 3 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      Yeah my left eye is a lazy eye and I can barely see anything out of it luckily I have a right eye 😂

    • @tobin525
      @tobin525 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@TylerINFOCUS same here but my right eyes have shortsight 😔💔

    • @navinrangar7925
      @navinrangar7925 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@TylerINFOCUS same here bro only difference having is tht it's my right eye

    • @KerrasJournal
      @KerrasJournal 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Right!? Lazy eye gang~

  • @s.v.4144
    @s.v.4144 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3874

    *no one knows what insecurities really are until you have amblyopia*

  • @MOJKARO
    @MOJKARO 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2647

    I have lazy eye,but still happy because it's better than blindness :)

    • @tannerstpierre6420
      @tannerstpierre6420 3 ปีที่แล้ว +89

      Good perspective

    • @malik_chaabane
      @malik_chaabane 3 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      Me too 🥰

    • @Omnizxs
      @Omnizxs 3 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      doesnt it lead to blindness when you get older?

    • @Skyargon1
      @Skyargon1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +63

      @@Omnizxs well maybe but I have some terrible lazy eye my right eye is legally blind

    • @siddhantshokeen
      @siddhantshokeen 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Same

  • @cv5599
    @cv5599 4 ปีที่แล้ว +857

    I HATE WHEN I MEET PEOPLE AND THEY ASK ME
    “Why is your eye smaller then the other”
    LIKE JUST LEAVE ME ALONE IM BORN WITH IT

    • @janhavibagul4773
      @janhavibagul4773 4 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      i can understand because i have same problem :(

    • @laikathestar174
      @laikathestar174 4 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      That's stupid, that is like asking somebody why they need a wheelchair or something

    • @dani-eh3tf
      @dani-eh3tf 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      haha i hate it so much like im slowly becoming so insecure about it since my dad started taking pictures of me like doing stuff haha iiiihatelife

    • @kkkll2860
      @kkkll2860 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Same then they asked why I have super thick eyeglasses. The grade of my eye is 1000 left,1300 right, last year. Then my eyeglasses was both 700.

    • @ariana8821
      @ariana8821 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      I CAN RELATE And THEY SAY THE SAME THING BUT SOME HOW PEOPLE STILL FIND ME ATTRACTIVE LIKE TF 💀

  • @emmatrabatsree8964
    @emmatrabatsree8964 4 ปีที่แล้ว +600

    shout out to all my folks with a lazy eye. pretty sure we all had the same experience of hating wearing a patch as a kid. i used to scream and cry whenever my dad gave me eyedrops when i was younger and now my lazy eye is really bad. i love y'all and you are all beautiful in my (lazy) eyes. 💕

    • @bigsmoke1295
      @bigsmoke1295 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I dont have a lazy eye but im here because im really concerned about my friend he has lazy eyes but i cant talk to him because he is in a different country
      Is it serious?? Plz answer and i really really really hope you get better. And Please treat it because (*its a smaaall chance* ) to lose your vision
      And PlZ again treat it ❤️❤️

    • @milicailic8717
      @milicailic8717 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@bigsmoke1295 having a lazy eye aint something serious. I mean, people can notice that you have some kind of problem. But it isnt serious! You can treat it with a surgery, but it isnt 100% sure if it will go back to normal. I, myself have a lazy eye, im just self concious because it is visible.

    • @DendyJungle
      @DendyJungle 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I wish my mom had put an eyepatch on me to fix it

    • @deepsharma5049
      @deepsharma5049 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Same problem here

    • @Nitrecz
      @Nitrecz ปีที่แล้ว

      i had a lazy eye since I was 6 and I'm 12 now and it only got worse

  • @rushicherry4662
    @rushicherry4662 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1926

    I used the eye patch at 7 but I didnt know why so I used to take it off when my parents weren't looking. I regret it

    • @kayleebugs0816
      @kayleebugs0816 4 ปีที่แล้ว +68

      Manaos De Uva yea I was that age and I wouldn’t want to have it beacause I said I don’t want to be a pirate and here I am now 11 with it and got so worse I regret it to!!!! 😭😭😭

    • @deontayjenkins226
      @deontayjenkins226 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Cookie._. Lover I am 17 with it

    • @rociolamarca5387
      @rociolamarca5387 4 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      Same. Now i'm 21 and i have - 9 of miopía in the right eye. Of course now I use contac lenses to not let my eye die. : €

    • @WhoDevv
      @WhoDevv 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Manaos De Uva tell me about it 😔

    • @tinangx
      @tinangx 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Manaos De Uva OMG ME TOO!! WTF i can’t fucking see at all😔

  • @GHOST0ID
    @GHOST0ID 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2194

    I've had my lazy eye for 18 years and I cry all the time because I never ever feel confident in myself and never look people in the eye. I wish I could get surgery for it ):

    • @rebeccaarletta8855
      @rebeccaarletta8855 4 ปีที่แล้ว +209

      A lazy eye is nothing to be ashamed of. I bet you are stunning just the way u are, the lazy eye just adds to your individuality and (in my opinion) makes u look even cooler! No need to have surgery to fix something that is already beautiful. 💕

    • @earthdomme8078
      @earthdomme8078 4 ปีที่แล้ว +156

      I often feel the same especially when I don't get enough sleep.🙈

    • @endomine6317
      @endomine6317 4 ปีที่แล้ว +344

      @@rebeccaarletta8855 that's horseshit . I had a lazy eye all my life and it's fucking suck. You can try having better / optimistic way of looking at it, but that doesn't change the way it is . I'm the same i can't look people in the eye sometimes i forget about it until someone brings it up and it feels depressing . Anyway my advice is to treat it now. And you don't have to make a surgery, just practice

    • @ulisesc4388
      @ulisesc4388 4 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      Same when i was younger..feels better to just say scrww it and go on with life and teach people cause u look weird giving a side glance or not lookin at eye

    • @kevhulme8595
      @kevhulme8595 4 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      I had surgery but it went back the same .

  • @johnattincan4190
    @johnattincan4190 4 ปีที่แล้ว +757

    The eye doctor was always like "there's no hope"

    • @manuel_asf8579
      @manuel_asf8579 4 ปีที่แล้ว +62

      Same and I’d literally cry about it 😭

    • @victorianagy7948
      @victorianagy7948 4 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      Same too! They literally at first told me there is nothing they can do get on with my life...

    • @sunflower-cv5vm
      @sunflower-cv5vm 4 ปีที่แล้ว +60

      They said I would go blind by age 11 or 12 but I'm almost 19 now and my vision is the same

    • @Barexta
      @Barexta 4 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      Saaaame. I just recently saw an eye doctor who explained to me that patching is pretty much pointless because the moment you take it off, your brain will go back to favoring the usual eye. He also explained to me that if some sort of trauma were to happen to my "good" eye then my brain would eventually correct my vision so that my "bad" eye would see perfectly fine, but that it's impossible for me to ever have good vision out of both eyes at the same time. I've had different glasses prescriptions since I was 6 (now 26) and did patching when I was young but my vision hasn't changed a bit.

    • @adeliecarino992
      @adeliecarino992 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      same;(

  • @wxn9173
    @wxn9173 3 ปีที่แล้ว +175

    It dont pop up in ur recommendation
    U search for it
    I wish we all can recover:(

    • @SamarthxAGENT
      @SamarthxAGENT 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      🙂 stay strong

    • @norfeeca2008
      @norfeeca2008 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@SamarthxAGENT:)

  • @nikiabrantley4771
    @nikiabrantley4771 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    Wellness, all. My right eye is lazy and i started correction with eye patch and eye drops at 2 year's old. 8 year's old glass and at 15 years old corrective surgery with glass currently. And just know theirs someone out there that loves everything about you including your special outstanding self💚

  • @nolanfeldpausch7163
    @nolanfeldpausch7163 4 ปีที่แล้ว +704

    I wish i didn’t have one it makes me cry every day

    • @iamkhaleesi9103
      @iamkhaleesi9103 4 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      Me too

    • @DoctorEyeHealth
      @DoctorEyeHealth  4 ปีที่แล้ว +91

      I'm sorry to hear that...

    • @kyel6814
      @kyel6814 4 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      Me too. I wish I just continue wearing my eye patch before when I was a child.

    • @Cyalater26
      @Cyalater26 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Same

    • @MsMIKE132132
      @MsMIKE132132 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      No need to cry guys, it’s not a big deal, stay strong

  • @jx7.
    @jx7. 4 ปีที่แล้ว +780

    i’m 16 turning 17 and i have a lazy eye, my right eye wonders off to the right when i look straight whereas my left eye looks completely straight like a normal eye and i hate it because it’s very noticeable and people point it out reducing my confidence and because of this i hate making eye contact with people, i just wish it was straight just like my left eye :(

    • @issacherry8598
      @issacherry8598 4 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      Omg me to the same exact thing but my family would be like blink you cockeyed or I blink a lot because I have eye floaters also

    • @Your5Minute
      @Your5Minute 4 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      @@issacherry8598 im also.. my right eyes is lazy.... my right eyes vision is very poor now and it gets totally lazy now. i feel hopeless now

    • @kausharansari2861
      @kausharansari2861 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Hindi Mai bolo

    • @zoek.6114
      @zoek.6114 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Sameeee 😭😭

    • @josephinejeyarani4805
      @josephinejeyarani4805 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      How will it feel when everyone is making fun of you , bcoz of your crossed eye and nobody supporting you at that point of time

  • @youngmaster576
    @youngmaster576 3 ปีที่แล้ว +200

    I never be confident to look at other people's eyes when we are talking. Sometime I try to just forget about my lazy eye and be confident but other people will bring it up like "aaa You LAZY EYES", "WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING AT", "DO YOU LOOK AT ME" , "ATTENTION PLEASE". I smile but my heart really broke whenever I hear that things.

    • @DoctorEyeHealth
      @DoctorEyeHealth  3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      So sorry to hear that struggle. Have you considered having it corrected?

    • @clutchmangeo84
      @clutchmangeo84 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I understand more than anybody. Having this its a nightmare where you cand wake up. No one want to speak to me or see me i have 13y old and i have this for 2 years i fell like shit

    • @QueenOfPrinciple
      @QueenOfPrinciple 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Yes people are cruel and thats what I dealt with all in school!! Makes me so insecure most time. People can sense that....

    • @hsmilesh
      @hsmilesh 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      its so rude when people ask like duhh as you can see. I honestly wish people would ignore it.

    • @londonsquintclinic5440
      @londonsquintclinic5440 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      So sorry you're experiencing comments like that. :(

  • @jackjohnson6339
    @jackjohnson6339 3 ปีที่แล้ว +51

    Have had amblyopia since 6 years old. Same deal. Told to wear patch but always cheated. Lazy eye a little crossed until about 10yrs old, but straightened out on it's own. The sight in the bad eye of course never got any better. I have to say it did not stop me from doing anything I ever wanted to do. I never realized I didn't have real depth perception but the brain figures it out anyway. I can judge distances better than someone with two good eyes. I needed to at work. Any sports or even flying an airplane were no problem. I'm 63 now and my good eye is still 20/20, the other 20/200. Don't let it get you down. If you have one good eye, be happy you can see at all.

    • @Andrew-ug2cy
      @Andrew-ug2cy 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Thanks for the positive words Jack

    • @ash-zc2he
      @ash-zc2he 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thanks sir

  • @GiftFromGod4U
    @GiftFromGod4U 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    My goodness, he seems like he has THEEEEE BEST "bedside manner" when working with patients. 💕 His voice is comforting, reassuring and he made me feel like he knows EXACTLY what he's talking about. That SHOULD be the standard for "professionals" but that isn't always the case. Comfortability with your healthcare provider builds trust and makes the experience so much better.

  • @pauechegaray8014
    @pauechegaray8014 4 ปีที่แล้ว +110

    I have a lazy eye. I went through patching and eye therapy when I was about 8 years old. This fixed my strabismus, but unfortunately not my eyesight. I currently have 50% eye vision in my weaker eye, I see very poorly with it, but have learned to live with it :) It's comforting to see content about amblyopia, thank you so much.

    • @inthetomorrows6528
      @inthetomorrows6528 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hi there! Just wondering, when you say "fixed my strabismus" you mean your eye does not drift over at all?? Ever? Or you mean that you can just control it now? Like if you completely relax your eyes do they drift into strabismus position? Thanks

    • @joshmike7598
      @joshmike7598 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@inthetomorrows6528 hey! Idk if you’ll see this comment a year late but although I am not the original poster, I had a similar experience. Diagnosed with a lazy eye at 4 years old and did eye patch treatment as a kid although with no immediate results. Over the years I was able to control the eye and center it, although doing so made my vision blurry and unfocused as you described. Some years later in high school my glasses broke and I looked at myself in the mirror with clear vision and straight eyes. I have no idea what caused it but I’ve been living without glasses/contacts for around 6-7 years now. However, my lazy eye is still poor in vision. So while I see fine with both eyes remaining straight (and no conscious effort needed to keep them that way), were I to cover my good eye I wouldn’t be able to see much or read anything.

    • @dv_.
      @dv_. 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I see 12 precent whit my left eye, so you lucky ig

    • @sanketsingh794
      @sanketsingh794 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@dv_. I see fuck all from my left

    • @rukusharma3243
      @rukusharma3243 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@joshmike7598 i can relate to your every word 😁❣️

  • @israshugrisulubxuseen1805
    @israshugrisulubxuseen1805 3 ปีที่แล้ว +84

    when someone says "why are you staring at me?" I wasn't even looking at them... and people make fun of my eye bc one is small and one is big

    • @milicailic8717
      @milicailic8717 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Society sucks. Hope your eye gets better! :)❤❤

    • @EditsEmpower
      @EditsEmpower 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      How u deal with it?

    • @mistressjm
      @mistressjm 21 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Someone did that to me before in class. They were sitting across from me and just shouted “Uhm why are you looking at me?” and after she had her little attention seeking moment she said to the teacher, “I just wanna know why she looking at me. It ain’t my fault her eye is like that.”

  • @elleech6885
    @elleech6885 4 ปีที่แล้ว +78

    I wasn't aware of having had an lazy eye until I watched this. Now I remember that I used to wear glasses and a patch. The best part of the treatment was that I got to watch cartoons for hours with the patch switching between my left and right eye. Doctor's order. No one could go against that.

    • @meenugupta3656
      @meenugupta3656 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hi, wanted to know to what extent your eye got corrected. My son is in same condition. If possible please share

    • @elleech6885
      @elleech6885 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@meenugupta3656 My eyes look pretty normal now. I can't say I remember the exact conditions/treatments that I had since it was decades ago. My mom noticed something wrong with my eyes when I was 7 or 8. Better take your son to the doctor before it's too late. Good luck.

    • @RapGodMan123
      @RapGodMan123 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Bro same thats me rn

  • @justinlutz5130
    @justinlutz5130 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    I had lazy eye surgery when I was 2 years old. They over corrected my eye and I left it that way till I was 39. I just had lazy eye surgery 03/24//21. I would give surgery a try. Medical technology has changes so much since my first surgery and I am happy with my results so far.

  • @seein3d456
    @seein3d456 4 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    Great video! I had struggled with lazy eye for decades, and became aware of Vision Therapy a few years ago. I now train my eyes daily, and even went so far as to start my own Vision Therapy channel so I could help others with amblyopia and/or strabismus.
    There is lots you can do, and the sooner you get started, the sooner it can be rectified!

    • @getintoits2786
      @getintoits2786 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hey at what age would this therapy work?

    • @seein3d456
      @seein3d456 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@getintoits2786 Hi, there is no age limit for VT. Although, our brain begins to lose plasticity - the ability to rewire - as we age.

    • @getintoits2786
      @getintoits2786 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@seein3d456 do u think it will still be effective if a 17YR old fit?

    • @getintoits2786
      @getintoits2786 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@seein3d456 *it?

    • @vishalroy8314
      @vishalroy8314 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Can i get my vission back in my left eye ...i can see everything clearly with the right eye... But i can't see with left eye

  • @M1ggzzzzz
    @M1ggzzzzz 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Got diagnosed with strabismic/anisometropic amblyopia at 4, went through patching, and VT along with a hefty Glasses Rx. I’m now 25 with a BCVA of 20/40 In the right eye. Just glad to have had a great optometrist growing up. It was her love of the profession that made me want to go to Optometry school. Sure the lack of stereo makes it challenging but wouldn’t be here if not for that experience. Its been awesome to learn more about amblyopia and the things we can do to help.

    • @wtsiamruk
      @wtsiamruk 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Can you drive a car?

    • @Abdullah-uv9nk
      @Abdullah-uv9nk ปีที่แล้ว

      What was your vision prior to treatment?

  • @actremix
    @actremix 4 ปีที่แล้ว +75

    I can't even look people in the eyes when dreaming. That's how much this shit has ruined me.

    • @highinthesk1es
      @highinthesk1es 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Exactly this shit has ruined our lives like we can’t hide our biggest insecurity, just today my friends were making fun of it right in front of my face shit sucks.

    • @actremix
      @actremix 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@highinthesk1es fuck them

    • @Mangospicetar
      @Mangospicetar 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      ​@@highinthesk1es:( sending love

    • @highinthesk1es
      @highinthesk1es 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@Mangospicetar thank you sending love back ur way 💝

  • @Bala01121
    @Bala01121 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Yes, my son under went the patching treatment for his lazy eye. The video is much useful. Thank you 🙏

  • @irenejoybintad3251
    @irenejoybintad3251 4 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    My daughter at the age of 3 has lazy eyes. I'm worried but Iam glad I found this video.

    • @shakiafloyd
      @shakiafloyd 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      My son is 2 and has it in the right eye so the doctor is starting him off with drops 3 times a week because we know he’s not going to wear the eye patch, then he’ll be seen again in 2 months... Good luck hun🙏🏾

    • @baldymcdrill1155
      @baldymcdrill1155 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      KIKI make sure you make your son wear the patches even if he doesn’t want to

    • @tailsfan465
      @tailsfan465 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Patching works very well, At a young age, I had lazy eye, and got it treated, wore eyepatch while playing video games, Now i'm 18 and you can't even tell i had a lazy eye in the first place! Still can't see completely properly out of it, but it's a whole heck of a lot better then it used to be.

    • @darksoul9432
      @darksoul9432 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@shakiafloyd please treat them fix their lazy eyes it's really affects the life of child 🥺

    • @shakiafloyd
      @shakiafloyd 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@darksoul9432 he’s being treated for it with eye drops every other day in the left eye to strengthen the right eye and in January he’ll be fitted for glasses, he’s not severe. Thanks for your concern🙏🏾

  • @eiranoconnor9768
    @eiranoconnor9768 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I would like to thank you because you have helped me to alleviate horrible suffering. I have suffered with dry eyes for years and Blepharitis flare ups. No single physician advised me as well as your videos have. I have been suffering horribly but your advice has changed my life!!! Thank you thank you thank you ❤️❤️❤️

  • @RottenWench
    @RottenWench 4 ปีที่แล้ว +883

    I had no idea there was actually hope haha

    • @vagatronics
      @vagatronics 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Bruh there are surgeries that completely fix it

    • @sypureddysrujanasypureddys7212
      @sypureddysrujanasypureddys7212 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @RISHI JADEJA really??

    • @gerardosalasvelasco592
      @gerardosalasvelasco592 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      When I was in mexico, they told me that surgery was my only option. In that moment my eye went the opposite way of the other, but now people have to look at me directly at the eyes to notice, without the surgery. I don't know how

    • @sypureddysrujanasypureddys7212
      @sypureddysrujanasypureddys7212 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @RISHI JADEJA yeah ok tqsm

    • @sypureddysrujanasypureddys7212
      @sypureddysrujanasypureddys7212 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @RISHI JADEJA haa ok

  • @mamabear_9074
    @mamabear_9074 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I have been to five different doctors for my daughter strabismus. A few did nothing, one over treated. We will see how this new doctor works out 🤞🏾

    • @inmythoughts718
      @inmythoughts718 ปีที่แล้ว

      At the age of 30 I had an operation from a child surgeon to correct my lazy eye in Los Angeles, so far so good and I am now 59.. so there is help

    • @mamabear_9074
      @mamabear_9074 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@inmythoughts718 I’m so scared of surgery 😬

  • @angelicjellyies
    @angelicjellyies 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I thought I was the only one with this as a kid I’m happy to see a lot of people that I can relate with

  • @bryceolsen3527
    @bryceolsen3527 3 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    To all of you struggling with hating your lazy eye: when j was younger I hated my lazy eye as well. I wouldn't ever cry about it, but I would get really upset and depressed that people made fun of my eye. After a while, I learned to laugh about it instead of hating it and it made it fun when people asked about it or laughed at it. I hope you all can start to see your eye in a positive light!

    • @Aaronn-je8cx
      @Aaronn-je8cx 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I pretend to laugh at it and make fun of it, but secretly I feel horrible when people talk about it. I just do it so we move on quicker.

    • @cynthia-br2zb
      @cynthia-br2zb 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It was so much fun having my parents just give up and allow my siblings to bully me and join in occasionally!

    • @rubabii
      @rubabii ปีที่แล้ว

      Lol yes, it's part of me and even though people can be horrible sometimes or ignorant of how their questions/remarks might make you feel , I've learned to accept my lazy eye and it's unique to me😎

    • @rubabii
      @rubabii ปีที่แล้ว

      And no one deserves to make me feel miserable about something I was born with

  • @ronnieajax7379
    @ronnieajax7379 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    I become introverted just because of those eyes. most important I lost confidence while talking to people. i can't directly look at other people eyes. :) it's really sad when people say are you looking at me? 😇

  • @ScottDabson
    @ScottDabson 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I was made to wear an eye patch when I was really young. It seemed to have worked. I was real self conscious with the tan patch and people staring. They gave me the black "pirate patch" and people didn't stare as much. Back in the early 1970's. I like your channel.

  • @lindseywilson6854
    @lindseywilson6854 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    I think we can all agree that lazy eyes are rough, i'm going into my sophomore year of high school and i commonly get comments like "are you mentally all there?" "how do you make your eyes do that?" and let me tell you, that hurts so badly. I have had 2 eye surgeries and i am trying to convince my parents to let me have a 3rd one. Stay strong guys❤️

    • @mykerropi
      @mykerropi 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      hey do u mind telling me about how your strabismus surgery went? i want to get it i am 15 and i am just wondering if there is a high chance of double vision or loss..!

    • @lindseywilson6854
      @lindseywilson6854 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@mykerropi shoot I got 2 surgeries done when I was like 4 and I don’t rlly remember that but currently like 50% of ppl realize I have a lazy eye and not that many ppl care. It doesn’t completely get rid of it but you can control it a lot better. So I definitely recommend it. And vision-wise I got contacts and those help with sight a lot.

    • @mykerropi
      @mykerropi 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Ahh i see okay thank you so much!! Another question, do you know if it's safe? I am just scared about the concept of keeping my eye open while they cut into it.. I haven't got any surgeries when I was little because It is a mild case. My lazy eye doesn't move around much unless i am tired@@lindseywilson6854

  • @milkcloud1683
    @milkcloud1683 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    When I remember having a lazy eye, I want to cry, I don't know how long I will go astray. It seems like there is no hope💔

  • @nicolebobier8638
    @nicolebobier8638 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    After watching videos about amblyopia, I just realized, just- just now that I have amblyopia. Like omg, I was living for 13 years and 11 months plus going to an ophthalmologist but no one ever told me that I have amblyopia! Thank you so much to the videos of Doctor Eye Health! Your videos helped me a lot. Btw, I'm a nearsighted. -14 on the left, -16 on the right. Hope that our eyes will get well soon!

    • @yassinekm916
      @yassinekm916 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hi! how long it tooks you to fix that ?

  • @noracir1
    @noracir1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Dr, I remember having been treated as a teenager, by patching my better eye. And some years ago at 70 again with some exercises at the eye clinic, looking at a red light, fixing my both eyes on it. It worked very well.

  • @NewPSCity
    @NewPSCity 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    I was born with amblyopia in my left eye and was detected at around age 7 and was given an eye patch but being a little kid I would take it off 😅 But my eyeball moves normally, I don’t have the typical lazy eye look some people have. I am 32 now and I have gotten used to the low vision in my left eye. I’m thankful for the good eye I have.

  • @-lk8pp
    @-lk8pp 4 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    I am born with strabismus and I don’t care because I love and appreciate my self. I don’t want to do surgery because that’s how I am created. The most important thing is to love yourself for who u re and do the things that you love and will benefit you later in the future ❤️ people sometimes tell me about it. I always response to them that “I know right and I love it, I love the way I am, at least am better than the blind, people with no legs or hands you know” For all those that have lazy eye. Don’t worry my dear, you are great. You have many skills that many without lazy eye have. Be great full and appreciate yourself if you wanna live happily❤️ I love ya all ❤️ mwah 💋

    • @mduduziqwabe7136
      @mduduziqwabe7136 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I'm happy for you but for me I just can't get over it, I'm 32 now but my self confident is very low when I think about it or seeing people looking at me

    • @intel386DX
      @intel386DX 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@mduduziqwabe7136 exactly the same here I am 32 like you and can not look at the people eyes ! And we can not never ever feel what is to see in 3D stereoscopic, this sucks, becouse our distance judgment is very poor :( plus I have very bad vision as well

    • @robertgraziano
      @robertgraziano 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@mduduziqwabe7136 Have you tried glasses with a prism? Worked for me

    • @parvinakter84
      @parvinakter84 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I feel uncomfortable for my lazy eyes all the time.but my parents tell me it's not a matter.just try to be successful in life.

    • @parvinakter84
      @parvinakter84 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I can't see well with my eyes.so I use glasses.

  • @KerrasJournal
    @KerrasJournal 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This gives me so much hope. I never realized just how much my lazy eye affected my daily life like constantly bumping into things and people or not seeing the next stair step an falling. I even had an EX give a reason for wanting to break up with me because I was "too clumsy." My doctor was very much lazy and gave the excuse that " I had good control" over my lazy, so there was never any attempt to correct it. It has just gotten worse with age. Looking forward to the day that I'll be free~

    • @acubemuhmoodyusuf5466
      @acubemuhmoodyusuf5466 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Huh just hold on I have the same experience just try to get a surgery that what they adviced me .just by sharing this you've made my day

  • @teestamookherjee7115
    @teestamookherjee7115 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Hang in there guys. I had an accident in my left eye when I was really young. Partially blind in my left eye which led me to develop a lazy droopy left eye. Wearing glasses helps but I get comments till this day. It hurts less over time and you learn to live with it. I’m hoping these exercises help. Great video!

    • @amonguscaptain
      @amonguscaptain 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Hi i am 13 yearsand my right eye is lazy eye and i wear spectacles too and sometimes eye patch too so should I be worried, i visited doctor too but my left is working good 🧿 should i be worried

  • @Gelato__33
    @Gelato__33 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I have spent the last 18 years of my life being constantly self conscious of a condition that is extremely more common than I have ever known. I am currently using an eye patch to try and treat it naturally. Thank you so much for this upload!

    • @iamkhaleesi9103
      @iamkhaleesi9103 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Me too i just thought its not very common, I'm getting surgery for the first time in 3 months

    • @Gelato__33
      @Gelato__33 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@iamkhaleesi9103 Thats amazing! I hope everything goes well for you.

    • @Swxgittarius
      @Swxgittarius 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Did they work? Do I still have a chance if I go back to the doctor? Cause I'm 13 and my mom tried to make me to wear patches when I was 4-7, but I would always take them off when she wasn't looking.
      I regret it now whenever I think about it, But I dont want to get surgery at 18 unless nothing else worked. And my vision in my lazy eye is so bad that I cant even read anything because the words go invisible or I cant focus. I really want to join the army so I need 20/20 vision in good eye and ATLEAST 20/70 in the lazy WITH correction glasses.

  • @XubodhKhadka
    @XubodhKhadka 4 ปีที่แล้ว +137

    Perfect timing. Just what i need.

  • @tallestguy1
    @tallestguy1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +257

    Haha this is so interesting bcus I realized majority of us in the comment section (myself included) are a bunch of people with lazy eyes and I find that hilarious for some reason

    • @sanjaysuklikar1790
      @sanjaysuklikar1790 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Online classes are causing me this problem.

    • @dupiti1033
      @dupiti1033 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      You made me smile

    • @aminebennaceur7575
      @aminebennaceur7575 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Lol

    • @aminebennaceur7575
      @aminebennaceur7575 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Thanks you made my day

    • @benjaminbarratt-peacock2633
      @benjaminbarratt-peacock2633 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      It seems most of us have been bullied for it as well! Honestly find it so terrifying if I get into a fight cause I know I won't be able to defend myself.

  • @bushramohammed9154
    @bushramohammed9154 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I have lazy eye too.....
    I'm 11 years old... ..I hate wearing patch..reading all the comments of people like me relieve my stress...it was diagnosed month ago.....I wear a bandage patch......I'm using my moms phone........this video helped me to understand my eye condition
    Thanks for all the support everyone

  • @alexbou8922
    @alexbou8922 4 ปีที่แล้ว +46

    Honestly I went through so much nullshit in my life that I couldn’t worry about lazy eye. Bro it sucks.it feels like I can’t talk to anyone

    • @silaslizzie43
      @silaslizzie43 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      It does suck, especially when you have other lousy stuff happening. There's options for some strabismus issues if you have insurance.

    • @rcayers1700
      @rcayers1700 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hope you find treatments, esp surgery effective.
      Until then wearing sunglasses most of the time helps others not play the prejudice cards.

    • @ocean8621
      @ocean8621 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      me too, it really killed my confidence

    • @clutchmangeo84
      @clutchmangeo84 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@rcayers1700 i am from romania and in my country you cant correct this so i wil die shit

    • @sushma6314
      @sushma6314 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Mine didn’t get corrected with a surgery too.

  • @rubabii
    @rubabii ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Yes I've been treated lol, 14 yrs old now, did all those nothing changed much but 10 - now it improved a lot by itself. I wore glasses tho on and off.
    I'm just grateful to God that both my eyes are functional and well and I don't struggle much ( besides people asking are you talking to me?😂).🙏🏽

    • @yrntony
      @yrntony ปีที่แล้ว

      “Who Yu looking at” 😂🤣 mf hit me with that every time.

  • @imalwayson772
    @imalwayson772 4 ปีที่แล้ว +68

    Honestly I just feel like I need to post this here growing up I feel like everyone in this comment section can relate, having a lazy eye produces my confidence to literally nothing I can't look at anyone in the eyes I'm always looking down I can remember countless times in class or even my teachers with joke about it it has literally been my only thing I can't change people at school picking on me for it and my parents it's the one thing I wish I could just change, I've had surgeries and I patched it for about 4 years got the eye drops, and nothing has happened it's just gotten progressively worse over the years

    • @DoctorEyeHealth
      @DoctorEyeHealth  4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Thank you so much for sharing. I know you are not a lone and yes, having an eye turn can significantly impact people. But believe me, your worth has never been based on your eyes or how you look.

    • @PY70922
      @PY70922 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@DoctorEyeHealth i can activate my double vision and deactivate it
      I could do this since when i was a child then is no change in sevral years in my eyes

    • @imalwayson772
      @imalwayson772 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@DoctorEyeHealth I appreciate the supoort man and I know my worth doesnt come from my eye but honestly as a man I can admit it bothers me

    • @mateoramirez7149
      @mateoramirez7149 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I had the same problem I can’t even look at people I feel so bad with myself I don’t know what to do I’m just tired of everything

    • @WhitePerson-
      @WhitePerson- 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      if you cant fix it, embrace it 😁
      embrace that and dont let it touch u.
      You can cover up that insecurity with getting fit body, reading books, getting some completely new skills, literally, just grow in every aspect of your life... and when you get older the "lazy eye" will be just a word from your younger days. Just dont stress it out so much, embrace it. Its simpler but not easier i know,but far from impossible

  • @pariapoorakbar404
    @pariapoorakbar404 4 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    I hate it when i go to doctor and doctor just says: there’s no more hope and at the way back I’m all crying and my parents blame me.

    • @dad4378
      @dad4378 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      aw how you doing now dear?

    • @hukunamutata
      @hukunamutata 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      My exact experience :(

  • @Swimdeep
    @Swimdeep 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Amblyopia, astigmatism right eye, strabismus both eyes. Left handed, ADHD, a surprasellar meningioma from age 28, a trigeminal meningioma resection in 2019. Lots of head trauma from a young age. You get what you get.

  • @JahmyraaTyrellTerry-Hawkins
    @JahmyraaTyrellTerry-Hawkins 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I'm grateful for this video. I'm hoping this works. I didn't have lazy eye from birth. It developed gradually over time, and because I am quite insecure. I ask God to make this work.

    • @aditisoni2597
      @aditisoni2597 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Do any changes occur in the eyes from exercising?

  • @lauraa2225
    @lauraa2225 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Fellow eye doc over here! I must say your educational videos are so thoughtfully presented for our patients. So many great topics patients have a hard time researching! Thank you for providing this wonderful information to the public. Any upcoming videos talking about more developmental eye teaming and tracking disorders? I.e. Strabismus, CE, CI, accommodative insufficiency etc? Love your channel! Definitely sharing with my patients

  • @dougboari804
    @dougboari804 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    When I was four years old (I'm 63 now) I had surgery to correct my amblyopia. Dr Bejamin Sachs, Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Boston. I believe my eyesight is fine although I don't have anything to compare it to. I do have some interesting behavior because of it. When I get very tired my eye (right eye) drifts out. I have to consciously aim both eyes forward. When I drive, left eye is on the road, right eye is in the rear view mirror. When I force my right eye forward I feel like I'm in a tunnel and it's not comfortable. I wear reading glasses or bifocals when I need good distance sight. I tried progressives and had a tough time adjusting to them. I work with computers a lot and have a hard time going from close to screen to distance. I maxed out my non-prescription reading glasses at 3.5. The sight in my right eye is much worse than my left and I cover my left at times to hopefully make it stronger. Most of the time I don't even think about it but that's my story.

    • @rcayers1700
      @rcayers1700 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      You likely see two pictures. If/when you get drunk, you'll see quad-vision instead of double vision. What a trip that will be!

  • @Hasan-we7qp
    @Hasan-we7qp 4 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    I can fell my left eye wander off everytime im on computer, daydreamin or sleeping
    Im tired people judging me when we first met, i only wish they could stop asking

    • @dbzsrb9654
      @dbzsrb9654 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I know it sucks you can’t make eye contact with nobody

    • @bruhdangit8362
      @bruhdangit8362 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Omg, i relate to u so much. Sometimes idk if my left eye is straight or not and i became very self conscious of my eyes especially when i was being recorded or photographed without me looking at my own reflection

    • @randomhuman311
      @randomhuman311 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@bruhdangit8362 same bro ... It sucks 😩
      Idk will I ever be normal again 🥺

  • @mesee557
    @mesee557 ปีที่แล้ว

    I, at 54, was just diagnosed with a lazy eye! And my eye doctor said simply "At your age, it can't be fixed" and says it's why we can't get the exact correct Rx for my glasses. It took me 3 weeks before I questioned the doctor's statement. If you haven't already, you should do a video about how to tell the difference between a good eye doctor and a bad one!

  • @moradchokri988
    @moradchokri988 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I’m ok with my lazy eye , just got mad one time , when I failed to pass exam eye, for CDL , but now I’m happy with

  • @antonellaaguirre7797
    @antonellaaguirre7797 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I will love to see a video with exercises for strabismus! By the way this video was great, thank you!

    • @DoctorEyeHealth
      @DoctorEyeHealth  4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I have a video about eye exercises planned! Thank you for watching! glad you liked it.

    • @antonellaaguirre7797
      @antonellaaguirre7797 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@DoctorEyeHealth thank you!

  • @ellastepaniak8981
    @ellastepaniak8981 4 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    I have a lazy eye. I've worn glasses for 8 years and if I take my glasses off it just turns back in

    • @stevenokeke1173
      @stevenokeke1173 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      im the same

    • @lazyboi2373
      @lazyboi2373 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Try contacts?

    • @staytru7104
      @staytru7104 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      same, however I'm 15 and I have a contact lens for my lazy eye that I can plop in whenever I feel like it. Would recommend this to anyone with a lazy eye.

  • @Peac2938
    @Peac2938 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    I treated my eyes by myself. I have started first with pencil exercise. Then i start using the eye patches and from the first day I was able to control my eyes and make them look together at the same direction. Eyes patches help you to feel inside your eyes and make them look straight together. Other very helpful thing that try to look from the middle, I mean not from the right or the Left so you can draw long Imaginary line starts from your noise and that will give you a very good hint about how to control your eyes. other thing you can look at some point and make sure that your eyes look at the same point by switching between both. After I did all these exercises I am totally able to feel inside my eyes and control them. You can look at some eye digram and learn more about its inside parts so that will help a lot to realize how you are supposed to deal with it.

    • @nibharai1908
      @nibharai1908 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      How many days it took to be perfect

    • @Peac2938
      @Peac2938 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@nibharai1908 as soon as you learn how to treat your eyes, so if you use the batches to close the good eye and use the lazy, it will not take that long, just close the good eye for couple of hours during the day and it will be the best if it's at the morning but don't keep the good eye closed using the batches for long because that will hurt your good eye if keep it closed for long. Not More than two hours a day, after 30 days, you will hopefully have big improvements but just keep working on them and don't give up at all and good luck but at the same time I am not a doctor and I am just sharing what I have experienced

    • @nibharai1908
      @nibharai1908 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Peac2938 ohhh thanks I am using patch from 3 day for more than 11 hour daily I will use only 2 hour thanks

    • @japancine
      @japancine 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@nibharai1908 how is your eye exercise going?

    • @uknown.p1297
      @uknown.p1297 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Peac2938 do I have to use it in da morning or can I use it thought the day

  • @thomasthetiefighter2934
    @thomasthetiefighter2934 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I had strabismus surgery - I did my research and went to a Strabismus Specialist and It has without a doubt been the best thing I've ever done. I'd always look away and have no confidence when someone spoke to me or starting a conversation, NOW you can't shut me up and my eyes are perfectly aligned

  • @amj4085
    @amj4085 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I’m 21.. at 6 I was diagnosed with a lazy eye, at 9 I had to have a lens transplant surgery, and things did get better for me.. I gave my parents such a hard time but I’m glad they made that decision to help my eye, HOWEVER i I still have problems with it.. still wear glasses and sometimes I patch with my little sister who also has a lazy eye and maybe she’ll get the surgery too cause it’s as bad as mine..
    idk it’s such a hard thing to live with and I relate so much with the comments.. hopefully we all try harder and heal even when it’s difficult.

  • @dimitra7027
    @dimitra7027 4 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    it's hard, it's so hard being like this...i can't have a boyfriend...i can't talk to people properly... and i'm scared of bullying like "who you looking at"? I just want to go to the fucking hospital and get anither eye like why did they make me like this bro i'm crying everyday just why

    • @MMS-hr1nz
      @MMS-hr1nz 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      My lazy eye was corrected when I was a kid (patches, glasses, exercises, all that jazz), but it's not gone completely. There are moments sometimes, not very often, when my right eye needs to "catch up" with my left one and sometimes people notice it, especially those who spend more time with me. I had a few "boyfriends" in the past but at some point I get a feeling that they stay around because they feel sorry for me or something, maybe when they notice my lazy eye. People will just see the lazy eye, not the person or the personality. I guess it could bother me if I let it, but I just don't care. If anyone makes a stupid remark, just tell the person off and make them feel like they are total jerks. Ask them, what if your kid is born this way, will they laugh too? Don't let this thing overpower you, really, these people are not worth it. And do the exercises, they do help, no matter the age.

    • @AliHaider-im9xt
      @AliHaider-im9xt 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Same, I also don't have girlfriend because of that 😢

    • @ferby111__6
      @ferby111__6 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Same it’s so hard when ever I meet someone online and I have to tell them that I have a lazy eye because I don’t want them to make fun of me when we meet in person haha, most of the time they end up ghosting me or straight up telling me that they can’t take someone with a lazy eye serious, I just wish i could rip my eyes off and get a new pair lol

    • @AliHaider-im9xt
      @AliHaider-im9xt 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ferby111__6 you can add me. I have lazy eye too. So I can't make fun of you .

    • @AliHaider-im9xt
      @AliHaider-im9xt 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ferby111__6 if you want to get rid of this problem then you can have a Surgery. Which will solve your problem.(in my country that surgery only cost around 300$)

  • @Ali_k46
    @Ali_k46 4 ปีที่แล้ว +175

    What is the cause of this lazy eye,
    When i was 8 year my eyes is absolutely perfect but now i have this problem,

    • @studyline4618
      @studyline4618 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I have also suffering from this problem plz also tell me the cause of this problem if you have knowledge about it

    • @wrathlurtik
      @wrathlurtik 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Happened to me because of watching so much Netflix off my phone, my eyes got stuck crossed, I found that looking at a distance starts to fix it

    • @pratikmakwana5378
      @pratikmakwana5378 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @AAAnt M in my opinion if the person is fat,his eye will look less squint and if he do masterbation then he will be thinner(due to lack of some vitamins) and his eye will look more squint.

    • @senticlaus5394
      @senticlaus5394 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Pretty sure it happens if you look at your phone too much. I have it aswell and yeah it sucks

    • @theowlhouseseason3213
      @theowlhouseseason3213 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Деки спасябки, мои казахо-почти несуществующие глаза додумались каким то способом быть лези айзом(звучит как имя какого нибудь персонажа из друзей)

  • @frothylatte4760
    @frothylatte4760 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I’ve had lazy eyes as long as I can remember, I probably saw countless specialists to have it fixed. couple of years ago I was told that I have congenital glaucoma did multiple tests but still hasn’t been confirmed 🤔
    I totally get not being able see some one straight in the face and I always walk with my head down, that messed up my posture 😅

    • @DoctorEyeHealth
      @DoctorEyeHealth  4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Sorry to hear about all of that. I hope everything ends up OK with the glaucoma suspicion. Does your eye turn then? Does it go out or in?

    • @frothylatte4760
      @frothylatte4760 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Doctor Eye Health thanks so much doctor I hope so too. Yes it does, it goes out. When I’ look in the mirror it looks perfectly straight to me.

  • @helenndow1101
    @helenndow1101 ปีที่แล้ว

    I am 87 years old and have just been told I have one lazy eye. Thank you dear parents for taking me to an ear, nose, throat doctor time after time and my tonsils peeled numerous times.

  • @flylikeafly0
    @flylikeafly0 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    dear Doc, i live in Turkey, i cant explain how effective your sources are ! as i cant get any proper information and diagnose from our health system... i really appriciate , best regards !

  • @nixa4gaming419
    @nixa4gaming419 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    I can relate so much to the comment section its such a hard time having lazy eye. Im 17 now and I didnt had like any girlfriend like ever, I dont consider myself ugly but I think that 90% is because of that like it hits me so hard when in elementary school my friends would say to some really not so pretty girl that I want to go to prom to her (which I didnt) and she looked me in the face dead serious and told me "sorry I dont wanna go because of the eye" like that was the moment when my confidence went like unerground and like for any reason a girl rejects me it is like ur a good friend or that some kind of shit and I think that they didnt wanted to offend me bcs of the eye. all in all tough times :/

    • @watisean.
      @watisean. 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Its okay buddy, opinions by the end of the day, gotta learn to not give a shit and be yourself cause this life is more than just your body, achieve things and make a good future for yourself with people who love you for just you, let your personality shine

  • @mezou5769
    @mezou5769 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Is the treatment working in 15 years?

  • @tyrirn
    @tyrirn 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I was diagnosed with Refractive Amblyopia at the age of 25. I always had poor vision on my right eye, but I had no idea it was a problem, because when I had both my eyes opened, I would see just fine, even very small text. During my second year of university, I started to notice that my vision altered a bit, and then after a while I went to a doctor for a check. They said that I didn't have binocular sight at all and that's why my healthy eye started to develop astigmatism for being overly used. So they had me wear a pair of glasses in order for the brain to catch the image from my right eye as well. In time, after another check, they said that my binocular sight is starting to develop, and now, unfortunately, with both eyes opened i see the focused image of my healthy eye and also some blurred duplicates from my right eye. What the doctors are unable to explain is why if i place an object really close to my eye, right below the line of sight and the thing i'm looking at, I see it perfectly, no duplicates.

    • @squirtle8076
      @squirtle8076 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hi sir I need your help I am 16 I want to know about it

    • @Dyson2024
      @Dyson2024 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      😮 same story when objects are close I see perfectly fine with both eyes but when objects are far I see better with right eye not left eye

  • @ravinatamang1347
    @ravinatamang1347 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I'm really thankful in this comment section as I thought I was the only one having lazy eye.ireally wish to get a surgery but I can't I am wearing a glasses with high power already and for the operation my mum can't afford it!!! I was teased so much from my 6th grade to +2 and it hurts so much

  • @G4Disco
    @G4Disco 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Born with strabismus. After two surgeries as a toddler, I now have amblyopia in my left eye. I did the standard glasses and patching up to around 9. No significant improvements. This was in the 80s. My left eye is definitely suppressed. I can see, but I can't focus in on anything. I've been kept out of certain careers (aviation) that require stereoscopic vision, but I've managed.

  • @frdada1657
    @frdada1657 4 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    could you post a tutorial video on how to move the eyes like this 0:03 and this 5:12
    please !!

    • @DoctorEyeHealth
      @DoctorEyeHealth  4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Sure! I will maybe make a quick one and post it on my FB page.

    • @frdada1657
      @frdada1657 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@DoctorEyeHealth that would be fantastic 🤩

    • @AndreS-ov7vx
      @AndreS-ov7vx 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@pennydrake5585 i think its fine for fun and entertainment purposes as long as one's not overly doing it for a long period of time, but yeah, that's my opinion

    • @jasonmerth5121
      @jasonmerth5121 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Penny Drake what are you talking about? You can’t become amblyopic from crossing your eyes… amblyopia is a lazy eye as a result from different prescriptions greater value than 3 diopters (A.k.a. a varying image size of more than 5%, which causes the brain to not be able to fuse the images together) The eyes looking towards your nose is a normal muscular movement it commonly happens while looking at near objects it’s called convergence.

    • @frdada1657
      @frdada1657 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      what was Penny Drake's comment saying? It's deleted now

  • @nouzhanouzha8082
    @nouzhanouzha8082 4 ปีที่แล้ว +140

    Not me at 26 years old crying at 1am because i want to be normal

    • @yupp2275
      @yupp2275 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Meeeeeeee but I'm 15

    • @Yesenia1562lb
      @Yesenia1562lb 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Same !!

    • @BECOMINGDESTINIE
      @BECOMINGDESTINIE 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I’m the same age with the same feelings 😩

    • @brandiking2045
      @brandiking2045 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      29. The pain only continues :(

    • @ryanmixedvlog7564
      @ryanmixedvlog7564 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I'm crying 😭😭. Same!

  • @Buddhakingpen
    @Buddhakingpen 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I feel like my lazy eye is acute, but its been a serious point of insecurity my whole life. I'm relatively lucky though, because as long as i'm actively remembering to use my left eye muscle more i can keep it straight with my right one. Theres people that have known me for years and dont even know i have it unless i tell them or if they catch me having to keep up with fast movements.

  • @marandaturner942
    @marandaturner942 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Patching here, worked from the 80s until I turned 39 then my eye got weak again. Now my son is doing the vision therapy at 5 to prevent the problems I had that I thought were normal things. Im goping it works out well.

  • @noelialopez6380
    @noelialopez6380 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank You for this informative video.
    I was just told a couple days ago that my 1 year old has amblyopia and I was very concerned. My 5 year old had strabismus surgery a couple months ago and to think that now my daughter is also struggling with her visions is scary. Thank you for this video. Gave me a little piece of mind that she can recover from this with her new glasses 🤞 .

  • @ShazamKazam
    @ShazamKazam 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I started as a kid with the patch and have worn glasses since I've been 2. Drops were tried and tried pretty much everything under the sun. It wasn't as noticeable when I was wearing glasses, but became very noticeable once I started wearing contact lenses. I had two surgeries for my lazy eye (most recent was 15 years ago). It's mostly unnoticeable now unless I look up really high. I've declined a third surgery because it doesn't bother me that much and I have problems coming out of surgeries in general.

  • @Jacqueline_333
    @Jacqueline_333 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    My eye started to turn in for the first time just this past summer. I was told it was lazy eye but I don’t really have any significant eye sight problems in my other eye.

    • @alienvirus4640
      @alienvirus4640 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      My eye started this month and i don't even know why

  • @amitaf3927
    @amitaf3927 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Hello im having difficulty in my left eye. I can consciously move my left eye outward while maintaning my right eye to focus.

  • @kener122
    @kener122 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I’m 18 and have had 2 surgeries to fix my lazy eye. But it just comes back, will consider therapy now that I’m trying to join the military and this is stopping me from doing so

  • @caressebrutale2410
    @caressebrutale2410 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    As a child, I got teased by wearing an eye patch and ditched it.
    Now an adult. I was prescribed glasses to manage astignmatism and amblyopia/ strabismus on my left eye, the weaker eye, getting a higher power:
    OD -100
    OS -150
    With these glasses, my eye have always been in sync.
    I might want to check with my eye doctor if I may get contact lenses as an alternative.

    • @caressebrutale2410
      @caressebrutale2410 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      P.S.
      Another alternative that was considered was a botox injection to the eye muscles (something like that), but was told that the effect diminishes after about 6 months, and had to be redone.
      Surgery is another, aside from complications, over correction is always a possibility.

  • @rashmitasfiaakhand
    @rashmitasfiaakhand 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I’m so scared about my eyes !! Last time I went to check my eyes I was so scared ! I started crying!!

  • @Djluv5
    @Djluv5 4 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    I dunno if i have a lazy eye but later in my 20's i started having any of my eyes moving outward from time to time, mainly when am tired. Now in my late 30's it's gotten worse i would say. I can view straight but sometimes wihtout realising any one of my eyes would just move outward and mainly when am really sleepy and tired. Trying to keep them straight causes some eye strain sometimes.. Any advice on this?

    • @umemamalikmuhammad2955
      @umemamalikmuhammad2955 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      The same was with me but at bhirt so i had strabismus exotrophia and later my eye sight got weak when i was 10

    • @shushspirit
      @shushspirit 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      yeah this just started happening to me & my eyes would start to kinda burn, almost like you’re trying to have staring contest w someone. My glasses aren’t helping & my vision & lazy eyes is getting progressively worse. Keep me in your prayer! God bless! ❤️

    • @t33j4f
      @t33j4f 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Same thing with me started I’m my mid twenties and happens when I’m tired 😔

  • @thomasreedy4751
    @thomasreedy4751 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I was born with a congenital cataract (Iris forms a tiny triangle with a circle projected into the pupil). That eye can probably make out the first few lines on the chart, with glasses - but its blury and not crisp.
    I didn't realize I had a vision issue until my first grade teacher recognized that I couldn't see the chalkboard and told my parents.
    By then it was likely too late to prevent amblyopia and the eye doctor basically blamed my parents for not having my eyes examined at a younger age.
    When I was in my early 20's, I went to an eye surgeon. The Dr. basically said surgery would not improve my vision past its current correction.
    He basically said that if I was OK with my glasses and contacts, I shouldn't risk surgery.
    Even if technology has improved since then, I am happy with that advice.

  • @ga.7825
    @ga.7825 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I got basically all four treatments ahahah
    but at the last minute they decided not to have me have surgery. As a kid I wanted that because I thought that it will cure it for good, but still now I'm happy with what glasses, patches and vision therapy gave me :)

  • @chocolate_chipp_00
    @chocolate_chipp_00 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Anisometropic Amblyopia (left eye nearsighted and right eye farsighted), Strabismus, and Keratoconus. I started patching and vision therapy at age 5. I was really disciplined with both, and there was some improvement. Surprisingly, I was never bullied or ostracized for looking different. (At least not to my face- a couple of people thought I was missing an eye and I typically wore those adhesive patches that were nowhere near to my skin color) I stopped when I was 14 because my improvement plateaued. Last year I was diagnosed with keratoconus, and I had corneal cross linking performed. Once I fully recovered and started wearing scleral contacts, my vision in my left eye was 20/20. My right eye still is, and will always be significantly weaker. However, my vision is light years ahead of where it used to be! As I child, I never thought I’d see clearly, and at a point before the corneal cross linking last year, it seemed like it would all be taken from me. Next week I’m having strabismus surgery!

  • @rugbybeentjes6330
    @rugbybeentjes6330 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Its so weird. I can feel when my eye is being mischievous. My doctor says it comes back when my eyes get tired so I'm wearing glasses all the time now. But instead of seeing when my eye goes wandering, I just feel it. Doing some tests at home and I feel like my brain is now just ignoring all input from my lazy eye. In your last video about this you mentioned how you can have a dominant eye... I can pick and choose what eye I'm looking out of. I'm ambidextrous with my eyes. Its.... Interesting.
    I had it when I was very young. Went through everything, Started with glasses, Moved to a patch as well as exercises. (The patch was a lot cooler as a kid). It was all unsuccessful. I moved onto surgery when I was about 8 or 9. I was told It could return in my late teens. Sure enough, I started seeing and feeling symptoms again. Now I'm in my 20's and still getting worse... The patch is coming again...

    • @shreemantolahiri
      @shreemantolahiri 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hey! After recovering from Covid I've suddenly been feeling my eyes aren't normal. Whenever I wake up in the morning it is difficult to align them. After sometime they become fine but I can choose which eye to keep straight and which eye to move outwards. I consulted a doctor but he said to give it 2-3 months and it's due to the covid virus my muscles have weakned. Is it so? Or is this the same thing happening to you too?

  • @zethic999
    @zethic999 4 ปีที่แล้ว +53

    Hey doctor my eyes are straight most of the time but sometimes when I look at my phone or screen it my left eye moves to the left and when I cover that eye

    • @clydekidder6046
      @clydekidder6046 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Zethic999 I LITERALLY HAVE THE SAME THING I’m trying to figure out what it is

    • @clydekidder6046
      @clydekidder6046 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Let me know if you figure it out man

    • @zethic999
      @zethic999 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Clyde Kidder hey I’ll let you know I’m gonna go to an eye doctor soon

    • @Anamaria-in6rj
      @Anamaria-in6rj 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I have the same problem. It's a lighter form of lazy eye.

    • @zethic999
      @zethic999 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Anamaria-in6rj what do you mean by lighter form?

  • @sel7818
    @sel7818 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    “What are you looking at” “you look like a chameleon” “bro Im right here”

    • @ardian3877
      @ardian3877 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      i feel you man ✊

  • @pd5899
    @pd5899 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I had three eye surgeries when I was 3 years old 4 years old and 5 years old. None of them worked. And thirteen or fourteen years old I was introduced to eye exercises, anything to help quite a bit but I stopped doing them and eventually got cross-eyed again. People are always wondering who you're looking at when you talk to them, you know when they turn their head and look behind them. Good side to it is that you can look at two different people or whatever at the same time.

  • @dominiquegooden8363
    @dominiquegooden8363 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    The patching REALLY works!!!!! I had improvements and then it went back to being lazy because I stopped exercising my lazy eye

    • @VisualsProd.War_
      @VisualsProd.War_ 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      How old are you?

    • @dominiquegooden8363
      @dominiquegooden8363 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@VisualsProd.War_ 24

    • @pezi7934
      @pezi7934 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      How exactly do you patch your eye? Really worked?

  • @emreucur4447
    @emreucur4447 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    All this time I thought I was alone in the lazy eye issue. Actually a lot of people are having the same problem as me.

  • @abzvlogs5824
    @abzvlogs5824 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I have lazy eye problem, i don't get confidence in eye to eye contact communication 😞😞

  • @Z-Lanee
    @Z-Lanee 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Literally typing this and watching this with a lazy eye

  • @yungshageercontentevery3da620
    @yungshageercontentevery3da620 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Omg thank you so much the doctor was saying that it’s a very low chance of fixing it since that part of my brain has matured thanks so much

  • @KristinaHealth
    @KristinaHealth ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I have lazy eye and because of that I had the strabismus on top, I was able to correct my strabismus naturally by simply tensing my eye and trying to look straight. I didn’t look in the mirror or something to make sure I am looking straight. But it helped, strabismus resolved! The amblyopia unfortunately is too strong and even if I try to work on it, I don’t notice if there is any improvement or if it gets worse, I am used to utilise my healthy eye, you know what I mean, it’s easier

  • @ModernProgram
    @ModernProgram 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I also have a similar condition. I've learned how to move my eye into the position it suppose to be in but i have no focus in both eyes now and i might be legally blind.

  • @brruhyan6741
    @brruhyan6741 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    When I'm looking at something I feel like my left eye is going outwards, but I don't see a difference in vision. When I check my eyes on a mirror I feel like they're not normal anymore. I need an answer pls help.

    • @aakash4123
      @aakash4123 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      brruhyan hey did you find anything about it? i’m feeling the same!

    • @ASH-kc2qo
      @ASH-kc2qo 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@aakash4123 me too

    • @aakash4123
      @aakash4123 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ash kinda what?

    • @ASH-kc2qo
      @ASH-kc2qo 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@aakash4123 when I look into objects especially sharp my left eye is attracted to it and cause pain. Do you feel any pain??

    • @aakash4123
      @aakash4123 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ash nah bro i don’t feel any pain neither do i feel any stress, depth preception issue, or any kind of vision problem ( but i do have high myopia), just the thing is that when i look sidewards, my right eye drifts way too much right, and i feel it looks kinda weird, but so far i don’t have any vision issues so i wonder if i have any problem like strabismus or exotropia or is it all just in my head, cuz whenever i look sidewards, it looks like i have a crossed eye or strabismus. What do u think?

  • @sumloser8650
    @sumloser8650 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    i never got treated for it when i was younger Glasses just made my vision worse over time
    so thinking of having eye lasik sugary to correct my vision and surgery to correct my lazy eye

    • @DoctorEyeHealth
      @DoctorEyeHealth  4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Be sure to expect a lengthy convo about your risks with your surgeon then.

    • @sumloser8650
      @sumloser8650 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      i gotta save a couple quid first its expensive. iv heard alot of positivity coming from people who've had lasik
      im not worried its going to be something i look forward to 🙂

    • @divyamunjal2984
      @divyamunjal2984 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Is there any surgery for amblyopia ? Vision in my one eye is fine & abnormal in other eye..

    • @muerteasecuestradores5461
      @muerteasecuestradores5461 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Try vision therapy

  • @vladloki9046
    @vladloki9046 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I've had lazy eye since I was a kid and whenever I get really tired it really goes more to the right and I get self-conscious about going and talking to people

  • @Shyar1917
    @Shyar1917 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    It's something that is hard and difficult to deal with. The pain that comes with it is something that I don't need to go over because all of us know it. All of us have felt it, but we have to find happiness in ourselves and it isn't an easy road to embark on but it's one that if you do take will make you appreciate who are and you'll know that what other people say or think won't matter. Be proud of who you are.