I ordered the Zenni night driving glasses and they are the best so far for me. I have astigmatism and dry eyes and they have made a big improvement for glare from bright headlights. I ordered them to my current prescription with the progressive lenses and they work great. Just know that if you’re gonna order them online, you need to be using a laptop with a Web camera because the website takes a picture of your prescription measures the distance between your eyes and you can also do a virtual frame try on.
I really appreciate that you test your patients at night. I also have problems seeing at night, but every time i go to get tested, they test me during the day and they tell me i have 20/20 vision and send me back home. But it makes no sense for me if i explicitly tell them my problem is at night. Low-light testing should be more standard i think. Everything becomes blurry for me at night.
There are patients I see during the day that I wish I could test them during the night. I usually work 1 late day a week until 7:00pm. it can be tricky sometimes to really get to the core issue, why the nighttime vision is blurry.
@videofrat3115 yes, sometimes I'll turn off most of the lights to check. It's nice to be able to look outside during night to have them look at street lights and signs like that, just for a real world test.
@@DrEyeGuy I notice my computer screen becomes basically unreadable at night, while during the day I can read it quite well, I attribute this to my astigmatism getting worse at night when my pupils are open. I wonder if just turning off all the lights at the office during the eye tests and having the patient read some text on a dimmer screen would recreate that. I also noticed that using a higher astigmatism diopter than the one the doctor gave me works best at night (might be because the doctor did the test during the day in a bright office). Thats just my guess as a patient
Those once "illegal" BRIGHT white headlights or HD or LED or whatever other than soft white, do not help anyone in the oncoming lane at night. Thanks for mass sales long ago and still today, they are everywhere....smh
I have a blurry vision at night. I found a trick that helps me see clear. When I wear regular reading glasses, strength of +1.0 , I see perfectly clear. I hope I'm not doing anything that will cause harm to my future vision. Thank you
Thank you for this excellent video describing how images pass through our eyes! I had cataract surgery for both eyes about 6 months ago. I have experienced double vision (ghost image) in my right eye since then. It is there during the day but mostly at night. Eye doctor said I have post vitreous detachment in that eye with large cloudy floater. Hoping I can adapt to it over time. But it’s very distracting and annoying at times.
Though I don't know if it's possible, but after year's of being an over the road truck driver. In which I've logged well over two million mile's. And having to wear typical plorized sun glasses even at night to eliminate the majority of glare. It wasn't until the last month of all the year's and mile's. That I found a pair of not exactly clear but to the N-th degree not nearly as dark as conventional sun glasses. Doing a bit of research, the polorization of glasses, doesn't have to be that of the dark sunglasse's. The issue with the manufactureing and providing clear polorized glasses is the number's envolved mandated in the sale of them. When the good one's made from actual glass are so much more than even the most expensive of poly aka plastic one's. And one needing two pair's, meaning one dark and one clear. Add's up to the market sales of a clear "GLASS" pair of polorized glasse's. Having no profit margine. Thus only in the rare case's in which there is a mistake and a pair of sunglasse's make's it to the point of sale undetected. Is having a pair such as the one's I've now got. Though being fully retired and rarely driving at night anymore. It's a little to late!
I hated driving at night because, in one eye, most of the lens was covered by a cataract. I had cataract surgery in that eye and am going for surgery in the other eye in January. The doctor corrected the astigmatism in that eye, and I suppose will do so in the other. I opted to keep wearing glasses for distance, so my new lens is the one Medicare covers. But keeping my near vision without glasses was most important to me. Another plus is that my eyeglass lens is thinner and less heavy. Driving at night is no longer frightening.
Fascinating video. I was born with cateracts (Congenital Rubella...)- was aphakic for years until I had lens implants between 25 and 30 ye ars old (long story why lol) so my prescription changed; also went to trifocals. Also have dry eyes from time to time. Aside from the horrendous LED headlights and sometimes the 'regular' style ones, I find that I do have trouble with traffic lights etc due to astigmatism (I suspect). The worst time is when it rains and I'm driving at 5:30 AM- blurry/'out of focus' and inability to see the lane markings on the roads clearly (dry weather it's fine). So have been trying to find ways over the years to alleviate the painful drive to work; I almost never go out after dark anymore :(. Once tried my sunglasses (yes- not a good idea I found). Too bad the transitions type glasses don't work when you're IN the car. Daytime driving is about as bad- seems dusk and dawn are my favorite times to drive... 🤔
I have night vision problems. Apparently I have a small cataract in my right eye, astigmatism in both eyes and my pupils don’t dilate. I also had a detached retina about 20 years ago, which by some miracle was lasered whilst detaching and thus saved my eyesight. I wear gas permeable contact lens and now have to have drops for glaucoma. In spite of all this, my consultant says I have 100% vision in my left eye and 90% in my right eye. Any thoughts on how to improve my night vision.
Sorry to hear that. RGP lenses usually do pretty well at giving you good vision and correcting your astigmatism. I guess I would be curious how well it is correcting your vision, and how much the cataract is affecting your vision.
I got new eye prescriptions and the vision got a lot clearer close up but I feel like my old prescriptions was better far distance. I read online that it does take 10-15 days for your eyes to adapt to the new prescription but will that get rid of the slight blurriness I'm seeing? My old prescriptions didnt have that blur.
I think I’m developing cataracts since I only see haze/fog around unshaded bright lights at home and foggy vision at night from oncoming traffic. As far as annoying daylight white or worse yet blue headlights, amber foglights in particular and headlight bulbs toward the warmer/amber end of the spectrum will cancel out much of that brightness. As far as vitamin D3, it’s a hormone that can make irritate your nervous system, make you sick in many ways, and one also needs to be aware of Vit D toxicity and side effects ofecess Vit D in particular ATHEROSCLEROSIS and KIDNEY damage, things that contributed to my fathers death.
I noticed that You didn’t mention the Macular and problems that the Macular can have in regards to glare and light sensitivity. And how that has a bearing on this topic…… ⚛️☮️🌏
Hi, so I have dry eyes(MGD) and I see these glares and halos in the day as well. I usually see them when there’s a sun reflection off of cars at a weird anahle
My mother bought me those amber glasses and they altered my perception of my surroundings. Things I knew just looked different. Not sure if this is common. Made me feel like I was on a frequently travelled road for the first time. Would you please help me find a good ophthalmologist in my area? Is there a site with ratings and services offered? I have had what was considered several ocular migraines. Especially while driving. White and black zigzags. Flashes of red light that isn’t there etc. Several ophthalmologists I’ve seen say my eyes are fine. Alluding to it being in my head?? 😂 Thank you in advance. I understand if you do not have time also!
I've had the visual aura associated with migraines since I was in second grade in 1968, The headache part is not as severe as it once was but the vision disruptions which last about 20 to 30 minutes are a real thing.
A couple of eye drops to look into: Eyeganics Preservative Free Organic Tears: made of glycerin, sodium chloride, and water. Manuka honey eye drops: optimel drops: glycerin, honey, sodium benzoate, sodium chloride, water. The gel version has glycerin, honey, gum arabic, water.... It's mostly the honey. Those are probably a couple of the closest over the counter "natural" drops you can get.
Humans haven't evolved to cope with modern lighting. Nothing wrong with my eyes, there is plenty wrong with modern motor cars decorated with fancy led lights.
I had vision problems (especially at night) associated with very dry eyes. I frequently used "artificial tears" to keep them moist, but in between applications, the symptoms you describe would reappear. On a suggestion I read somewhere, I started taking a large "fish oil" capsule every day and the improvement in my eyesight was swift and dramatic, both day and night. I haven't used or felt the need for eye drops since and it's been more than three years. Of course, I realize that my experience is just "anecdotal evidence" and lacks scientific rigor, but perhaps my experience is a data point that indicates further consideration is warranted.
Thank you for sharing! You are not alone with this experience. I have seen enough evidence to show omega 3's can help people with dry eyes and meibomian gland dysfunction. There are people that have tried it, but didn't notice any improvement, but I still recommend it to my patients often.
There are some risks with doing the procedure to remove them. So usually it's when the floaters get to the point of symptoms that's it's worth the risk to get rid of them .
I ordered the Zenni night driving glasses and they are the best so far for me. I have astigmatism and dry eyes and they have made a big improvement for glare from bright headlights. I ordered them to my current prescription with the progressive lenses and they work great. Just know that if you’re gonna order them online, you need to be using a laptop with a Web camera because the website takes a picture of your prescription measures the distance between your eyes and you can also do a virtual frame try on.
I recently tried the yellow glasses at night and found a noticeable improvement,
I really appreciate that you test your patients at night. I also have problems seeing at night, but every time i go to get tested, they test me during the day and they tell me i have 20/20 vision and send me back home. But it makes no sense for me if i explicitly tell them my problem is at night. Low-light testing should be more standard i think. Everything becomes blurry for me at night.
There are patients I see during the day that I wish I could test them during the night. I usually work 1 late day a week until 7:00pm. it can be tricky sometimes to really get to the core issue, why the nighttime vision is blurry.
@DrEyeGuy would just dimming the lights in the office work as a night time test? Probably some kind of dim lights test should become standard
@videofrat3115 yes, sometimes I'll turn off most of the lights to check. It's nice to be able to look outside during night to have them look at street lights and signs like that, just for a real world test.
@@DrEyeGuy I notice my computer screen becomes basically unreadable at night, while during the day I can read it quite well, I attribute this to my astigmatism getting worse at night when my pupils are open. I wonder if just turning off all the lights at the office during the eye tests and having the patient read some text on a dimmer screen would recreate that. I also noticed that using a higher astigmatism diopter than the one the doctor gave me works best at night (might be because the doctor did the test during the day in a bright office). Thats just my guess as a patient
Those once "illegal" BRIGHT white headlights or HD or LED or whatever other than soft white, do not help anyone in the oncoming lane at night. Thanks for mass sales long ago and still today, they are everywhere....smh
I agree! You can have the world's best vision, and those bright headlights will still make the night vision very difficult.
truth
They are so blinding!!
And worse when it's a truck or high car and you have a lower car.
Nothing works as well as a lens in front of a light source.
Definitely, most helpful for me is lutein and zeaxanthin for headlight overwhelm. Thanks!
Man nutrition has helped me .
I don’t know but red light therapy has really helped me.
Excellent info...Very helpful
I have a blurry vision at night. I found a trick that helps me see clear. When I wear regular reading glasses, strength of +1.0 , I see perfectly clear. I hope I'm not doing anything that will cause harm to my future vision. Thank you
Hi eye guy 😎 👦 👀 nice video 📹 and workmanship
Thank you for this video!
You're welcome!
Thank you for this excellent video describing how images pass through our eyes!
I had cataract surgery for both eyes about 6 months ago.
I have experienced double vision (ghost image) in my right eye since then. It is there during the day but mostly at night. Eye doctor said I have post vitreous detachment in that eye with large cloudy floater. Hoping I can adapt to it over time. But it’s very distracting and annoying at times.
Though I don't know if it's possible, but after year's of being an over the road truck driver. In which I've logged well over two million mile's. And having to wear typical plorized sun glasses even at night to eliminate the majority of glare. It wasn't until the last month of all the year's and mile's. That I found a pair of not exactly clear but to the N-th degree not nearly as dark as conventional sun glasses.
Doing a bit of research, the polorization of glasses, doesn't have to be that of the dark sunglasse's. The issue with the manufactureing and providing clear polorized glasses is the number's envolved mandated in the sale of them. When the good one's made from actual glass are so much more than even the most expensive of poly aka plastic one's. And one needing two pair's, meaning one dark and one clear. Add's up to the market sales of a clear "GLASS" pair of polorized glasse's. Having no profit margine. Thus only in the rare case's in which there is a mistake and a pair of sunglasse's make's it to the point of sale undetected. Is having a pair such as the one's I've now got. Though being fully retired and rarely driving at night anymore. It's a little to late!
My solution is to never go out at night.
I hated driving at night because, in one eye, most of the lens was covered by a cataract. I had cataract surgery in that eye and am going for surgery in the other eye in January. The doctor corrected the astigmatism in that eye, and I suppose will do so in the other. I opted to keep wearing glasses for distance, so my new lens is the one Medicare covers. But keeping my near vision without glasses was most important to me. Another plus is that my eyeglass lens is thinner and less heavy. Driving at night is no longer frightening.
Fascinating video. I was born with cateracts (Congenital Rubella...)- was aphakic for years until I had lens implants between 25 and 30 ye ars old (long story why lol) so my prescription changed; also went to trifocals. Also have dry eyes from time to time. Aside from the horrendous LED headlights and sometimes the 'regular' style ones, I find that I do have trouble with traffic lights etc due to astigmatism (I suspect). The worst time is when it rains and I'm driving at 5:30 AM- blurry/'out of focus' and inability to see the lane markings on the roads clearly (dry weather it's fine). So have been trying to find ways over the years to alleviate the painful drive to work; I almost never go out after dark anymore :(. Once tried my sunglasses (yes- not a good idea I found). Too bad the transitions type glasses don't work when you're IN the car. Daytime driving is about as bad- seems dusk and dawn are my favorite times to drive... 🤔
I have night vision problems.
Apparently I have a small cataract in my right eye, astigmatism in both eyes and my pupils don’t dilate.
I also had a detached retina about 20 years ago, which by some miracle was lasered whilst detaching and thus saved my eyesight.
I wear gas permeable contact lens and now have to have drops for glaucoma. In spite of all this, my consultant says I have 100% vision in my left eye and 90% in my right eye.
Any thoughts on how to improve my night vision.
Sorry to hear that. RGP lenses usually do pretty well at giving you good vision and correcting your astigmatism. I guess I would be curious how well it is correcting your vision, and how much the cataract is affecting your vision.
I got new eye prescriptions and the vision got a lot clearer close up but I feel like my old prescriptions was better far distance. I read online that it does take 10-15 days for your eyes to adapt to the new prescription but will that get rid of the slight blurriness I'm seeing? My old prescriptions didnt have that blur.
Hard to say, it's possible. But if it doesn't then I would definitely contact your eye doc to get it rechecked.
I think I’m developing cataracts since I only see haze/fog around unshaded bright lights at home and foggy vision at night from oncoming traffic. As far as annoying daylight white or worse yet blue headlights, amber foglights in particular and headlight bulbs toward the warmer/amber end of the spectrum will cancel out much of that brightness. As far as vitamin D3, it’s a hormone that can make irritate your nervous system, make you sick in many ways, and one also needs to be aware of Vit D toxicity and side effects ofecess Vit D in particular ATHEROSCLEROSIS and KIDNEY damage, things that contributed to my fathers death.
I noticed that You didn’t mention the Macular and problems that the Macular can have in regards to glare and light sensitivity. And how that has a bearing on this topic…… ⚛️☮️🌏
The macula would fall under the supplement part with Lutien and Zeaxanthin, and part of the retina.
I also see them during the day on refections off of cars and mirrors any idea why that might be ?
Hi, so I have dry eyes(MGD) and I see these glares and halos in the day as well. I usually see them when there’s a sun reflection off of cars at a weird anahle
My mother bought me those amber glasses and they altered my perception of my surroundings. Things I knew just looked different. Not sure if this is common. Made me feel like I was on a frequently travelled road for the first time.
Would you please help me find a good ophthalmologist in my area? Is there a site with ratings and services offered? I have had what was considered several ocular migraines. Especially while driving. White and black zigzags. Flashes of red light that isn’t there etc. Several ophthalmologists I’ve seen say my eyes are fine. Alluding to it being in my head?? 😂 Thank you in advance. I understand if you do not have time also!
I've had the visual aura associated with migraines since I was in second grade in 1968, The headache part is not as severe as it once was but the vision disruptions which last about 20 to 30 minutes are a real thing.
I have dry eyes but dont like the chemical ingredients in eye drops. Is there an all natural alternative?
A couple of eye drops to look into:
Eyeganics Preservative Free Organic Tears: made of glycerin, sodium chloride, and water.
Manuka honey eye drops: optimel drops: glycerin, honey, sodium benzoate, sodium chloride, water. The gel version has glycerin, honey, gum arabic, water.... It's mostly the honey.
Those are probably a couple of the closest over the counter "natural" drops you can get.
Optimel manuka honey eye drops.
Humans haven't evolved to cope with modern lighting. Nothing wrong with my eyes, there is plenty wrong with modern motor cars decorated with fancy led lights.
What about an offset ghosting effect that's worse at night?
could be a few things... dryness, cornea shape (astigmatism, keratoconus), or even cataracts to name a few.
I had vision problems (especially at night) associated with very dry eyes. I frequently used "artificial tears" to keep them moist, but in between applications, the symptoms you describe would reappear. On a suggestion I read somewhere, I started taking a large "fish oil" capsule every day and the improvement in my eyesight was swift and dramatic, both day and night. I haven't used or felt the need for eye drops since and it's been more than three years. Of course, I realize that my experience is just "anecdotal evidence" and lacks scientific rigor, but perhaps my experience is a data point that indicates further consideration is warranted.
Thank you for sharing! You are not alone with this experience. I have seen enough evidence to show omega 3's can help people with dry eyes and meibomian gland dysfunction. There are people that have tried it, but didn't notice any improvement, but I still recommend it to my patients often.
Vitamin A.
This guy's after telling you what's wrong with you. Screw that. The biggest problem with night driving is when it rains (at night).
Rain definitely makes it more difficult to see at night. But, are you saying my whole video is wrong?
Very helpful info, thank you. I have lots of floaters. They are annoying but I can live with them. Would it be necessary to have them removed?
There are some risks with doing the procedure to remove them. So usually it's when the floaters get to the point of symptoms that's it's worth the risk to get rid of them .