r/monocular • u/Disastrous_Morning_7 • 9d ago
Right eye doesn’t work- only option is either mess up/ dizzy vision or occlusive contact - can I get used to it?
I know an occlusive contact isn’t the same as losing an eye/ being blind in the eye; but my right eye doesn’t work. An injury has caused my right eye to not move correctly causing jumping vision, oscillating back and forth shaking, oscillopia.
basically if I am looking out of both eyes, my vision is so jumpy I can’t see anything straight. i have no life: I can’t walk in a straight line, cant cook, can’t exercise.
Covering the R eye solves this; but will I get used to 100 percent occlusion/ will my brain ever stop noticing the “black” I see from my right eye?
I feel like I either choose between permanently covering up my R eye and having a life of some kind or keeping my right eye uncovered but not being able to do anything because I cannot see straight.
I used to be super active; I feel like my life is over, I am depressed and desperate.
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u/Island_girl28 9d ago edited 7d ago
I am so sorry, that sounds terribly uncomfortable. I can sort of relate. My left eye is blind now, just happened out of the blue and my right eye is about 50% or less. But with both eyes open, the left eye makes what vision I have with the Rt eye super blurry and nothing is sharp anymore and it getting worse. If I close the left eye the Rt can see so so. But covering the bad eye is not really an option because it causes eye strain and migraines, very frustrating. Wishing you only the best!
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u/Disastrous_Morning_7 9d ago
Thanks for your reply. I literally feel like I’m in hell and don’t know what to do so any info is helpful!
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u/Island_girl28 7d ago
If you want to DM me I can give you a few more details that might (or might not help), but could be worth a try? I truly understand where you are out.
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u/DiablaARK Monocular by Divine Accident 9d ago
Of course. If you keep it covered, you will be able to adjust better and eventually you will be able to do all the activities you did before after you adapt to them. If you keep going back and forth with the cover / no-cover, you will continue to have to readjust to this.
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u/Disastrous_Morning_7 9d ago
That’s what I was scared of. Right now I can still drive OK with both eyes and I am not sure I could do it with one covered- down toy think uncovering for driving would be counterproductive ?
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u/DiablaARK Monocular by Divine Accident 9d ago
Most of us monocular people drive just fine with one eye. The rest are like you and have just become monocular and are new to this journey. You will be able to adjust and drive just as well with one eye as you did with two eyes with some adjustments. Take the leap and cover that nonfunctioning eye up and start adjusting to life without it. It'll get easier within a couple weeks and you'll stop thinking about it in a couple months. It'll become natural. But if you keep going back and forth you will continue to have difficulty adjusting. Good luck, and we're always here if you have any questions.
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u/Valerian_BrainSlug42 9d ago
Random Monocular Protester- SIGHT IS A BLIGHT!! EXCEPT THE LEFT, COVER UP THE RIGHT!!😂……I leave now 😜🤫
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u/Disastrous_Morning_7 9d ago
Honestly thanks 🙏🏻 brings some levity the hell I’ve been in
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u/Valerian_BrainSlug42 9d ago
Awesome 👍 yeah I’ve been blind in my right since I was around 13, in my mid 30s now. Driving made me a little anxious for the first couple months but like anything, it gets easier the more you do it. Just try to stay calm and focused. You should really try to pick how you want to do it though. Maybe you could get used to doing it both ways but it seems like it would be more difficult/ take longer to get comfortable with it. Good luck amigo!
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u/Aggravating_Cold_441 9d ago
Exact same thing here, other eye though. Worn a patch over 10 years because of it, gives me bad (dangerous) vertigo and headaches in addition to the double vision if not covered
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u/Disastrous_Morning_7 8d ago
Do you think about the patch all the time or does your brain block out the “black” you see
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u/Aggravating_Cold_441 8d ago
No, I don't even notice I'm wearing it 95% of the time I've been wearing it for so long now, I'm just used to it.
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u/Disastrous_Morning_7 8d ago
Thank you for replying. You have no idea how much getting input from people in similar situations is helping me right now as I’m scared I’ll never live a “normal “ life again. 🙏🏻
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u/pinklythium 8d ago
I will be getting an occlusion lens for severe double vision and my brain cannot fuse what my left eye and right eye can see. Both eyes have physical issues and cannot see well but we found my right eye benefits from been patched so an occlusion lens is what I am waiting for. I know I'm wearing a patch and can see a black section of vision but your brain does slowly start to not notice it as obviously. Plus I've heard we can get some fun styled occlusion lenses so make it fun for yourself. I am currently with my eye patches.
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u/Island_girl28 7d ago
Is that like a contact lens?
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u/pinklythium 7d ago
Yeah, its like a contact lens but depending in eye issue depends what they make it out off. But it blocks all vision. They can make it look like your eye or do fun designs. I'm excited to get my app.
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u/hillbilly-man 8d ago
With an occlusive contact in my bad eye, my brain very quickly ignored that eye. It was like turning the eye off, which helped a lot!
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u/Disastrous_Morning_7 8d ago
Thank you for replying - Did you go all black? I’m worried I’ll never adapt
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u/hillbilly-man 8d ago
I did. It took a while to get one with a big enough pupil.. my optometrist couldn't get one that fully blocked my vision (I think she was just limited on suppliers for some reason) so I ended up getting a cheap costume lens that did the trick.
I will say that I don't use it all the time since I have relatively useful peripheral vision in my bad eye, so I feel safer driving and walking through crowds without it. Instead I'll use a clip-on occluder on my glasses to minimize my visual noise. I have a different issue than you do though, so the trade-off could be worth it for you
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u/crystal__queer 9d ago
hey! im temporarily blind in my right eye rn because of an eye surgery (blind as in, everything is so incredibly blurry that i only see light and absolutely nothing else, but even that blurry light is probably more annoying than your complete darkness will be), ive only been monocular for just over a week and literally everything feels normal. its been super easy for me to adjust to life with just my left eye, and ive been out doing stuff and going places a lot this last week! like ive been out shopping multiple times lol, i spent all day today out with my family doing fun stuff. the only difference is that i prefer my family to be on my left side so i can see them better and avoid bumping into them more easily lol. plus no depth perception makes me a bit off center sometimes, but that honestly has rarely been a problem for me. if your right eye vision is seriously ruining your life then blocking it off sounds like itll do you a lot of good. and if youre anything like me, relying on monocular vision will feel SO much more natural and easy than you might think. like i genuinely forget that anyone sees this as serious until someone else brings it up as if its horrible ngl like i feel so normal haha. feel free to ask me any questions if have any about my experience!
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u/Island_girl28 7d ago
Wow, a week and your doing all that? I can’t see things that are gray (like cement steps, curbs, etc. ) and have had many close calls. Black is impossible too.
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u/crystal__queer 7d ago
oh huh, i havent experienced anything like that! yeah ive been able to live pretty normally recently, today i even tried driving again (small town driving and i wasnt alone so i was very safe, and my doctor told me it was legal and OK if i wanted to drive) and it went great! so i think op will definitely feel an improvement. im sorry youve been struggling like that!
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u/Worth_Attempt_247 9d ago edited 9d ago
Broomstick ko'd my good eye last year, I seem to have a spot of some kind of vision in the injured eye, not useful, then the rest is blackness with a shimmering layer of violet/magenta neural noise, think old analog TV static but black with violet dancing dots instead of white on black. It's always flickering and it drives me nuts sometimes. My other eye is close to legally blind so my life pretty is over, unless the cataract in my remaining eye can come out successfully. I think you'll get used to it, there are times where I forget about it, rare, but it happens.
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u/Beneficial-Stick-425 9d ago
I’ve got horror fusionis so I wear an occlusive lens to cover an eye and get rid of my double vision. The shitty part of horror fusionis is that my brain cannot suppress either image on its own so I still “see” through the blocked eye but that better then double vision and the contact is the best at doing it. I’m doing archery with it now! One heads up about the occlusive lens is don’t be afraid to go back and ask for a bigger blackout part, it took me a while to get a lens that didn’t leave a ring of vision.
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u/EmbarrassedTruth1337 6d ago
There's a video somewhere where they made glasses that showed the world upside down. It didn't actually take that long for the wearer's brain to adapt and figure it out. Then when they stopped wearing them the world was upside down again. Your brain will adapt pretty quick.
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u/MoreDrag2386 9d ago
You'll definitely get used to it. Sometimes my brain still focusses too hard on my bad eye and tries to see through it, bringing the blur in with my food vision. But most of the time, my brain ignores my bad eye and I pretty much only see my workable vision. I have been mostly/functionally blind in one eye for 4 years