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[quote=Anonymous]Older teen reporting double vision.  Can read only if book is at a very specific angle otherwise the letters double vertically.

Went to ophthalmologist a year ago, said he couldn't correct better than 20/30 (which sounded good enough to me for a -6) and referred us to a neuro-opthalmologist without giving us the prescription.  Teen got sick with virus and threw up in waiting room, end of that appointment.  Got second appointment with another neuro as could see sooner.  Said everything was fine and new correction was to -8 but she couldn't be sure, maybe teen hadn't had enough sleep and she was over-correcting.  Suggested teen see optometrist, no specific suggestion and never made it to one.

Things dragged on and overuse of contacts (teen had lost glasses from two years earlier) led to a corneal ulceration, first in one eye and then in second.  Saw different opthalmologist in same practice as initial doctor. Got the 20/30 prescription finally to get glasses while eyes healing.  Referred to yet another neuro-opthalmologist. Six week wait, appointment end of April.

It's been over a year since this started, teen is muddling along in reading, but this needs to get fixed and we need an up to date prescription.  Am really afraid we'll go to the neuro only to be bounced back somewhere else and still not have a new prescription.

Any suggestions?  Am a bit leery of handing this over to an optometrist but if there is someone good who someone has used for a double vision problem I'd definitely consider it.  At least we might get a prescription.

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