Is there a problem with my eye?

zanmatto

Anyhoo, my right eye is weird. I can see perfectly out of both of my eyes, but my right eye randomly does this weird spaz twitch thing that it randomly rolls around, like the way someone's eye would look if they had rolled their eyes at you, but only with my right. It has done this all my life, as long as I can remember. Also, if I am concentrating very hard on something, I can stop doing it, but otherwise it just comes and goes.

MoSiAc

I get it every once in a while, not as often as you're stating, it could just be a muscle spasm near your eye. Have you talked to your eye doctor about it?

It almost sounds like your right eye is being overworked for some reason, you wear contacts? glasses?

Again, I'd tell the eye doctor.

zanmatto

Don't have an eye doctor, and like I said, I have perfect vision. No glasses

MoSiAc

Get an eye doctor. Your right eye could be stressed because of your left eye even with perfect vision. And check ups are always good things and fairly cheap too.

Just some more questions, do you spend a lot of time on the computer, or playing video games, or using a cell phone for reading texts, read a lot of books, basically anything that could put a strain on your eyes.

I know that if I'm working on a computer all day I get a twitch like that after a few hours of work and just in one eye because it makes up for the weakness in the other.

chromdom

My fiancee works for one of the best eye doctors in the world. (Seriously, he gets invited to other countries by royal families) I will try to remember to ask her about this tomorrow, she can ask her boss, or maybe she's seen similar things. Let you know tomorrow evening. If I remember.

zanmatto

Spiffy.

And yes, I do read and play video games a lot. But to be fair, it also happens while I at school, which I can't do either at.

Victor15b

It sounds to me like you were given an eye transplant from someone who was formerly possessed by evil spirits. What you are experiencing now is only a prelude to the horrors that await.

chromdom

Without running it by her boss, my fiancee says it is probably strabismus. You should try to find an ophthalmologist specializing in eye muscle disorders. http://www.aapos.org/ is a good website. I mentioned you are in Dallas, she recommends Dr. David Stager, Sr. Highly recommends. Get there if you can. Probably not a huge deal, but something you are going to want to take care of so it doesn't get worse and become a problem.

Goddamn, H/A is great, ain't it?

EDIT: Don't worry that the website is for Pediatric Ophthalmology; it's a non-factor if this is correct. Do me a favor, if/when you do get checked out, drop me a PM and let me know if her advice helped.

3lwap0

I actually have strabismus. When I was young, I had two operations to correct and re-align some muscles in my eyes, but I always gathered that it's only done when you're young.

The only thing I still have is the occasional muscle spasm (and it's never painful), a lazy eye when i'm tired, and very weak binocular vision. I also sometimes have trouble with 3-D glasses.

But that's just me.

chromdom

No, there definitely is adult strabismus, check the site. 'Strabismus' is just the term for misaligned eyes. They why and what to do about it is what you need the doctor for.

Æthelred

Strabismus can and does get worse, so you should book an appointment to get it checked out. No big worry, but better safe than sorry.

You don't want your eye to roll around one day and stay there, DO YOU?

chromdom

Ok, sorry for the late reply; I hadn't been checking the boards for a few days. Yeah, 13 is definitely in the wheel house for things like this to crop up. Don't worry about it, but go to an eye doctor. I've already given you a recommendation of who. Run it by your parents, of course. Could be as simple as you actually do need glasses to help train the eye.

Inquisitor77

Just as a general point, having perfect vision is not a good reason to avoid getting an annual eye exam. A good eye doctor runs tests not only for vision, but also for other diseases and conditions which can often manifest early in the eyes or through vision and nowhere else. An obvious example of this would be diabetes. There are also several visual diseases which are not readily apparent to people because their effects slowly increase over time, rather than all at once. So while you may feel your vision "is perfect" because hey, it's been working for you so far - the truth is that your eyes/brain may have been slowly compensating for something over time so that you are not aware of it. There's a visual condition akin to permanent tunnel vision which would be a prime example of this; unless you do systematic testing of peripheral vision you may not even know you have it.

Similar points hold for avoiding going to the dentist at least once a year. Bad oral health can lead to a systematic breakdown in your overall physical health, as your mouth is basically the only place where stuff is freely allowed to enter your body.