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Hypertropia

  • 24-03-2011 3:43pm
    #1
    LegacyUser
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 166,026 ✭✭✭✭


    Hi,

    I'm in my mind 20's and over the past 2-3 years I've noticed that I have a mis alignment in my right eye compared to the left eye. This is having a huge effect on me personally as I'm very conscious of it & feel very awkward at social events. I'm in a relationship but hate making eye to eye contact even tho we are very happy together. Does anyone else have this condition and is there anyway to correct it? I've tried numerous search's on the web with no great avail

    I know that medical advice is not allowed but would like to see if anyone had this condition & got it assessed & corrected & what steps I should follow to try & get it sorted.


    Quote: Hypertropia is a condition of misalignment of the eyes (strabismus), whereby the visual axis of one eye is higher than the fellow fixating eye.

    Thanks very much for taking the time to read & any details or comments would be warmly welcomed


Comments

  • #2
    Aishae
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,800 ✭✭✭Aishae


    the word was never mentioned to me but thats what i have too but to be honest i never gave it much thought as they noticed it when i was a child as i had sight problems.
    it seems no one really notices it with me.

    id think its the same with you - no one notices it much but you've fixated on it so youre a lot more aware of it. i'd say you need to try not to worry about how it looks. im wondering though. Have you always avoided eye contact or is it a recent thing, based on noticing the mis-alignment?


  • #3
    LegacyUser
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 166,026 ✭✭✭✭LegacyUser


    Thanks Aishae for the reply.

    Like you mentioned, I do fixate on it which is where the uncomfortable feeling arises from. It's not hugely noticeable but it is in my head. The eye to eye contact is a recent thing, & its something that I hate as I feel its less personal & a bit disrespectful.

    I never had this problem through my teens & would always engage in conversations eye to eye but lately no, just far to self conscious which in turn, disrupts the flow of conversations. I don't think its hugely visible but it does knock my confidence where I was usually an outgoing & extroverted person.

    I don't suffer from problems with my vision, it is a vanity (confidence) thing that leaves a knock on effect to cut contact short with people due to paranoia which I understand is not healthy.

    I've seen cases where it was corrected but am not sure where to start & get the situation sorted


  • #4
    Aishae
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,800 ✭✭✭Aishae


    ive never tried to get mine corrected but id guess your eye doc is the place to start. or maybe a gp. if you have no eye specialist id say a GP can refer you.

    but im just thinking - if its not really noticeable as you say - maybe its not worth the risk of surgery or that (at least yet) - it might be best to deal with the feelings youre getting about it.
    perhaps talk to a few close friends to see how how see the situation. it might help to hear from other peoples mouths that its not something they 'see'.


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