Turned Eye

Pigwidgeon

So, at 20 years of age and over 3 years of wearing glasses and eye tests over the years I was just at the opticians for a contact lens fitting when I was informed that I had a turn in my eye and they basically don't work together and I have no 3D vision.

It was my first time in this opticians and she was shocked that nobody had noticed this, or done anything about it before. In fact a lot of what she was saying makes sense, my not being impressed by 3D movies, crap aim when throwing things and I would close one eye when I'm tired or when it's very bright, I also used to lean my head to one side quite a bit when I was a child, which according to google is common with this too.

My question is, is there anything that can be done about this now? Or is it too late, will I just have to get on with it and live as I had been doing?

Foggles

It depends on how long you've had it for and the root cause. It may just be manifest when your eyes are tired. If your eyes are strained working together when you are tired they just 'give up' and then you have the 'turn'.
If it's been a longer term thing then it maybe too late but if it's a recent thing (which it sounds like it might be) then exercises may help.

Ask your Optom what you can do, she should know best having just examined your eyes.

gipi

I had a squint as a child (caused by measles), which was corrected by an operation when I was 8 years old. It corrected the turn, but not the sight, so I've never had binocular vision. I have one dominant eye.

I can see 3D effects in the cinema, but I could never get the "magic eye" pictures!

MrStuffins

I have the exact same problem. I found out the problem as a kid but they basically told me there was nothing they could do for me. Glasses would be no good to me!

The old style 3D (Red & Blue) would never work for me but the new 3D does a bit (although I can never sit through a whole movie without my eyes getting tired.

Also, Magic Eyes never worked for me either.

I'm basically blind in my left eye. If I close my right eye, it's like there's a massive black line down my left eye. It's horrible but i've always had it so I know no different really.

Offy

I was born with a turn in my left eye. As a child I had two operations to straighten it, neither worked. My father, grandfather and one of my daughters has the same condition.
Not only can you not see in 3d but you also cant judge depth or distance. The reason you turned your head a lot is to get different angles of view on what you were looking at. This allows you to estimate depth and distance. Most people look at an object and see two images. The distance they are apart allow them to judge the objects size/distance away from them. By turning your head you simulated this. The operation might work for you in so far that both your eyes will point the same way but if its unlikely you will ever see in 3d as your brain stopped processing the image from your weak eye a long time ago, if it didnt you would have double vision.
The operation left me in a lot of pain for weeks afterwards so I wouldnt recommend it. They take your eye out of its socket and stretch the muscle so both exert the same pressure but with me the turn returned after a few weeks. It might work better with you however.
Its kinda funny when I bring my kids in to get their eyes tested. Some opticians try to tell me that glasses will work on me, its a sad sales pitch as my brain stopped processing the images from that eye many years ago. I do remember when I was a young child sitting in an opticians chair with about a kilo of glass lens and prisms on one side and actually been able to see in 3d. I was very young but the memory stayed with me. The opticians you were using were selling so they never told you the truth but if youve had this condition from birth I suspect its to late now to be corrected.