Risk of vision loss as adult with childhood Amblyopia (lazy eye)?

Question

I had amblyopia (lazy eye) as a child. I wore corrective classes from age 3 until 14, at which time my eye doctor said it had self corrected. He said I would no longer require glasses, but the vision in that eye would never be as strong as the other eye. Now that I'm 33, I feel the formerly lazy eye getting weaker. Does anyone know if there is still a risk of me losing more or all of the vision in the previously lazy eye?

Answer 1

I had strabismus or amblyopia (lazy eye) in one eye, that had been corrected by my contacts my whole life. Soft contacts alone wouldn't correct it, so I had to use toric lenses. They were a lot more expensive.
After a head injury, I developed double vision, and had surgery to correct the strabismus in the affected eye. It was amazing when my eyes could converge for the first time in my life.
A year after that, I had lasik, and now my vision is corrected. I went from legal blindness to legal x-ray vision. Well, almost.

Answer 2

Don't know much about this one, but I just got a trial version of a similar product in my office the other day. I think vision therapy software is generally a good idea, but it has to be used with the understanding that amblyopia treatment of any sort really works best on young children, with some success seen in teenagers, and usually no improvement in adults. This is simply due to the nature of amblyopia: it's a condition where, for one reason or another, the brain is largely ignoring or unable to properly understand the input it's getting from one eye. Primarily treatment consists of clearing the retinal image as much as possible (i.e. glasses or contacts), then covering the better-seeing eye to force the visual system to learn how to depend on the 'weak' eye. This learning process, of course, will work better if you're actually forcing the eyes to do something visually intense, which is mostly what the software does. (If it doesn't use a patch, it's probably using coloured lenses or filters to make the eyes work independently.) Haven't experienced it firsthand, nor have I treated a patient with it yet, but I think it's a neat idea for the little guys, but probably won't have any effect on older people, as the visual system is mostly developed by then and is resistant to change.

Answer 3

No matter, what you should have never stop correcting your eyes because if you have a lazy eye you will always have a lazy eye:That's how GOD made you,that's how he want's you. But as far as the vision in your eye you can either keep wearing glasses/contacts or either talk to your eye doctor about laser surgery. The more you correct your eyes as far as wearing glasses etc.... the more your eye will begin to open up more and more the older you get if it hasn't already.

Answer 4

I also have amblyopia. I would NOT wear my eye patch when I was little, noe my vision in right eye is 20/200. It will get progressively worse until I can only see blurred shadows.

Answer 5

You will not lose your vision unless you harbor an eye disease or disorder. We all experience weaker vision as we age. You will require glasses as you become older, but you will still be able to see. Don't fret.

Answer 6

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