Can a prism correction for double vision cause a distortion in the field of vision with progressive lense prescription?

Answer 1

Since my last eye glass prescription I have been having double vision in my right eye. I only have had the double vision with the glasses on. Now the optometrist has made a pair of glasses for me to try out that has prism correction. Needless to say I still see an glowing halo around bright objects like car roofs, two red stop lights one over the other, and the lines on the road seem like there is another line floating a foot or two above the other; very pronounced at night with lines of reflective paint.

Now here is where one must think outside the box (or prism) with a discovery I've made. By looking through the tiny area immediately where the lens and the frames meet (where the thickness of the lens is beveled to fit the thickness of the frames) I see perfectly. I can read all of the lines of the eye chart with perfect clarity and contrast through this narrow gap.

Of course I was told that was not the correct way to use the glasses. But there is a clue there somewhere. That area where the glass is beveled certainly looks like an extreme prism to me, either that or the pinhole effect is straightening things up.

So regardless of the prismatic correction manufactured into the lens, which doesn't work, there is that tiny section of the lens/frame that gives me hope that someone will use this discovery to help me see out of my right eye properly before long. I hope this will help start a discussion on this subject and we can all make some progress.

MSGray

I have developed monocular diplopia (double vision in one eye) after pterygium removal surgery and have noticed the same thing as you when looking throught the edge of the glasses lens or so i thought... then I realized if i just covered one tiny part of my eye with any object it would bring the objects back together. still no luck on getting rid of the double vision though.