I have recently had monovision eye laser surgery to improve my distance vision.?

Question

My treated eye is now seeing further away and my untreated eye sees well close up. At the moment I find it difficult to read or do computer work unless I cover the treated eye. Has anyone else experienced this and how long do you think it will take for my eyes to get into sync with each other??

Answer 1

Your idiot surgeon should have tested you before doing the surgery. It can take weeks to months to never to get used to it and your surgeon should have tried it out with contacts before doing something permanent. Give it some time but realize that you may need to have the other eye done if you just cant get used to monovision

Answer 2

Most people seem to take about 2 weeks for the brain to understand what is going on and let you focus right with one or the other.

However...many never do adapt to that. The loss of depth perception after dark is the hardest part for most.

It is tried often with contacts ,giving the same effect ,  and maybe about half can adapt to it.

At least you are lucky, your near vision eye wasn't made that way with surgery, so if you can't adapt, it can still be corrected for distance, like the other one, then wear reading glasses.

Answer 3

Monovision works great for some people. Not so great for others.

Usually, before getting monovision refractive surgery, the patient should wear monovision contact lenses for a few weeks to become accustomed to the effect and make sure that method works for them. It sounds like you didn't go through this trial process.

You will adapt quickest if you don't cover one eye, but simply let your brain figure it out. You might get some low-powered reading glasses from the pharmacy and remove the lens from the side with the untreated eye. You can use this when you absolutely have to read, but it may delay adaption.

I'm just astonished that you had refractive surgery for a monovision effect without trialing it first.

Answer 4

My doctor wouldn't do surgery only on one eye, because he said I wouldn't be able to function with one working up close the other far. So it's normal...maybe you should slowly 'training" you eyes to work together. Find a median where both work, then try to look at something few feet closer or farther.