At the options.

[FLUFF]

I was born with nystagmus It is not realy till I cover one eye my eyes jerk about. I went short sighted over five years ago I asked the option if I can wear contact lens and I was told I wasen't suitable to ware them and also if I go long sighted they won't be able to give me Varvocal lens it will be reading glasses has anybody else been told this.

[Boneist]

I don't know how long I've had nystagmus, it could have been congenital, but I mainly see out of my left eye. (At least I don't have double vision or vertigo or anything like that! heh)

My eyes jerk much more if I'm looking out of the left corner of my left eye (I have fun reversing in my car, I can tell you!), but not so much when I look towards my nose.

Due to the issues with my right eye when I was very young (ulcer on my eye at 2 1/2 due to contact lens (to replace my natural lens that was removed in a cataract operation at 6 months), I have been told by my mother that it was recommended that I should never use contacts. (Shame, I'd get twice as much wear out of a pair of them that "normal" people would!)

I've not asked Opticians about "the future" of my eyesight and glasses - I am long sighted and getting more so with each eye test! I need to book an appointment soon anyway, so I'll maybe ask then - if I remember!

I think I'll be in trouble, though... what with my normal reading distance being about 10 inches (as opposed to normal 16 inches), being long-sighted, but not being able to read things in the distance due to fuzziness caused by the nystagmus (and possibly my astigmatism)... oh yes, it'll have to be a fantastic pair of glasses to cope with all that! And I'm not looking forward to it, either. Ho hum.

I'll let you know if I remember to ask, although now I'm curious!

[Boneist]

Ok, eye test done and dusted. My eyesight hadn't changed much - not enough to need new glasses anyway!

Apparently, for someone with nystagmus, I have excellent vision (although compared to one of my colleagues, poor... even with my glasses on!).

I asked him what would happen in the future, given that I'm long sighted now, and that my natural reading distance is quite close, and he said that when that happens (not for 10+ years, hopefully!), they'll sort it out - bifocals or varifocals. With the reading distance, they'll just increase the prescription to match my reading distance, so no bother there.

He looked at me a bit bemusedly when I mentioned that someone had been told they couldn't have varifocals! So, there we go, hope that helps!

[jamjars]

I asked the option if I can wear contact lens and I was told I wasen't suitable

My identical twin and i can't have contacts either, so you are not on your own.
I am to believe they don't make them in our prescription.

[TomF]

I have CN and have been wearing contacts for about 4 years or so, I've also just moved to montly's which help with my astigmitism. Obviously, though, i presume its different with each case.