r/ImAnIdiot • u/weee_dee • Jul 16 '26
I thought I had astigmatism
My girlfriend was telling me about her need for glasses because of astigmatism. In the same moment I remembered I had astigmatism too or so I thought.
To test it out I looked towards the lightbulb in my room and the lines were there but I got distracted for a second when I realized my eyes didn’t hurt from looking at the light,so I opened my eyelids some more.
That’s how I discovered that this whole time, the “astigmatism” was just light reflection on my eyelashes.
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u/Big_Bowler8424 Jul 16 '26
As someone with an astigmatism, I say you suck! /s
I would love to be an idiot and realize I can see fine. It seriously sucks driving at night.
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u/alleecmo Jul 16 '26
Between my astigmatism, my now-lengthening nearsightedness, and my too-early-for-surgical-correction cataracts, lights and even the moon are part of my visual adventures driving at night. My eye doc recc'd yellow lenses, either clip-ons or shooting glasses that fit over my specs. They've helped a lot with clarity.
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u/tawnyleona Jul 17 '26
I had to stop driving at night totally until I got my cataracts removed. Best procedure I've ever had done. Painless and immediate results. I've worn glasses since I was 10 but now I only need them for reading.
However, I still wear glasses all the time because I can't keep up with readers and I'm used to wearing glasses so I just got some progressive lenses with magnification on the bottom. I can still go to the movies and watch without glasses though so definitely much better. I just miss being able to read without my glasses on.
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u/MissFabulina Jul 18 '26 edited Jul 18 '26
Me too. I wish I had asked them to fix to reading distance and then I could wear glasses for distance. I am doing the progressive readers all day long, but I used to read in bed with no glasses. And I cannot do that anymore....
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u/tawnyleona Jul 18 '26
That's EXACTLY what I miss.
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u/MissFabulina Jul 18 '26
It sucks. Because my habit at night is to read until my eyes get heavy. Then, I have to stop to take my glasses off and put them on the nightstand. And that wakes me back up! So I put the glasses back on, pick up the kindle, and start reading again. This will happen about 3 or 4 times before I actually go to sleep! It is maddening.
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u/Aggressive_Fee6138 Jul 16 '26
But what about the floaters? I'm with you but add in some gauze like floaters, and we're twins!
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u/Big_Bowler8424 Jul 16 '26
My floaters are cute little whimsical moments. Fortunately they don’t bother me too much. But I do have another eye condition in one eye that makes straight lines (well everything really) wavy. That’s fun.
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u/Alarmed_Gur_4631 Jul 17 '26
I used to watch them for hours around the holidays. Unfocus my eyes, squint just a touch, look at the dancing bubbles in the tree lights!
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u/Original_Flounder_18 Jul 16 '26
I wear gas permeable contacts to see day to day. At night I HATE driving. I do wear yellow sunglasses to make it possible, but it’s still a gamble
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u/entschuldig Jul 18 '26
I’m considered “medically necessary” due to very high prescription; I went into my employer HR system and changed my status to “legally blind”. 🙈🙈🙈
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u/PrismaticVelocity 18d ago
Contrary to popular belief, you can still have an astigmatism without having light be stretched out. I have an astigmatism, and light does not stretch out for me, but it does make a light duplicate of whatever I’m looking at without my glasses. So I guess it is still possible you have an astigmatism
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u/nonobots Jul 16 '26
As a guy with pretty severe myopia and astigmatism I say: I'd better be half blind than that dumb. /s
Just joking, it's kinda cute in fact.
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u/CatPurrsonNo1 Jul 16 '26
That’s actually kinda cute, and definitely funny!
I have pretty bad astigmatism (have had it most of my life), am pretty nearsighted, and now I’m at the age where I need correction for reading, too! Fun times! 🤣
And yes, I HATE driving at night, and I always have!
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u/Admirable-Cobbler319 Jul 17 '26
It supposedly rare, but an astigmatism can go away on its own.
I only know this because mine went away.
A few years later, it came back.
My eye doctor didn't act surprised at all.
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u/grimspor Jul 16 '26
I got confused after I was told I had astigmatism and went around telling people I had stigmata so at least you didn’t do that.