Ghost borders or going insane?

**gfxrelay** · 10-17-2011, 01:59 AM

Hi. New member here. Thanks to anyone who takes the time to answer this post. Ok here goes. I was diagnosed with astigmatism in both eyes. A while ago my optometrist prescribed lenses for my glasses that were to strong(By about 0.75diopters). When I remove my glasses and look at an object that is dark with a light background, I see something that looks like a transparent ghost border around the object. Before the prescription that was to strong, this did not happen when I wore my glasses. Now after the prescription that was to strong it happens even when I wear my glasses. I have since then gone back to my optometrist and to a new one. My lenses have been replaced with weaker once but, I still see the ghost borders when I look at objects with a light background or especially objects like traffic lights. I have tried to remove my glasses and go without them for a few days, but this only seems to worsen the problem, when I put my glasses back on. Can someone please tell me what I have to do, to go back to how my eyes used to be before?

**optical24/7** · 10-17-2011, 04:06 AM

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**gfxrelay** · 10-17-2011, 04:29 AM

Oh. I apologize if I made it seem as such. I have already scheduled an appointment with a local ophthalmologist. I was just wondering if anyone could possibly shed some general light om the matter?