I have had a lazy eye from the age of 9. It was never corrected through patches or prisms. At school and college, I would squint to see the board. Anything was better than having to wear glasses. As my myopia gradually worsened during my teens I finally decided, at the age of 22, with much reluctance to wear glasses all the time. Serious headaches began too which made me thought seriously about looking after my eyes. My fears of wearing glasses at 9 were not unfounded. Most of my family are shortsighted. My older sister had a lazy eye too, and unlike me willingly had it corrected through wearing a patch. She needed strong lenses and today wears very strong lenses. I feared that if I wore glasses from such an early age, my lenses would only get thicker and thicker each year. I feel that my refusal to wear glasses prevented my myopia from worsening as today my lenses are less than -4 diopter. In the past two years, my lazy eye has been somewhat mysteriously corrected. My friends and family tell me I know longer squint. Is it possible that my lazy eye cured itself? Although I have been to opthamologists, none have ever prescribed me prisms. I know I need some form of correction for my weaker eye as I have serious problems focusing at things in the distance, my right eye still squints (also get a funny feeling in my head) and also working on computer and doing a lot of reading puts my eyes out of focus. I know I am not supposed to wear my glasses for close-work, but I can't stick my nose to the computer screen or a book right up to my face. I need to wear my glasses also as I have astigmatism. I have done quite a bit of research on the Internet to try and figure out how my lazy eye came about. I read about anisomyopie, i.e. refractive error. Apparently if this is not corrected, it can cause amblyopia. As I never got a proper diagnosis and spent years squinting, I am not sure if my lazy eye can be corrected. All I know is I need to make both eyes work together, as with glasses I do not have 20/20 vision and certianly do not want my lazy eye to become any weaker. Do you think it was a bad idea not to wear glasses and not correct my lazy eye for so many years? Do I need a prism lense for my right eye? How exactly do prism lenses work? It would be great to hear from any other lazy eye sufferers and get any advice from specialists before I go and consult an opthamologist (again!). Susan