I have very bad astigmatism in my left eye, which I am sure affects my depth perception, which is horrible.
I have never been able to tolerate a toric lens, and I've tried a few. Every time, within seconds of putting it in, my eye starts itching, my nose feels sniffly, and I develop allergy symptoms. One time it went on to become bronchitis. No eye doctor believes me when I tell them this. I'm ready to try again, because for 30 + years I've chosen to have less than 20/20 vision in my left eye. I always wear my glasses instead of my contacts, for the eye test when getting my license renewed, but the last time, I thought I wasn't going to pass, even with my glasses on. I really didn't understand what they were asking me to do and it was a scary feeling, in addition to the fact that the people at the RMV thought I was cognitively limited! The test has to do with objects and their placement, not reading letters and I could barely see what they were talking about. I was able to figure it out after getting a more in depth explanation, but really, I wonder if even my glasses don't correct this issue with depth perception, or is it astigmatism? I remember as a kid, even after I started wearing glasses for distance, I would fail the eye test every year in school, as you were supposed to see an apple on a table and to me it was always under the table. Things just don't appear to be be where they really are to me, they always seem closer and coming up faster, and this is worse when I have to look to look right, as in making a right turn. I am hoping that if I can wear the toric lens, some of this might get better.