I have an eye disorder!

1 or 2 years back I knew I had an eye disorder but didn't really read up on it til today...

Turns out it's a pretty serious condition, however I lucked out... My condition is mild, yet it went unnoticed until now. I don't think anyone else knows except me...

It's called exotropia, it's the outward turning of the eyeball (inward turning is esotropia), resulting in binocular diplopia for me.

In short, I see double vision when my eyeball turns outward...

More about it:

- Surgery is OFTEN required, and usually 35% require a second surgery.
- In extreme cases for children, when they have not grasped full control of their binocular vision, the brain may learn to ignore the misaligned eyes' vision, resulting in loss of depth perception in one eye, this condition is called ambloypia, or lazy eye (which most people mistake exotropia/esotropia for).
- Strabismus is a condition when both eyes are not aligned together.
- "Strabismus is more common in children with disorders that affect the brain such as cerebral palsy, Down syndrome, hydrocephalus, and brain tumors."
- "One study has found that children with exotropia went on to develop a psychiatric disorder three times more likely compared with the general population."

So in short: at 24, I found out that I have this disorder, and I'm 3 times more like to develop psychiatric disorders than the general population and might have undiscovered brain disorders. So WATCH OUT!!! The next psychopath might be me!

Read it here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exotropia