Question About Nystagmus?

I'm 19 years old and in my 4th semester of college. I've never had to really read my text books before now, but now that I do I've noticed that my nystagmus really kind of makes it hard to. I don't like eletronic books and enlarged text books actually make it more difficult to read.
Anyway, I actually am kind of worried that my vision getting worse, sometimes I experience split vision and things around me seem to get really fuzzy for a few minutes. I started out legally blind, but am now up to 20/60 in one eye and 20/70 in another eye. Is it possibly my vision is going to start getting worse again? How does nystagmus usually progress?

I was diagnosed with nystagmus at 6 months. I def. have that. I swear, it's been plagueing me for my entire life.

You are probably experiencing eye strain from reading. The vision changes could also be an astigmatism or perhaps the need for vision correction.

If you have not been seen in awhile I would make a point to see an ophthalmologist for an evaluation.

I do not believe that nystagmus (a physical finding when the eyes jerk to one side rapidly and repeatedly on lateral gaze) explains your visual symptoms.

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