On this page, patients share their experiences with my prism glasses. They describe how symptoms caused by binocular vision dysfunction (BVD) / heterophoria — such as headaches, dizziness, neck tension, light sensitivity, reading difficulties, or visual fatigue — improved significantly or even disappeared completely after a correct prism correction.
These reports are numerous, often moving, and each one shows how profound the change can be when a prism correction is done precisely and individually. They provide a realistic impression of what a properly fitted pair of prism glasses can achieve.
Note: These patient experiences were originally written in German and have been translated into English for international readers.
You will also find a separate page with detailed patient experiences specifically related to cluster headaches:
Patient Experiences: Cluster Headaches & Prism Glasses
Experience Report by Alexandra S. from Berlin
(Originally written in German and translated for international readers.)
After receiving my prism glasses, the drive home in the dark was an absolute revelation! Previously, driving at night was always extremely exhausting for me. Suddenly, everything was incredibly relaxed and crystal clear. Even perceiving the other cars around me no longer felt overwhelming. When I wanted to take the glasses off, it felt as if my eyes didn’t want to. Of course, I still had to take them off to sleep.
At work, I had always found the electronic appointment calendar almost unbearable. Working with all those tables was horrible and extremely tiring. Now it’s incredibly easy, and I can view everything completely relaxed. I can read for much longer, see everything in full color, and no longer bump into cupboards or door frames.
Thanks to the prism glasses, I have NO more neck or back pain! My headaches are gone as well. I no longer need to take painkillers. My right eye also doesn’t hurt anymore — previously, it felt almost like migraine pain throughout the entire day. When I take the glasses off, I immediately feel the tension behind the right eye return. So I’m always relieved to put them back on after cleaning them. By the way, my heart palpitations have also disappeared.
Sometimes I feel overwhelmed by all the things I can suddenly see. Everything is truly in 3D now. After 40 years of “flat” vision, it’s a completely different experience!
Once again, thank you both so much. Your help means everything to us!
Experience Report by Heinz H. from Münster
(Originally written in German and translated for international readers.)
Twenty-five years of suffering are finally over. Over the past 25 years, my health had been so severely affected that a normal life was no longer possible. Every day I struggled with visual problems whenever I wore my glasses. My daily symptoms can be described as follows:
- rapid eye fatigue and pressure behind the eyes
- constant headaches, exhaustion, lack of energy
- a feeling similar to low blood sugar, leading to cravings for sweets
- difficulty concentrating
- both eyes not working together properly
Neither various ophthalmologists, an eye clinic, internists, nor alternative practitioners were able to explain — let alone resolve — my visual problems and the accompanying physical symptoms.
During an online search, I came across your website.
Reading your descriptions of symptoms caused by binocular vision dysfunction (BVD), I immediately recognized parallels to my own situation. So I made an appointment for an examination.
Within a few minutes, a binocular vision misalignment was identified, and I received new prism lenses based on this finding. After a short adjustment period with the prism glasses, my visual problems — and with them, nearly all of my physical symptoms — improved dramatically.
It is fascinating and has given me a completely new quality of life. Thank you very much for that.
Experience Report by Dr. Werner S.
(Originally written in German and translated for international readers.)
My first pair of glasses with a correction for binocular vision misalignment was almost a revelation for me — and I say this after nearly forty years of experience with various other glasses. It felt as if I had entered another dimension. I quite literally saw the world with „different“ eyes: in true depth.
I can highly recommend this form of optical correction and have already done so among friends.
Experience Report by Prof. Hermann G.
(Originally written in German and translated for international readers.)
I have needed prescription glasses for more than forty years. Yet never before — despite numerous examinations and changes of prescription — has my vision been tested as thoroughly and comprehensively as it was by Mr. Peschlow.
„Binocular vision dysfunction“ was a completely unfamiliar term to me until then.
But now, with the progressive lenses you fitted for me in October 2003, I am experiencing entirely new quality of vision.
Your prognosis was absolutely correct, and I am more than satisfied.
Experience Report from an Ophthalmologist in Berlin
(Originally written in German and translated for international readers.)
I have been working with Mr. Peschlow for many years when patients present with complex visual disorders or symptoms. This collaboration has proven particularly valuable in cases of binocular vision misalignment. Such corrections cannot be carried out in my ophthalmology practice due to time constraints.
Looking back, I can say that our collaboration has helped many patients achieve symptom-free vision.
Experience Report by Andrea W. from Berlin
(Originally written in German and translated for international readers.)
I received my first pair of glasses at the age of 12. From that point on, I suffered from recurring migraines — especially at school, whenever I had to concentrate for long periods. At 15, I was fitted with my first soft contact lenses, and at 16 with hard lenses due to congenital astigmatism and the different diopter values of both eyes. The migraines disappeared and everything seemed fine again, except for my extremely high light sensitivity.
In my early thirties, I began noticing a deterioration in my vision, double vision, and once again — headaches and migraines.
By chance, I met Mr. Jürgen Peschlow, who suggested that I try glasses that would allow me, as he put it, to see “relaxed and without strain.” He explained that prisms in the lenses would refract the light differently, helping my eyes relax — which in turn would relieve my headaches.
At the time, I didn’t believe it. After all, I had spent years going from one ophthalmologist and optician to another — without success.
I had nothing to lose, so I let Mr. Peschlow examine and fit me, and waited to see what would happen. When the new glasses were finally ready, I remained skeptical — especially because it meant giving up my contact lenses and going back to being a “glasses wearer.”
But that didn’t bother me for long: the fact that I could finally see clearly and without headaches was nothing short of a sensation.
I have now been wearing glasses again for eight years — and I still see clearly and without migraines. Whenever I meet someone looking for a skilled and dedicated optometrist, I recommend Mr. Jürgen Peschlow.
Experience Report from the Mother of Jakob G. (Baden-Württemberg)
(Originally written in German and translated for international readers.)
I visited Mr. Peschlow with my eleven-year-old son Jakob in September 2007, because Jakob’s visual acuity had dropped to just 15 percent. The letters and text on a page seemed to move constantly, making it impossible for him to achieve the required performance at school. Neither his teacher nor his ophthalmologist took his complaints about poor vision and headaches seriously. Eventually he developed constant headaches and depression, as he had lost all hope for his future.
I had read that dyslexia and ADD/ADHD can be mimicked or intensified by binocular vision dysfunction (heterophoria). Yet most ophthalmologists rejected prism glasses outright. So I began researching online and found your website. You responded to my email immediately, and after several phone calls I had real hope that you might be able to help my son.
Jakob received his new prism glasses in September 2007, which corrected both his farsightedness and his astigmatism. The effect was remarkable. Although he had already been in psychiatric treatment at that point, he began recovering steadily after receiving his prism glasses. Within only a few weeks he regained confidence and returned to his old school.
Based on your measurements, you told me that Jakob would reach 45 percent visual acuity with the prism glasses, and that his eyes would likely improve to around 65 percent within a year. After just eight months, his visual acuity had already increased to 80 percent. He now enjoys playing ball games because he can finally see in 3D. His handwriting no longer shakes, the cramping in his hand is subsiding, he reads much better, and his spelling errors have significantly decreased.
I cannot express how grateful we are and how much easier our lives have become thanks to your expertise. My son’s educational path is possible again.
Thank you so much — may you continue helping many more children with severe visual difficulties so they, too, can have a successful school career and a normal life.
Follow-up Report from Jakob’s Mother (16 September 2014)
(Originally written in German and translated for international readers.)
Jakob managed well at school with his prism glasses, but they often became bent during rough play, requiring repeated adjustments. After a few years, Jakob decided to follow the guidance of Harry Benjamin’s book “Better Sight Without Glasses” and used his school holidays to try improving his vision with eye exercises. Surprisingly, he succeeded to a degree — enough to stop wearing his prism glasses completely by around age 15.
At 18, Jakob applied for a driver’s license but failed the required vision test. This made him think of Mr. Peschlow again, so he revisited the website and realized he still had several symptoms of binocular misalignment: frequent headaches, neck tension, back pain, and rapid eye fatigue while reading.
So he traveled back to Berlin to see Mr. Peschlow. The examination showed that his binocular misalignment had become much weaker over time, but was still present. Once Jakob received his new prism glasses, he adapted quickly and was able to begin driving lessons after just a few weeks. He now has his driver’s license and enjoys driving enthusiastically.
Jakob has also made peace with wearing glasses again. His headaches are now only occasional, his back tension has disappeared, and schoolwork requires much less effort. His biggest fear was that wearing glasses again would make him dependent on them — but this concern turned out to be unfounded. Because the prism values are now much lower than before, he can wear the glasses as needed and go without them during leisure time if he wishes.
As his mother, I was deeply disturbed that ophthalmologists continued to strongly reject Jakob’s first pair of prism glasses from Mr. Peschlow — even when it was clear that he was doing significantly better with them than before.
Experience Report from Prof. Susanne B.
(Originally written in German and translated for international readers.)
As a child, I received widely differing assessments from various ophthalmologists about whether I needed glasses or not. The most recent diagnosis back then was that I saw round objects slightly oval — but otherwise had no visual problems. Deep down I always sensed that something wasn’t right with my eyes, but I couldn’t explain it, because none of the eyeglass prescriptions I was given ever improved my vision. Taking a vision test became a small trauma for me.
About one or two years ago — at age 36/37 — my eyes could no longer compensate for the binocular misalignment. I had to strain enormously to see clearly, developed shoulder tension, migraines, watery eyes, and a constant feeling that something was “off” in my head. At one point I was close to undergoing neurological tests to rule out a brain tumor. Then my general practitioner pointed out that all of these symptoms could be caused by a binocular vision dysfunction (heterophoria).
Unfortunately, my first stop on the internet led me to an optician who claimed to be a specialist but fitted me with prism lenses that were far too strong. My symptoms became dramatically worse, and especially while driving at night I became so nauseous that I had to stop the car. I then went to a large optician chain and asked for another binocular vision assessment. Their result: prism glasses were “not necessary.”
Fortunately, I eventually found Mr. Peschlow online. With great patience, he was able to correctly diagnose the prism correction I actually needed. For me, the best indication that the prescription was correct was this: I did not want to take the new glasses off again — and for the first time, I was completely free of symptoms.
Looking back, many things finally made sense: why I became carsick as a child during long drives, why I was unable to perceive 3D images for many years, and why my eyes used to burn and water every evening.
All of this is now fortunately behind me, and I am deeply grateful to Mr. Peschlow. I have since referred several family members to him — and they, too, were diagnosed with binocular vision dysfunction.
Experience Report from Claudia V. (Hamburg)
(Originally written in German and translated for international readers.)
It has only been a little over four weeks since I received my new prism glasses from Mr. Peschlow — yet because my “new life” began the very same day, it already feels much longer.
Since the age of 12 it was known that I needed prism glasses, because from one day to the next I could no longer read for hours without developing headaches. The inexpensive horn-rimmed glasses I received — since it was “only a reading pair” — were, of course, absolutely guaranteed not to be worn often during puberty.
Around ten years later, during my university studies, things didn’t improve — especially since the local optician repeatedly, and sometimes imperceptibly, mixed up the base direction and alignment of my cylinder correction.
After moving to another city, a very attentive and experienced optician finally managed to fit me with prism lenses that were somewhat correct. I will never forget my first walk through a pedestrian shopping street — my mouth literally dropped open because the shop signs were suddenly so much more colorful and the buildings strikingly more three-dimensional. Even the infamous “shopping stress,” which used to exhaust me because constant focusing at close range was overwhelming, suddenly disappeared.
Unfortunately, the improvement did not last. The visual problems soon returned. What followed were another ten years of visits and re-measurements by whichever optician I trusted at the time. The new prism glasses were always good at first — but the problems always came back. And my prism values kept getting stronger and stronger.
I was repeatedly told this was “normal” and simply due to “too much computer work.” But the constant inner restlessness, especially in the evenings after long hours of focusing on a screen, led to extreme exhaustion and burning eyes. Long conversations became challenging because looking people in the eye required so much effort. My tendency to avert my gaze was often misunderstood as lack of interest. Over time, the restlessness and the feeling that “something still isn’t right” led me to push my glasses up onto my head almost every hour.
As my symptoms grew worse, eye relaxation exercises stopped helping. I struggled in sports because I could no longer judge distances correctly without proper 3‑D vision. Switching focus between near and far distances took almost a full second. I felt increasingly unwell. With glasses it wasn’t good — without them, it wasn’t either. Migraines, neck tension, and feeling like I was walking through the world with “tunnel vision,” especially in the evenings, made daily life truly difficult.
Instinctively, I knew that another “normal” optician visit would not help. Desperate, I searched online — eventually stumbling across the term binocular vision dysfunction (heterophoria). From there, it didn’t take long to find Mr. Peschlow’s website. I was skeptical at first, worried that this might be the latest “fashionable diagnosis.”
But a phone call to the practice reassured me — and the visit convinced me: these people work with genuine passion and truly help others. I could hardly wait for my new prism glasses. The moment I put them on, everything worked immediately: color perception, 3‑D vision, and near-far adaptation. After two hours, tension in my head and neck dissolved. After 24 hours, a deep inner calm set in. After about a week, adaptation was complete — because my right eye, which had barely contributed to the visual process for 20 years, first had to learn how to “see together” with the left one again.
The following weekend, I lay on a green meadow and looked at blades of grass in 3‑D for the first time — magnificent. And the migraine attacks that used to strike me in high-stress periods have not occurred once in the past four weeks.
Experience Report from Barbara R. (near Dresden)
(Originally written in German and translated for international readers.)
My vision problems had made me both physically and mentally ill. How is it possible that ophthalmologists and opticians are unable to recognize or correct a binocular vision dysfunction?
Since 1992, I had visited countless eye doctors and opticians. The constant failed attempts to determine the correct prism values only made my symptoms worse. Over the years, I developed an almost unbearable feeling of pressure and tightness around my eyes. I also suffered from headaches, blurred vision, and severe light sensitivity.
Eventually, out of desperation, I returned to my collection of old, non-prism glasses and picked the pair I could tolerate best — even though I had to “retrain” my eyes to use them again. With this pair, I finally went to see you in the spring of 2009.
With the prism glasses you fitted for me, the eye pain began to subside immediately. After a short adaptation period, I can now say that I see wonderfully — and I no longer have any pain in or behind my eyes.
Experience Report from Frank-Ulrich J. (Leipzig)
(Originally written in German and translated for international readers.)
When I picked up my glasses from you on February 19, 2011, I had an immediately positive feeling. Already at my car — about a 10-minute walk from your practice — I noticed that I could see everything clearly, safely, and without effort. This was a completely new experience for me, and I felt confident enough to drive back from Berlin to Leipzig myself.
This confidence proved justified during the entire drive. In every traffic situation, I was able to clearly oversee the road ahead. Lane markings stayed exactly where they belonged and no longer blurred into each other. Distances and lateral spacing were easy to judge. It seems that my perspective vision normalized instantly with the new glasses.
It was also new to me that my eyes could effortlessly switch between different distances — nearby traffic situations, distant vehicles in my lane or oncoming traffic, and the car’s dashboard instruments. In every case, a sharp image appeared immediately.
Your recommendation to avoid tinted lenses in favor of better visual acuity proved absolutely correct. The correction of my binocular vision dysfunction also seems to be the reason why my previous sensitivity to light has largely disappeared. And your promise that the progressive lenses provide very wide visual fields (upwards, downwards, and to the sides) has been fulfilled 100 percent.
I have now been wearing my new glasses for about two months, and I can say that I enjoy wearing them and am completely satisfied. I see clear, high-contrast, visually comfortable images. Double vision and dizziness — especially under strain or when looking to the left — no longer occur with the new glasses.
Everything described on your website has proven true for me. Since I know from personal experience that such expertise and results are not available elsewhere, I would like to help others with binocular vision disorders find their way to your practice.
Experience Report from Alexandra G. (Frankfurt), September 2019
(Originally written in German and translated for international readers.)
I am 24 years old, originally from Munich, and currently completing my Master’s degree in Psychology. After a long period of suffering, I have been getting my binocular vision dysfunction measured exclusively by Mr. Peschlow for about three years. In a few sentences, I will try to summarize how much my psychological and physical well-being has improved thanks to a prism correction by Mr. Peschlow.
What I notice most is a significant increase in my overall performance. My concentration has improved markedly. I now have a much longer attention span, which helps me with all kinds of tasks — working on the computer, reading books, driving, or simply listening during conversations. In the past, many of these activities were extremely exhausting and usually ended with three days of migraine.
Thanks to my improved visual perception, I can once again expose myself to situations with many visual stimuli without experiencing dizziness or the resulting anxiety. I now feel safe in crowds or while shopping. My hand-eye coordination has also improved noticeably — something I observe, for example, when playing volleyball or the piano. In general, I feel much calmer and more balanced. Feelings of inner tension and quick irritability have disappeared. I have also noticed that my excessive sugar cravings have reduced. Everyday life now requires far less effort, which means my constant fatigue is gone as well.
As an aspiring psychologist, I am convinced that uncorrected binocular vision dysfunctions are related to various psychological conditions. More specifically, I believe that psychologists, psychotherapists, and medical professionals sometimes make misdiagnoses due to a lack of research on binocular vision disorders and the resulting lack of awareness.
I therefore strongly advocate for scientific studies in this field, as the number of undetected cases is likely very high — and many of these individuals could be helped with something as simple as prism glasses. In addition, measurement methods urgently need improvement, as the MKH approach is inadequate for many people. I hope to conduct research myself on the connection between binocular vision disorders and psychological disorders in the future.
My sincere thanks go to Ms. Psille and Mr. Peschlow for their tireless efforts.
Experience Report from the Parents of Sarah F.
(Originally written in German and translated for international readers.)
Our daughter Sarah achieved exceptionally good results at school up until the age of 12 and even won the school reading competition.
Unfortunately, this changed abruptly in the spring of 6th grade. She suddenly began to stutter while reading, doubled or omitted letters when writing, complained frequently about headaches, and could only read the board properly when sitting in the front row.
A visit to an ophthalmologist resulted in the diagnosis that our daughter was a “strabismus child” and might even require surgery. We were also reproached for not having noticed this earlier.
Since the doctor could not explain why Sarah had been completely fine for 12 years — with no difficulties in reading, writing, or seeing — we began to search for answers ourselves and came across the website richtig-sehen.de. The information provided there helped us better understand the topic and showed us that alternatives exist.
We visited Mr. Peschlow, who examined Sarah and diagnosed not strabismus, but a binocular vision dysfunction (BVD).
Since Sarah has been wearing her prism glasses, she no longer suffers from headaches, can read very well again, and no longer sees double — and all of this without surgery. It is completely incomprehensible to us why not every ophthalmologist is aware of these insights.
Experience Report from the Parents of Julia B. (Brandenburg)
(Originally written in German and translated for international readers.)
Our daughter Julia was born in 1998 and is now 13 years old. Already in her early childhood we noticed that she had difficulties with her eyes. She struggled with simple visual tasks such as coloring, so she soon received her first pair of glasses. Although the glasses improved her visual acuity, a new problem appeared: Julia increasingly suffered from severe headaches and vomiting whenever she wore them.
An optician told us that a binocular vision dysfunction (BVD) might be the cause of Julia’s complaints. We consulted an ophthalmologist who specialized in this condition. He confirmed the diagnosis and prescribed prism glasses.
With the prism glasses, Julia’s symptoms improved — but they did not disappear. Especially in stressful situations, such as after a long school day, she continued to experience strong headaches (migraines) that led to vomiting. Neither nausea nor vomiting could be relieved even with Vomex suppositories. The only thing that helped in those situations was lying down in a darkened room and sleeping for twelve hours.
When the ophthalmologist began prescribing stronger prism values every six months, we started researching online and came across Mr. Peschlow’s website. After a phone call, we arranged an appointment for Julia in autumn 2009.
Mr. Peschlow was very attentive to our daughter and took plenty of time to correct her binocular vision misalignment. It turned out that her previous prism lenses had been far too strong and that her eyes required significantly weaker prisms.
With the prism glasses made by Mr. Peschlow, Julia’s headaches, nausea, and vomiting disappeared immediately. She could see much more comfortably, which greatly improved her concentration and her performance in reading and writing.
During a follow-up appointment in spring 2011, it became apparent that Julia’s binocular vision disorder had improved further. Her prism correction could therefore be reduced again.
Since then, headaches, migraines, nausea, stomach pain, and vomiting have never returned — Julia has been completely symptom-free.
Experience Report from the W. Family (Thuringia)
(Originally written in German and translated for international readers.)
Our son Frederik is now seven years old, and his difficulties began shortly after starting school. Frederik has always been a bright, curious, and eager-to-learn child — even in kindergarten. But school brought many new challenges: new children, new teachers, unfamiliar situations, a high noise level, stress, and also under-stimulation.
Because of Frederik’s diagnoses — ADD, auditory processing disorder (AVWS), and giftedness — I, as his mother, became aware of the topic of binocular vision dysfunction (Winkelfehlsichtigkeit). I had to research on my own, because I felt that pediatricians, therapists, teachers, and caregivers did not take my observations seriously. We were quickly labeled as overly ambitious, hysterical, or overly sensitive. And very soon, we were confronted with the suggestion of medication (methylphenidate).
But Frederik was not only very restless — he also had major difficulties with reading and writing, and his eyes tired very quickly. He often complained about nausea, stomach pain, and light sensitivity. Although we consulted several doctors, we eventually wanted to have his eyes examined again. At the ophthalmologist’s office, we were rushed through, and told that everything was fine with Frederik’s eyes. We were told that his restlessness was caused by ADD and his poor handwriting by dyslexia.
Since we could not accept that explanation, we visited a local optician who claimed to specialize in binocular vision dysfunctions. Frederik was given bifocal prism glasses, but they did not help him.
Then I discovered Mr. Peschlow’s website (richtig-sehen.de) and we decided to travel to Berlin. There, Frederik received new prism glasses — and after a few weeks, we began to see clear improvements. Frederik no longer confused letters (especially b and d), and he became much calmer. When writing, he no longer pressed the pencil so hard, and his stomach pain disappeared completely.
I would also like to share the experience of my husband, who also visited Mr. Peschlow because of his visual problems. His main symptoms were line-skipping when reading, a “tunnel vision” sensation during computer work, occasional double vision, concentration difficulties, and headaches.
He visited an ophthalmologist several times, who prescribed new lenses for visual acuity on four separate occasions. When his symptoms and unstable vision did not improve, the ophthalmologist eventually stopped taking him seriously.
My husband was initially very skeptical about binocular vision dysfunctions. But after receiving his prism glasses from Mr. Peschlow, his overall condition improved dramatically. The restless vision, the line-skipping, the tunnel vision, and the headaches have not returned since. He has now been wearing his prism glasses for eight months and is very satisfied with them.
These are our experiences — and as a mother and wife, I can only say: Thank God we took this step.
Experience Report from the Parents of Finn H.
(Originally written in German and translated for international readers.)
Even as a toddler, we noticed Finn’s extreme caution and fearfulness. On the playground he always moved very carefully, never wanted to swing or climb, and he disliked crafts or drawing. Later, low self-confidence and an unclear handedness (possible left-handedness) became noticeable.
From the age of four, Finn attended occupational therapy for more than two years — without any meaningful improvement. Only when his eyes began to itch severely and he was blinking constantly did we visit an ophthalmologist for the first time. There, the possibility of a binocular vision disorder (Winkelfehlsichtigkeit) was mentioned, but we were also told that treating such conditions was controversial and something to consider only if school problems developed.
Because Finn had no academic problems at that time (he had just started school), we did not pursue the topic further and instead tried various eye drops and homeopathic remedies.
A year later, when his eye symptoms worsened and his writing at school became noticeably poor, we consulted another ophthalmologist. This doctor diagnosed Finn with a horizontal binocular vision dysfunction and prescribed prism glasses with 4.0 prism diopters.
After days of online research and many well-meant warnings from friends — including ophthalmologists — we became extremely insecure. Several people strongly advised against prism glasses, claiming they would inevitably lead to ever-increasing prism strengths and eventually to eye surgery. Our optician at the time expressed similar concerns and was no help at all.
Once again, we searched the internet — and this time, we found Mr. Peschlow’s website. Because Finn’s eye itching and constant blinking had become unbearable, we felt we had to take action. The information on Mr. Peschlow’s website gave us hope that trying prism glasses would not pose a major risk. Finn received a prism correction from Mr. Peschlow — this time a vertical prism correction — and we waited anxiously to see what would happen.
The result was immediate: the eye itching and blinking disappeared right away, and his school difficulties improved noticeably over the next six months. Finn is now in third grade and brings home only A’s and B’s! He enjoys reading and has become much more confident. His handwriting is still somewhat messy, but he essentially missed out on three years of drawing and crafting.
We are incredibly grateful that we gave prism glasses a chance. At a follow-up appointment eight months later, we learned that Finn’s prism values had even decreased — from 2.0 to 1.5! Finn wears his prism glasses at school but can go without them in the afternoons, during sports, and when playing.
We are very happy about this development and can wholeheartedly recommend consulting Mr. Peschlow to anyone facing similar issues. His method of correction has completely convinced us.
If your child has similar problems, you are welcome to contact us directly. Mr. Peschlow will gladly connect you with us.
Experience Report from Margarete W. – Written at the Age of 11
(Originally written in German and translated for international readers.)
Before I had my prism glasses, I practiced reading again and again but could never manage to read fluently. When copying text, I always got lost in the lines, and when reading aloud from the board, I could never keep up. I also had frequent headaches.
When I first got my glasses, I didn’t notice much of a difference. But after a few weeks, reading became much more fluent with the glasses. When I try to read without them now, my eyes start to water.
A wonderful experience: after about two weeks, I copied from the board in English class and — for the very first time — had zero mistakes.
Experience Report from Samira L. (Berlin)
(Originally written in German and translated for international readers.)
I am now 23 years old and had been suffering since the age of 15 from constant fatigue, headaches, nausea, and even depression-like symptoms. When reading, my eyes tired very quickly, and on some days even the simple walk to school felt almost impossible. Going to clubs with friends or to the cinema late at night was pure torture for me.
Because of these symptoms, my parents took me from doctor to doctor, but none of them could identify any illness. Psychologists and neurologists also found no cause. Whether family, friends, or teachers – no one understood why I was always so exhausted and down.
Not even 12 hours of sleep, healthy eating, or exercise could lift the exhaustion. I often fell asleep at school and felt completely overwhelmed with life. I spent every weekend at home because I felt I had to recover from the week.
At 21, I came across the topic of binocular vision dysfunctions (BVD) by chance on the internet. The symptoms described by others matched my own. I immediately visited a local optician who claimed to be specialized in this area. A week later, I received my first pair of prism glasses. Amazing – after just a few weeks my symptoms had almost disappeared!
I was energetic from morning to evening, studying became easier, and the nausea was gone. But after around two months, the symptoms gradually came back – and became even worse than before.
My optician told me that my eye muscles had not fully relaxed during the initial measurement and said I now needed stronger prisms. So I was given new lenses with higher prism values. They helped only briefly, so I was given even stronger lenses. Unfortunately, the year 2010 continued like this. I spent more than €1,000 on prism lenses.
When my symptoms did not improve – but instead became more severe – I continued researching and eventually found Mr. Peschlow’s practice. He took a great deal of time to measure my eyes thoroughly and to understand my symptoms in detail.
Since January 2011, I have been wearing my new prism glasses from Mr. Peschlow – with only two prism diopters. And with these glasses, I have been feeling consistently well.
After eight exhausting years, I finally have the level of energy and performance that a 23-year-old woman should have. For the first time in my life, I enjoy going out late and genuinely feel happy. With Mr. Peschlow’s prism glasses, all of my symptoms – including the depression-like ones – have disappeared.
Experience Report from Fiona R.’s Mother
(Originally written in German and translated for international readers.)
During the routine U8 check-up at the pediatrician’s office, our daughter Fiona was given a vision test. Because she had difficulties, we were referred to an ophthalmologist, who diagnosed significant farsightedness. Fiona wore her glasses consistently. What surprised us was that she said she didn’t see any differently with glasses than without. She had trouble drawing shapes — for example, she couldn’t draw a triangle properly. Connecting the base to the tip only worked in an unnecessary curve, and she often missed the tip entirely. Fiona also stumbled frequently and was generally rather clumsy.
After she started school, her teacher pointed out that Fiona was unable to place letters correctly within the lines. She also had trouble reading, often confusing letters. The teacher suggested that Fiona might have a binocular vision dysfunction (BVD). This suspicion was confirmed by Mr. Peschlow.
When Fiona first put on her prism glasses, she looked as though she had arrived in a completely different world. She stared around speechlessly. The glasses immediately changed her visual experience — something she showed very clearly that evening when we took the glasses off before bedtime. She protested: “I can’t see anything anymore!”
Once her lenses were properly corrected, her handwriting improved rapidly. Staying within the lines was suddenly no problem. Her handwriting improved overall, and the constant stumbling disappeared. For us, this was a clear confirmation of the success of the prism correction.
Because it may be related to her binocular vision dysfunction, we would also like to mention that Fiona was diagnosed with KISS/KIDD at age 6. She is undergoing INPP therapy and has made additional motor progress — partly through therapy, partly through the correct glasses. Receiving both diagnoses so close together finally explained many of her earlier problems (crying baby, clumsiness, late drawing skills, frequent infections, etc.).
We still find it very unfortunate that neither the ophthalmologist nor the pediatrician ever mentioned the possibility of testing for a binocular vision disorder. Without Fiona’s teacher, we would never have found our way to Mr. Peschlow, as we had never even heard the term “binocular vision dysfunction / heterophoria” before.
Follow-Up Report from Fiona R.’s Mother (Summer 2011)
(Originally written in German and translated for international readers.)
It has now been six years since Fiona received her prism glasses from Mr. Peschlow. Her academic performance has improved so much that she has qualified for admission to a grammar school (Gymnasium).
I am convinced that she would never have received this qualification without the correction of her binocular vision dysfunction. We still clearly remember the disastrous beginning of her school years before she had her prism glasses — it pushed us as parents, and Fiona even more, to our limits. Hours of practicing words with endless mistakes and no understanding of quantities in math belong entirely to the past now that Fiona can truly see properly.
We were repeatedly told beforehand that “prism lenses only help opticians make money and are otherwise more harmful than helpful.” Based on our experience, we can say with certainty that this does not apply to prism glasses from Mr. Peschlow.
Before receiving her prism glasses, Fiona’s visual acuity had dropped to just 50%. With the glasses, her vision gradually recovered to 100% in both eyes. Over the years, not only her farsightedness improved — her binocular vision disorder gradually decreased as well. Today she no longer needs glasses at all and can see perfectly without them.
A few years later, our son Fabian also received a prism glasses prescription from Mr. Peschlow for similar problems. His progress was almost identical. Over the past three years, his values have improved so much that it is likely he will also be able to stop wearing glasses in the near future.
With this report, we want to encourage anyone who is unsure to give prism glasses from Mr. Peschlow a chance.
Experience Report from Konstantin T.’s Father
(Originally written in German and translated for international readers.)
My son Konstantin already showed learning difficulties in mathematics during the first grade. Dyscalculia (math disability) was suspected. The child psychologist who later taught the special training quickly realized that our son did indeed have a deficit — but not dyscalculia.
Over the years, we went from one specialist to the next: school psychological services, child psychiatrist, occupational therapist, concentration therapist, and so on. All of them found Konstantin to be intelligent, alert, and quick-witted based on their examinations and tests — yet his poor academic performance and lack of concentration raised doubts.
We consulted three ophthalmologists as well, all of whom said Konstantin’s eyes were perfectly fine except for very mild nearsightedness.
And yet Konstantin, for example, saw a plus sign as two separate lines — one vertical, one horizontal. It wasn’t just his math performance that was shockingly poor; his handwriting and spelling were beyond description. At home, he received a great deal of support, but it brought only minimal improvement. It is hard to put into words how exhausting and demoralizing such a prolonged situation can be.
It wasn’t until the 5th grade that an osteopath treating him suggested taking our son to Mr. Peschlow, as a binocular vision disorder might be the cause. On January 4, 2008, you immediately recognized that Konstantin had a binocular vision dysfunction (BVD) and that a prism correction could help him. I had heard mixed things about prism glasses and was hesitant, but after five years of searching, we were ready to try anything.
Konstantin received his prism glasses on January 16, 2008 — and immediately said:
“Dad, things have outlines! And objects have such smooth surfaces!”
I was overwhelmed — moved and shocked at the same time.
Already on his first day at school with the new glasses, his handwriting improved so noticeably that his teacher spoke to me about it. The entire teaching staff saw a remarkable change, one I observed daily: Konstantin stopped being restless, began doing his homework on his own, sat down to work voluntarily — and later, as success started to show, even happily. I was speechless.
At a follow-up appointment in December 2008, it turned out that his visual system had stabilized so well with the prism glasses that he now needed weaker prism correction — an incredible success!
I simply cannot understand why the simple tests needed to detect a binocular vision disorder are not part of school readiness examinations. I don’t want to imagine how many children could be helped early on.
Konstantin now writes dictations without errors; his handwriting has gained character and maturity.
Mathematics may never become his strongest subject — so be it. What matters is this: a calmness we had never known has returned to our family, and Konstantin — thanks to your diagnosis and his glasses — is finding his path.
For that, I want to express my sincere gratitude.
Experience Report from Andreas W., Hamburg
(Originally written in German and translated for international readers.)
Hello Mr. Peschlow,
About a week ago, I received my new prism glasses from you. To say it upfront: I now fully understand why so many people travel long distances to Berlin to see you. I am absolutely impressed by how much my vision has improved.
Even though it still feels unusual for me to wear glasses, my visual problems — especially while driving — have significantly decreased. I’m sure this is not the first time you’ve heard such feedback from a patient.
What I cannot understand is why several ophthalmologists never once suggested trying prism glasses. Instead, you get prescribed a “placebo pair of glasses” (+/-0.25), accompanied by the statement that “there’s not much that can be done.”
This makes me all the more grateful — because with these prism glasses, I have regained a real piece of quality of life. The tension in my neck and shoulders has decreased, and — which is not unimportant to me as a car enthusiast — I actually enjoy driving again!
Experience Report from Till R.’s Mother
(Originally written in German and translated for international readers.)
The correction of my son’s binocular vision dysfunction turned out to be a real stroke of luck. Since then, he has changed noticeably. He has become much calmer and more balanced. His school performance has also improved significantly. We still have to work through some spelling deficits from the time before the correction, but overall things have been improving steadily.
At the same time as the vision correction, English lessons began at school. Thanks to the prism correction, he hardly had any spelling problems in English — the words were stored correctly right from the beginning.
The daily struggle with homework has changed for the better. My son now enjoys reading. In the meantime, he has received a recommendation for the grammar school track — something that would certainly not have been possible without your expertise.
Experience Report from Markus G. (05 April 2004)
(Originally written in German — translated for international readers.)
(This letter was sent in identical form to the public broadcaster RBB – Rundfunk Berlin Brandenburg.)
Dear Quivive Team,
perhaps you can help raise awareness with a report that supports people who struggle with their glasses even though their visual acuity has been measured correctly. Many are left completely alone with this problem. I would like to share the experience I had to go through — painfully — before the right lenses were finally found.
In early 2002, I had new glasses made, but I could not cope with them because I was plagued by severe headaches and eye pain. I tried to find the cause by consulting two ophthalmologists and several opticians. Both the doctors and the opticians repeatedly assured me that my lenses were perfectly corrected.
Following a recommendation, I consulted yet another optician (October 2003) and had new lenses made once again. Although I described my problems in detail, this optician also performed only a standard visual acuity test — which cost me 25 euros — and again the new lenses caused the same eye and headaches.
After several ophthalmologists and opticians were unable to help me, I began to suspect that the problem might be the Zeiss lenses, since I had previously always worn Rodenstock lenses. So I called the optician again and asked him to order new Rodenstock lenses because I could no longer endure the constant pain. Only during this conversation did the optician finally mention that I might need prism lenses.
The subsequent examination revealed that I suffer from a binocular vision dysfunction (heterophoria / muscle imbalance of the eyes) — a term I had never heard before, and I am certain many others affected are just as unaware of it.
But even with this new information, the lenses were still not properly corrected. When I told the optician that I still could not see comfortably, his reply was simply: “It can take two months to adjust. If it still doesn’t work, I don’t know what else to do…”
This was unacceptable to me.
By chance, we came across the optometrist Jürgen Peschlow on Kurfürstendamm — his large letters on the shop window caught my attention. With a relatively simple measurement he confirmed my binocular vision disorder and corrected it with new prism lenses to my complete satisfaction. Since then, I have been symptom-free.
I find it incomprehensible that in such a highly developed country, neither ophthalmologists nor opticians routinely perform this measurement — at the very least when a patient clearly cannot tolerate their lenses. Why is there no cooperation between ophthalmologists and opticians when it comes to diagnosing and correcting binocular vision dysfunction (heterophoria / latent strabismus)?
Had I not found Mr. Peschlow, I would still be going from one doctor to another in pain — and frankly, I consider that a scandal.
I am happy to provide further information if needed.
Experience Report from Dr. Norbert S. (Berlin)
(Originally written in German — translated for international readers.)
Dear Mr. Peschlow,
I am 37 years old and have been wearing glasses for the past 10 years (mild to moderate myopia). My profession requires daily computer work, and over the years I increasingly suffered from headaches and rapid eye fatigue while working.
A friend told me that you specialize in binocular vision dysfunction (BVD). He had experienced similar problems and was very satisfied with the results after receiving new glasses that corrected his binocular misalignment.
After you diagnosed the same issue in my case, I received a new pair of glasses with the appropriate prism correction. My eyes adapted to this initially unfamiliar “way of seeing” very quickly — but unfamiliar in a positive sense. Relaxed, fatigue-free vision at the computer soon became the norm for me.
I am grateful that I found my way to you.
Experience Report from Anke S. (Berlin)
(Originally written in German — translated for international readers.)
I would like to let you know that you succeeded in making the right lenses for me. The ophthalmologists I had seen did not properly address my visual problems and did not understand what “better vision” meant in my case.
My biggest issues were severe light sensitivity and migraines. On sunny days my day was essentially over by noon due to painful eyes, migraines, and nausea. I felt better on dark winter days.
My ophthalmologist believed that tinted glasses would help — but they didn’t.
After receiving the lenses you made for me, I can finally see properly again, without having to half-close my eyes in bright light. Even on sunny days I can now stay outside for long periods of time — headaches, migraines, and nausea have completely disappeared.
Experience Report from Susanne K.
(Originally written in German — translated for international readers.)
It has been several years since I first came to you, and I can no longer recall exactly what visual problems I had back then. I only remember that I felt I needed new lenses. You offered to check for a possible binocular vision dysfunction (BVD) as well. I also recall that you provided a guarantee (a return guarantee) for the accuracy of the new lenses.
Your explanations made sense to me, so I asked you to check for a binocular vision misalignment as well. Interestingly, no ophthalmologist in Germany had ever offered me such an examination before.
I adapted immediately to the new lenses and had no adjustment difficulties whatsoever. Today, I would never want to go without the correction of my binocular vision disorder. I work extensively at the computer and have no symptoms of visual strain, no headaches, and no similar complaints.
I am happy to confirm that no one has ever measured my eyes as precisely as you have (and I’ve been wearing glasses for about 26 years). In the past, I always felt pressured during eye exams — whether at the optician’s or the ophthalmologist’s — and was often unsure about whether I was seeing better or worse with a given lens. With you, I never had that feeling. You gave me enough time, and your comments during the testing helped me provide confident and accurate responses.
Experience Report from Ingrid von der W. (Brazil)
(Originally written in German — translated for international readers.)
Before receiving your lenses with the correction for my binocular vision dysfunction, I had major difficulties with anything that required sustained visual effort — reading, watching TV, driving, and similar activities.
After only a short time, my eyes would start burning (they were actually red almost all the time), and headaches would set in. Bright sunlight made everything noticeably worse.
Your prism lenses correcting my binocular vision disorder have made my life as a teacher in a tropical country significantly easier — especially since more than 80% of my work depends on my eyes (preparation, grading, reading, etc.), and we receive far more intense sunlight here in Brazil.
With your glasses, I can once again read for hours, drive, watch TV, and carry out all my usual tasks without the symptoms I used to struggle with. I would like to sincerely thank you for the effort and patience you invested in examining my eyes. Not everyone is willing to take that kind of time.
Experience Report from Ursula D. (Munich)
(Originally written in German — translated for international readers.)
The whole ordeal began when I decided last year to schedule a general health check-up. As part of that, I had my prescription checked by an ophthalmologist for the first time in 30 years. I was surprised to learn that, instead of –3.00 diopters, my left eye now only needed –1.00, but with 1.25 cylinder.
When I tried the new glasses, my vision was sharper than ever — but very soon my eyes became irritated and tired, and I took the glasses off again. “Those are just initial adjustment issues,” my optician assured me. I kept trying for several more days, but my eyes reacted more and more strongly with irritation and redness.
Afterwards I went to two more opticians, another ophthalmologist, and even an eye center.
Everywhere I was told that the prescription of my new glasses was correct.
I returned to the optician who had made them, explaining that I simply could not wear the glasses. He had me look at a test image with a cross on it — the horizontal bar appeared shifted upward — so he sent me to an optometrist specializing in binocular vision. That optometrist made me a pair of prism glasses for €550, using the MKH/Haase method. Unfortunately, I experienced the exact same problems as before: eye pain, headaches, and bright red eyes.
A week later, the optometrist re-measured my eyes and made new prism lenses for free. But those glasses caused the same unbearable symptoms. I would pull them off at red traffic lights because the strain became too much, only putting them back on once the light turned green. By then I was completely desperate — my eyes had adapted so much to the prism glasses that I could no longer see properly with my old glasses without prisms either.
The optometrist eventually told me that the problem must have another cause — the prism glasses were, in his view, “correctly measured.”
With burning, bright-red eyes and aching temples, I spent hours searching the internet, trying to educate myself about prism glasses. I came across warnings about prism lenses measured using the MKH/Haase method — namely, that they can worsen binocular vision issues over time. This worried me greatly, especially because I had begun seeing double with my prism glasses.
After that, I stopped wearing them almost entirely, except for driving.
I no longer remember exactly which search term finally led me to Mr. Peschlow’s website — but what I do remember is this sentence:
“I offer a three-year guarantee on my prism glasses.”
That made me keep reading. I found report after report from people with similar problems who had been helped by him.
I booked a flight to Berlin.
Mr. Peschlow examined my eyes thoroughly and quickly discovered that I did not need prism glasses at all. My binocular deviation changes depending on gaze direction and therefore cannot be corrected with prisms. What mattered most, he explained, was restoring optimal fusion of my eyes in all gaze positions. He carried out extremely precise measurements for this.
Not long after, the new glasses arrived by mail from Berlin.
Mr. Peschlow reduced the cylinder in my left lens because some people cannot tolerate cylinder in only one of the two lenses — and now I know that I am one of those people.
One lens still needed a slight correction, but now — after a long period of suffering — I finally have glasses that I can wear and with which I see well again!
No ophthalmologist had been able to help me. I truly didn’t know what else to do before coming to Berlin.
I am deeply, deeply grateful to Mr. Peschlow.
Experience Report from Frank L. (Hesse)
(Originally written in German — translated for international readers.)
As a software developer, you spend six to nine hours a day in front of a screen. The eyes are under constant strain — so in my case, the binocular vision dysfunction (BVD) had extreme consequences. The problems started about eight years ago, slowly and almost harmlessly at first, but over the following three years they escalated to the point where it was practically certain that I would have to quit my job — because I simply couldn’t function anymore.
Often, after just two hours of work, I was barely able to read text or source code on the screen. When I got up from my desk and walked down the hallway, everything around me seemed to sway. I had stopped going to the company cafeteria long before that, because by midday I was so tense and irritable that I could hardly sit still. Some afternoons I wasn’t sure whether I could even make it from my desk to the parking lot — and on several occasions I felt I was on the verge of collapsing (thankfully it never actually happened).
This extreme irritability and inner restlessness felt like trying to thread a needle over and over — failing repeatedly — and reaching the point where you’re ready to snap. That state of “almost snapping” best describes how I worked for four years. I tried everything to calm the symptoms: looking out the window for a while, closing my eyes and moving them (which hurt — it felt like muscle soreness). Light sensitivity, headaches, and similar issues were just minor side effects.
Of course, I went to doctors. First my GP, then an ophthalmologist with an orthoptic department. They prescribed glasses, tried prism foils — nothing helped. Eventually I convinced my GP that something was seriously wrong. He diagnosed burnout — which wasn’t entirely wrong, but the underlying cause was my vision problems, which he didn’t consider relevant. I stayed home for a week, then everything continued just as before.
Later, I was sent to a neurologist who all but pressured me into taking psychotropic medication and couldn’t understand why I refused and kept insisting that my eyes were the real problem. After that: another ophthalmologist, two visits to a university clinic (what I experienced there is indescribable), a private eye clinic… countless identical examinations, always ending with the same conclusion: “Your eyes are fine.” An optician who put in a great deal of effort also couldn’t help.
I was at the end of my strength, surviving from month to month, constantly wondering what else I could do for a living. I had come across the website richtig-sehen.de before, but until then I had avoided the long trip to Berlin. Before handing in my resignation, I decided to use that final chance.
Even on the phone — and at that point I had no hope left — Mr. Peschlow was absolutely certain he could help me after hearing my symptoms. Nothing like that had happened before. I told him that more than a dozen specialists had failed. He simply said I should come in — in a few days, things would be better.
He was right.
With the first pair of glasses, I already noticed a clear improvement (keeping in mind that at my first appointment my eyes were extremely strained, tense, and overworked). After a few weeks, the correction was fine-tuned, and from then on everything improved rapidly.
I have now been wearing these glasses for about 15 months, working at the same job, but producing 50% more than before — and I am almost completely symptom-free.
Thank you so much!!!
Experience Report from Stefan Z. (Berlin)
(Originally written in German — translated for international readers.)
I have been nearsighted since childhood. About a year ago, additional problems in the near range began. Reading became more strenuous, and long hours of computer work caused headaches. When I noticed that I could no longer properly distinguish red/blue contrasts in color video presentations, I consulted an expert in binocular vision, Prof. Dr. Dieter Methling. He was the first to point out that a binocular vision dysfunction (BVD) might be the cause.
Among opticians — and even among ophthalmologists — there seemed to be no consensus on this topic. Some believed that prisms would only make the misalignment worse and that one should instead attend “eye training.” Others recommended prisms because they relieve the eye muscles and allow the visual system to fully benefit from the refractive correction of the glasses.
In short: I was undecided.
After another discussion with an ophthalmologist, we again talked about correcting the binocular vision disorder. I told him about Prof. Methling’s opinion, and we agreed that it was worth giving prism correction a try.
As a specialist in this field, Mr. Peschlow in Berlin — then located near Adenauerplatz — was recommended to me. Even during the initial scheduling call, it became clear that this was not a “quick sales” environment. I was told that at least an hour would be needed for the examination. In my opinion, that hour was very well spent: the correction was carried out with great care, and we repeatedly paused to allow the eyes to relax. To fully enjoy the new visual experience, I followed the recommendation to choose high-quality plastic lenses, even though they cost more than conventional lenses.
When I picked up the glasses, the difference compared to before was dramatically better. Since then, I haven’t wanted to wear any of my old glasses again. Reading and computer work have been completely symptom-free. I haven’t yet had the opportunity to test whether the red/blue contrast issue has resolved, simply because the right situation hasn’t arisen.
My conclusion: I am very satisfied and can highly recommend correcting a binocular vision dysfunction using properly fitted prism lenses.
Experience Report from Gabi Strack (Speyer)
(Originally written in German — translated for international readers.)
Before my binocular vision misalignment was corrected by Mr. Peschlow, my eyes were tired and red by midday. I frequently had headaches, and my visual sharpness fluctuated noticeably throughout the day. However, the most unpleasant symptom was my extreme light sensitivity. I even wore sunglasses outside when it was raining because otherwise my eyes would hurt and start to water.
Since the correction, all of these symptoms have disappeared. My nearsightedness has at least stopped worsening — I believe it has even improved slightly. I can wholeheartedly recommend this examination to everyone.
Experience Report from Maria H. (Berlin)
(Originally written in German — translated for international readers.)
Reading glasses for my age-related farsightedness had been problematic from the very beginning, because I always felt that I couldn’t see properly with them. This blurry vision made me feel insecure while driving, caused frequent headaches, and significantly affected my overall well-being. Endless visits to opticians and ophthalmologists — where I repeatedly pointed out that the glasses didn’t feel right and that I constantly needed to adjust them — eventually led to the conclusion that the problem must have psychological causes.
After receiving my new glasses from Mr. Peschlow five years ago, all of these complaints disappeared. I felt as if I had gained a completely new quality of life — something that now feels entirely natural.
Experience Report from Klaus H. (Autumn 2002)
(Originally written in German — translated for international readers.)
For me, everything probably started already in my youth (around 1958), but as so often happens, no one really knew what the cause was. “Read a book!” people would say. “Yes, yes, I will…” I answered — but after a short time I would lose interest, and my eyes would begin to close from exhaustion. This struggle continued for years, and unfortunately my desire to read was limited only to what was absolutely necessary for school and work.
Years later, in the 1970s, I heard for the first time about Pola tests and prism glasses and decided to try my luck with them. Unfortunately, my eyes were overcorrected back then, making my vision not easier, but actually worse. Later, when I truly needed glasses for both distance and near vision, I tried again — but only with moderate success.
Then, as fate would have it, I found my current optician. He advised me well from the beginning, and I trusted him immediately. To keep it short: today, I am satisfied.
I now have a pair of reading glasses, a pair for my beloved computer, and bifocal glasses for both distance and near vision. My overall well-being has improved dramatically! I have become calmer because the constant effort of my eyes to align binocularly is now barely noticeable. Switching my gaze back and forth to compare numbers or text used to give me headaches.
Now this has improved significantly. I notice that my eyes no longer wander restlessly. I can calmly fixate on text on either side without strain. I am extremely grateful to my optician and can only recommend him and his team.
Follow-Up Report from Autumn 2008
It was becoming time for new lenses because I had stopped feeling comfortable with my bifocal glasses. I constantly wanted to clean the lenses because I felt as if I were seeing through a film — even though the lenses were actually perfectly clean. I also began to feel a pressing discomfort in my eyes again, both at distance and near.
So I went to Mr. Peschlow and described my symptoms. He measured my eyes, and I could hardly believe the result. Mr. Peschlow told me that, thanks to consistently wearing my prism glasses, my visual acuity had improved so much that now weaker prism values were sufficient to correct my binocular vision dysfunction.
Said and done. With the new lenses, I can once again see everything clearly and sharply, and the unpleasant pressure in my eyes has disappeared. Distance vision and computer work are completely fine again. Reading feels absolutely comfortable, and even long reading sessions are no longer tiring.
Thank you for everything.
Experience Report from Klaus N.
(Originally written in German — translated for international readers.)
Sudden Double Vision – Binocular Vision Dysfunction – Suspected Stroke
Dear Mr. Peschlow,
as you know, on December 23, 2004, I suddenly began seeing double — horizontally displaced double images, without any prior signs of visual deterioration. When the double vision did not disappear the following day, I went to the emergency department at the Steglitz Clinic.
There, I was first examined by an ophthalmologist, who noted that my eyes were no longer moving in a coordinated direction. No other pathological findings were detected. Subsequent neurological examinations also revealed no cause: CT scan, MRI, long-term EEG, and a spinal tap were all unremarkable. At the moment, my heart is still being examined.
Because of my long-standing contact with you, we consulted you regarding this visual problem. You told me that after a thorough diagnosis and consultation — and with a professionally made pair of prism progressive lenses — I would be able to see clearly again.
Everything happened exactly as you predicted. Without any adaptation problems, I was able to see sharply again as soon as I received the new glasses, which were made very quickly. The dizziness stopped, and the nausea disappeared completely. However, without the new glasses, I still see double images. Following your advice, I will try to strengthen my eye muscles through appropriate exercises.
After learning more about binocular vision disorders, I realize that I have been very fortunate. It appears that I did not suffer a stroke after all. For anyone reading this, I can only strongly recommend seeking immediate medical attention at a hospital with a stroke unit at the first sign of sudden double vision. But if medical examinations show no neurological cause, the next step should be to seek your advice without delay.
I wish you continued success in helping all those who come to you — just as successfully as you helped me.
Experience Report from Edeltraut L. (Berlin)
(Originally written in German — translated for international readers.)
For about 11 years, I had been wearing progressive lenses. That was when my “difficulties” began. I could no longer ride an escalator downward without discomfort. When reading, I constantly had to move my head, and reading while lying down became completely impossible. Working at the computer exhausted my eyes very quickly — they began to water, my eyelids were swollen, and I suffered from lack of concentration, migraines, visual disturbances, and flickering eyes.
For this reason, I kept changing ophthalmologists, opticians, and glasses. With every new pair, the same complaints returned after a very short time.
In spring 1996, I came to Mr. Peschlow by chance. After a short conversation and a quick look at my face, he suggested performing a thorough and time-consuming examination of my visual problems. This examination revealed a binocular vision dysfunction (BVD).
After receiving my new prism glasses — and a short adjustment period of about three days — a completely different life began for me. All the symptoms mentioned above disappeared and have not returned since. I can now read in any position; I move only my eyes, not my head. For me, these improvements have significantly increased my quality of life.
Experience Report from Carmen-Sylvia K. (Berlin)
(Originally written in German — translated for international readers.)
I have needed glasses since the age of 16. I regularly visited ophthalmologists to ensure that my lenses always matched my current prescription. Despite these regular check-ups and increases in diopters, I continued to suffer from headaches — for example, after only a short time working on the computer or reading a book. When driving, especially at dusk or at night, I noticed that I could not see properly.
I could not clearly see the edges of the road and felt as if I were driving through a tunnel. As a result, I eventually stopped driving during those times altogether.
About five years ago, I met Mr. Peschlow. He found no deterioration in my visual acuity, and because of my symptoms, he conducted a test specifically for binocular vision dysfunction (BVD). A few days later, I received my new lenses, which corrected this misalignment.
The adjustment period for these lenses was about one day. Since then, I have been able to read and work without any problems. When driving at dusk or at night, I can finally see everything clearly again — the “tunnel vision” is gone.
This type of test is apparently not performed by ophthalmologists, likely because it requires too much time. After more than 20 years, Mr. Peschlow was finally able to solve my vision problems — something that several ophthalmologists and opticians before him had not achieved.
Experience Report from Ursula A. (Munich)
(Originally written in German — translated for international readers.)
As my vision problems combined with age-related farsightedness gradually became unbearable, eye pressure and constant sensitivity to light began to dominate my entire day. The tension in my neck and shoulders had long become a real burden — getting worse day by day.
I have now been wearing my new prism glasses for ten days, from early morning until late evening, with great enthusiasm. I no longer have any visual problems — neither at the laptop nor in everyday life. Everything appears much sharper and more vibrant than before. Normal light no longer blinds me, I have no eye pressure, and no headaches at all. I can work completely without discomfort, and my eyes still feel fresh even late at night. The tension — including in my jaw — is dissolving on its own.
Being able to truly see in 3D now is the icing on the cake, although limited 3D vision had not bothered me too much before. Interestingly, my left eye had always appeared smaller than the right. Now that the left eye is finally involved in the visual process again, both eyes are the same size!
I never would have believed that two properly fitted glasses could change my life so profoundly.
Experience Report from Simone G. (Hesse, Germany)
(Originally written in German — translated for international readers.)
Since childhood, I remember struggling with my vision. In primary school, I always wanted to sit in the front row because my eyes had great difficulty adjusting from reading to looking at distant objects like the chalkboard. The ophthalmologist insisted that my eyes were “perfectly fine” and that I simply wanted attention.
Later, while preparing for my Abitur and spending several hours each day studying, my visual problems worsened. My eyes tired quickly while reading, and I developed eye pain and headaches.
I consulted several ophthalmologists, none of whom found a cause. I was then referred to a university eye clinic, where they diagnosed “dry eyes” and recommended eye drops — which did not help at all. As my symptoms persisted, I was sent to a neurologist because it was suspected that I might have a brain tumor. After numerous examinations, all with normal results, I was again told that my vision was “100% fine.” Some doctors assumed psychological or hormonal causes, but none of that was confirmed.
Eventually, I gave up and resigned myself to the symptoms.
Four years later, near the end of my studies, my vision became so poor that writing my thesis was impossible. Driving was out of the question — at night I was so sensitive to light that even streetlights or headlights overwhelmed me. I had become so light-sensitive that I sometimes wore sunglasses at night. Reading was barely possible even with 200% font size on my computer, and I suffered from daily eye pain and headaches.
This time, I did not visit another ophthalmologist but went to a specialized optometrist. He diagnosed a severe binocular vision dysfunction (BVD) and wanted to prescribe prism glasses with around 20 prism diopters, followed by an immediate eye muscle surgery. Since I absolutely did not want surgery, I researched further online — and that’s when I discovered Mr. Peschlow’s website. For the first time, everything I read made sense, and the symptoms described matched mine exactly.
When I traveled to Berlin, I immediately felt understood and taken seriously. For the first time, I no longer felt like I had some “mysterious condition” — I felt that someone could actually help me.
Mr. Peschlow carried out a very thorough examination and diagnosed a vertical binocular vision dysfunction. I could hardly wait to receive my first ever pair of glasses.
When I finally put them on, my eyes adjusted within just two minutes. Since then, I can read without limitation, work comfortably at the computer, drive at night, and go outside without wearing sunglasses at night. I am 100% satisfied, free from eye pain and headaches, and I would never give up my prism glasses again.
The only discouraging part was having to fight with my ophthalmologist to get a prescription for insurance coverage. She seemed fundamentally opposed to prism glasses. Only after explaining my long history and the fact that I am now free of symptoms did she finally agree.
Experience Report from Luca A.’s Mother (Gummersbach, NRW – January 2016)
(Originally written in German — translated for international readers.)
Our son Luca was a very calm and balanced child from birth (2002). The problems only began when he started school. After just four weeks, his teacher informed me that he had major concentration difficulties and very poor handwriting. So we visited our pediatrician. Since he found nothing wrong, he referred us to an ophthalmologist. Nothing was found there either; Luca was certified to have full visual acuity.
Back we went to the pediatrician, who prescribed occupational therapy. Luca attended for about a year — without any noticeable improvement. We were then advised to see a child psychologist. After several tests, we were sent to the university clinic in Cologne. Again, nothing was found, and we were told that Luca did not have a “psychiatrically defined attention deficit disorder.”
We were back to square one.
By 4th grade, his concentration problems had not improved — and now he developed severe migraines with vomiting and was unable to see the chalkboard properly. Back to the pediatrician we went, and once again we were sent to an eye doctor. This time, farsightedness was diagnosed and Luca got his first pair of glasses.
However, the glasses did nothing to improve his school performance. We had to return to the child psychologist, where Luca was tested for dyslexia (LRS) and diagnosed accordingly. We were advised to put him in an occupational therapy learning group and to consider giving him Ritalin. Neither was an option for us, so we enrolled Luca in a learning and movement therapy practice, which he attended for one and a half years. His spelling improved somewhat, but the concentration problems remained unchanged.
By the time Luca was in 6th grade, his teacher told us during a parent-teacher meeting that his concentration issues were so severe that his grades were worsening. She stressed that something had to be done urgently. But what were we supposed to do? We had already seen every doctor and therapist imaginable!
I again discussed Luca’s difficulties with his learning therapist. I don’t know how she came to the idea, but she said she wanted to perform a quick test: she held a pen 30 cm in front of Luca’s face and moved it toward his nose while Luca was supposed to follow it with his eyes. I was speechless at what I saw: his right eye followed the pen as expected — but his left eye remained fixed straight ahead.
We immediately went back to the ophthalmologist, especially since Luca’s migraines were becoming more frequent and we had noticed that he blinked excessively with his left eye since wearing glasses — especially in stressful situations and after school.
The ophthalmologist found only a minimal change in Luca’s farsightedness and declared the glasses to be correct. When I mentioned the therapist’s test result and the suspicion of a binocular vision disorder, he dismissed it abruptly: “That’s nonsense — such a thing doesn’t exist.”
He prescribed an ointment for Luca’s blinking, claiming it was an eye irritation. When the ointment did not help, I returned once more and asked again whether Luca might have a binocular vision dysfunction. He refused to even consider it — so I gave up on that route.
But I was not willing to give up for my child. I searched online for answers and found Mr. Peschlow’s website. I read everything carefully and recognized Luca’s symptoms in several of the experience reports. In January 2013, we traveled to Berlin — he was our last hope after years of tears and countless fruitless appointments.
Mr. Peschlow immediately diagnosed a binocular vision dysfunction (BVD) and took great care in measuring Luca’s eyes. About eight days later, Luca received his prism glasses by mail and put them on right away. He couldn’t stop smiling — finally he could truly see.
He said:
“Everything looks completely different. The neighbor’s chimney — it pops out! It’s like 3D. Mom, I’m never wearing the old glasses again.”
Since his Winkelfehlsichtigkeit was corrected, Luca has changed completely: he is more confident, the headaches and eye twitching disappeared, and his performance at school improved dramatically. After repeating 6th grade, everything finally started to go well. He now gets good grades and the concentration problems are completely gone.
We cannot express how grateful we are to Mr. Peschlow. He changed our son’s life — and ours as well — in the most positive way imaginable.
Experience Report from Laura S.’s Mother (Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany)
(Originally written in German — translated for international readers.)
My daughter Laura is 13 years old and wears glasses for visual acuity. Since early childhood, she frequently complained about neck tension and headaches. After an orthopedist was only able to provide short-term relief through physical therapy, we consulted an osteopath.
The osteopath performed a thorough examination and concluded that Laura was likely having problems with her eye muscles. He strongly recommended that we see a specialist for binocular vision dysfunctions (BVD).
So we scheduled an appointment with a local ophthalmologist. Several tests were performed, and Laura received her first prescription for prism glasses:
5 prism diopters base-out for each eye.
The optician who made the glasses told us that he was also trained in binocular vision correction. He re-measured Laura’s vision and confirmed the ophthalmologist’s prescription.
Laura had always been an excellent student — but once she began wearing the prism glasses, her real suffering started.
Instead of improving her neck problems and headaches, severe dizziness suddenly appeared. In addition, her overall behavior changed dramatically — and not for the better. She barely managed to get through the school day, and afterward she was completely exhausted.
Laura withdrew more and more, and on every day she wore the prism glasses, she was simply miserable. Our former “bookworm,” who used to secretly read under the covers at night, now only read what was absolutely necessary to complete her homework.
We went back to the optician, who had known Laura since she was a toddler. He dismissed her symptoms and told her to “push through it,” insisting she was just sensitive and needed to adapt. But things did not improve — they got worse. The dizziness grew so severe that I had to pick her up from school several times.
So we returned to the ophthalmologist. He claimed that Laura’s prism values were still not sufficient and needed to be significantly increased. According to his new prescription, Laura’s prism correction should be raised to a total of 18 prism diopters base-out.
Laura tried to explain that she already couldn’t tolerate the current prism strength, but her concerns were dismissed entirely. We knew this could not continue.
At this point, I was ready to abandon prism correction altogether and have ordinary glasses made for her again. But by chance, I discovered Mr. Peschlow’s website. In hindsight, I can only say: What incredible luck.
Since we had already planned to spend the Easter holidays of 2009 in Berlin, I booked an appointment with Mr. Peschlow. For the very first time, Laura felt truly heard — that someone was taking her seriously and genuinely wanted to find the optimal solution for her.
The prism glasses made by Mr. Peschlow have completely changed Laura’s life.
Every morning, the very first thing she does is reach for her glasses on the bedside table. She wears them happily and consistently, and I can see her confidence returning. She now has far fewer headaches and neck tension than before.
Thank you, Mr. Peschlow, for your time, your patience, and the care you gave our daughter.
Experience Report from Timo S.’s Parents (Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany)
(Originally written in German — translated for international readers.)
Our son Timo is 11 years old and has had extremely messy handwriting for as long as we can remember. He has ADHD, and by chance we came across an article about binocular vision dysfunction (BVD).
We spoke to our doctor about it, and he told us that binocular vision disorders can indeed occur together with ADHD. He then referred us to an optician he had been working with for many years.
This optician examined Timo’s eyes and claimed to have found a rather severe binocular vision disorder. For that reason, both the optician and our doctor recommended that we consult an ophthalmologist specializing in binocular vision dysfunction.
After a long waiting period, we finally received several appointments with this specialist. Timo’s eyes were dilated, and measurements were taken using the Polatest.
The Polatest results indicated that our son had a severe binocular vision dysfunction and, according to the ophthalmologist, urgently needed eye muscle surgery. In front of Timo, the doctor proceeded to describe the surgery in great detail.
Until the surgery, Timo was given a prescription for prism glasses — including an additional prism foil applied to one of the lenses.
But with these glasses, Timo could see nothing at all, except double images.
Because of this, I searched online for more information and came across a book on binocular vision disorders — which led me to Mr. Peschlow’s website. Everything I read there made sense.
We discussed it as a family and, after a very friendly phone call with Mr. Peschlow and his assistant, we decided to make the long trip from Rhineland-Palatinate to Berlin.
Mr. Peschlow determined that Timo did not have a binocular vision dysfunction. Instead, his glasses simply had the wrong refractive correction. Timo received new lenses — without prisms, but with the correct refractive values — and could see perfectly immediately.
We are extremely grateful to Mr. Peschlow for his help and relieved that Timo was spared from undergoing completely unnecessary eye muscle surgery.
Experience Report from Pia J. (Brandenburg, Germany)
(Originally written in German — translated for international readers.)
September 2019
I didn’t know what binocular vision dysfunction (BVD) was. I had never heard the term. I only knew the consequences it brought into my life — consequences that made me afraid of the present and robbed me of my future. I was desperate, helpless, and exhausted beyond measure, because every single day I had to push myself far beyond my limits just to get through it. Over time, I lost faith in myself. I lost the courage to speak about my symptoms. And I lost trust in doctors — trust that anyone could help me at all.
My body suffered. My mind suffered. I was at the bottom. I felt destroyed. Humiliated. Called crazy. I was prescribed psychotropic medication. I started therapy. I was sedated — and still the world kept spinning before my eyes. It spun in the morning. It spun at noon. It spun in the evening. And after a while, it even spun at night, because my body was overstimulated by every single sensation. My body danced seven days a week, twenty-four hours a day. It felt as if someone had strapped me, sick with a heavy flu, to the middle of a dance floor — with the bass pounding and the lights flashing endlessly. My perception no longer passed through a filter. Everything came in amplified. I heard too loudly. I first saw double, then triple. It felt as if I could feel other people’s words on my skin. After a simple train ride, I felt as though I had been beaten. I staggered, swayed, and fell. Walking felt like trying to stay upright on a bouncing castle while everyone around me jumped, and I desperately tried not to lose my balance.
The ground bulged visually, stairs flickered, and I constantly felt as though my foot was stepping into empty space. A deep pain spread from my eyes through my head and into my limbs. I often fell to the right side — it didn’t matter whether I was standing or sitting. I simply tipped over because my world tipped over. The room leaned sideways. It collapsed, spun around its axis, and I fell with it — at the supermarket checkout, in a classroom during a parent meeting, or in the middle of an intersection. The world tilted and dragged me down. I lay on the asphalt. I lay among feet. I lay in the dirt. I heard and felt everything happening around me — but I was unable to speak.
As long as everything spun in front of my eyes, I was paralyzed on the inside. Words formed in my head, but I couldn’t get them past my lips. Sometimes this lasted seconds, sometimes minutes — minutes in which I was trapped inside my own body. I turned while everything around me swayed, my muscles pressing painfully against the floor. It was a sensation more brutal than any seasickness. Afterwards, I was weak, drained, terrified, and deeply shaken by what had just happened. My head throbbed, my right eye cramped, and a burning ache spread through every muscle fiber in my body. And despite all of this — despite the pain, the dizziness, the triple images I saw so clearly they felt tangible, despite my eyes rolling upward during the attacks and my pupils disappearing — every doctor turned me away.
At first I thought it was bad luck, so I went to another eye doctor, and then another, and another. Months passed, years went by, and my life crumbled in my hands. I stopped working. I stopped driving. I missed my children’s dance performances because I was terrified of having an attack in the audience and ruining their moment. I missed moments of pride. I missed seeing my children play on the playground. I missed human connection.
On the rare occasions when I managed to hold my façade together enough to go out, I couldn’t follow conversations. I couldn’t hold onto sentences long enough to form my own. It felt as if my head were filled with fog — a thick, milky layer that wrapped around my thoughts. Everything felt “muffled.” My thoughts grew soft, slippery, unreachable. I knew they were there, but I could no longer grasp them well enough to shape them into words. Deep down I knew I wasn’t stupid, yet I came to believe it anyway.
Eventually, ophthalmologists, neurologists, general practitioners, psychologists, and orthopedists all assured me that nothing was wrong with me. They told me it was anxiety. They told me it was my low weight. They told me it was because I wasn’t working anymore. They told me I wanted attention. I listened, and I turned against myself. I believed them and forced myself out of the house. Forced myself to take medication. Forced myself into therapy. I forced myself until I thought I would die from exhaustion.
I did everything the doctors asked — and nothing improved. Everything got worse. They told me to apply for disability benefits, so I did. I was sent to evaluators — people who took me even less seriously than the doctors had. Evaluators who insulted me, asking why I wanted a pension in my mid-twenties. I told them I didn’t want a pension. I wanted my life back. But they didn’t give me a life — they insulted me. They shone lights into my eyes, told me to stand on one leg — I fell to the right. Told me to hop — I fell. Told me to walk a straight line — I fell again. They accused me of faking. They insisted nothing was wrong with my eyes. They called me, word for word, “stupid, lazy, and useless.” I cried all the way home. I cried before and after every appointment. I questioned what was wrong with me. I was devastated that doctors didn’t understand, and eventually I didn’t understand myself anymore either.
There was nothing I could hold onto — no reason, no explanation, no way out, no hope. Until my husband, desperate and frightened, wondered what else he could do. He barely slept anymore because he was afraid I might stop breathing. And one night, he found Mr. Peschlow’s website.
He noticed the symptoms matched. He found one word: Winkelfehlsichtigkeit — binocular vision dysfunction.
We were skeptical after so many setbacks. My mother told me: “Call. We will try — but expect nothing.”
On the phone, I felt the first relief I had felt in years. I described my symptoms, expecting another dismissive remark — but instead, a warm voice apologized for what I had been going through. She calmed me. She listened. She asked the right questions. And she gave me an appointment in the same week.
I cried again — from joy. I cried because even over the phone, I finally felt understood.
Mr. Peschlow took his time. He spoke with me. Treated me like a human being. He met me at eye level — not with the condescension I had grown used to. He took me seriously. He listened. He measured my binocular vision dysfunction, and for the first time in my life I saw how the world was truly supposed to look.
With the prism correction he determined for me, objects gained clear outlines. Nothing danced. The room didn’t tilt. The floor didn’t bulge toward me. The world became still. Quiet. Peaceful. I relaxed — I think for the first time in my entire life.
On the drive home, sitting next to my mother, wearing my new prism glasses, I couldn’t stop talking. And I didn’t even realize that I was speaking in full, coherent sentences. It was unbelievable. The lane markings stayed in place. Passing cars no longer left streaks of light behind them. Even the toilet in the rest stop bathroom finally stood still.
Mr. Peschlow showed me the world.
He taught me how to see, how to hear, how to feel again.
He — and his practice — saved my life.
He gave my children their mother back.
He lifted my family out of despair.
He showed me that I was not crazy — I was simply binocularly misaligned.
Thank you.
Experience Report from Katrin H. (Brandenburg, Germany) – July 2022
(Originally written in German — translated for international readers.)
If I wanted to describe my life before meeting Mr. Peschlow, I could almost copy and paste the experience report of Pia J. – from Brandenburg word for word.
Just like her, my world danced in front of my eyes — every single day, from morning until night.
For more than 20 years, I suffered from dizziness, balance problems, tinnitus, nausea, fixation issues, teeth grinding, light sensitivity, sound sensitivity, difficulties switching focus, and an inability to visually follow people moving around me. Shopping was exhausting — I could barely process the variety of products, and the constant movement around me overwhelmed me. Cinema was impossible, watching TV only limitedly possible, reading and writing were a battle. I felt weak, had concentration problems, and became irritable because I couldn’t properly process my surroundings and was constantly under pressure to perform. I had severe tension in my neck, shoulders, and back.
More and more often, I fell — hard — sometimes injuring myself. I couldn’t explain why I would suddenly stumble so violently, fall over without warning, bump into walls, or why everyday tasks took me so long and felt nearly impossible. After every movement, I had to painstakingly refocus on my surroundings or workspace. Everything spun or shifted. After every eye movement, I had to wait for the “carousel” to stop.
My social and cultural life faded away. I became increasingly isolated. My children grew up — and I experienced half of their childhood as if with the handbrake pulled.
I could continue this list endlessly, but it would go far beyond the scope of this report.
I went from doctor to doctor — but no one could or wanted to help me. No one found a cause for my symptoms. I was treated with all kinds of medications and sent to therapy because, as they claimed, it must be psychological. They couldn’t see a physical cause, so I was labeled as the problem. I could write an entire book about the inappropriate and hurtful behavior of doctors who think in black and white, who see no connections, and who don’t consult other specialists to search for answers together. (And yes — Mr. Peschlow is such a specialist.)
I have now lived with my prism glasses for one year. Although my final correction is not yet completely finished (due to other medical issues and dental treatment), my life has already transformed completely. I see the world with new eyes. Experiencing true 3D vision was overwhelming at first — I had to learn how to understand and process it.
My daily work performance has improved surprisingly quickly — I’m often amazed at how fast I can complete tasks now that once made me despair. I can follow group conversations again, walk with a steady step, no longer fall, read and work on the computer without issues, drive a car more easily (highways still excluded), and I’m no longer nauseous. One might say:
The carousel has stopped — I have stepped off — and I have begun to rediscover life around me.
I am deeply thankful to the two angels in Berlin: Mr. Peschlow and his assistant.
For those of us affected by binocular vision dysfunction, they are like winning the jackpot in the “health lottery.”