Astigmatic eye sees vertical doubling and drifts when covered

My left eye has had this problem where images seem to be vertically doubled in the most irritating manner. The further away I am the more pronounced the problem. When I got my last prescription for eyeglasses, that eye was "pl. -1.75x97" I tried to get contacts but after 5 different sets, they still couldn't find one that would correct and maintain its orientation.

The glasses I have help keep things mostly in focus, but for this eye everything still seems a bit blurry and hard to focus on with this strange doubled image effect. I'll include a couple images for what the effect is like at 2ft from the computer screen and 10ft from the screen for reference.

On a side note, I think the problem with this eye has led me to subconsciously close it when reading up close and now when I close it it drifts something like 10 degrees left of center.

Any ideas? Any advice is appreciated... I'm short on cash and can't see a doctor.