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I've needed glasses for myopia since my early teens. As the inevitable decline in eye focusing ability set in (I'm now 52), I've taken to keeping a pair of gla
by MarkusWandel 7y ago
I've needed glasses for myopia since my early teens. As the inevitable decline in eye focusing ability set in (I'm now 52), I've taken to keeping a pair of glasses with weakened prescription (-1, 1.25, 1.5 diopter all seem to work equally well, just affects posture i.e. ideal distance to screen) near every computer workstation I use. With cheap mail-order outfits like Zenni cost is not an issue.
With these on, my eyes' comfortable (and nearly only remaining) "infinity focus" is used to work at a computer. One wonders, if myopia is, in fact, caused by long-term eye strain from excessive near focus time during developing years, whether a disciplined approach of using normal reading glasses designed for older folks, while doing all paper/computer work, might help against developing myopia.
I'm aware of bifocals and contact lenses/laser surgery (with these, ordinary cheap reading glasses would suffice) but I've always been most comfortable just wearing normal eyeglasses, so switching to weakened glasses as necessary works for me.