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I always use weaker glasses on my computer now (around 1.5 diopters less than my full correction). I just reduce that reduced correction step by step (recommend
by Aulig 5y ago
I always use weaker glasses on my computer now (around 1.5 diopters less than my full correction). I just reduce that reduced correction step by step (recommended is .25 diopter reductions, .5 worked for me too though) when it feels right (aka when I can see the screen decently well even with the new weaker glasses).
So I started by using -4 glasses at the computer and now I use -2.
To check my current eyesight, I use a printed Snellen chart and the focal calculator https://endmyopia.org/focal-calculator/calc.html https://endmyopia.org/focal-calculator/calc.html
The focal calculator is less accurate, but over mutliple measurements it averages out and adds up to a similar result as the Snellen chart for me.
No, I'm in my early twenties.
Yes, fully corrected, I can even see better than before to be honest. My eye doctor told me last time (before I started endmyopia) that I only have around 80% vision, even with glasses.
I noticed that when playing tennis, I had trouble telling if balls were still in the opponents field because I couldn't see the back line properly. Last time I played I noticed how much better I could see it :)
- VMtest 5y agoI couldn't believe what I just read... What you said is basically what I read 7~8 years ago when I was in my early twenties I searched and read about this method in a Chinese forum website, zhihu, IIRC. As lazy as I was, I just couldn't be serious with any methods to cure my eyesight Now that I read your comment on HN, it is actually legit lmao
- Aulig 5y agoYea, there's many similar strategies out there :) Try it out, I'm sure you can change your habits and make it work!
- Buttons840 5y agoWhen you go to the ophthalmologist and they do their thing, do they end up giving you weaker prescriptions? The skeptic in me wonders if you've simple gotten used to poor eyesight? I'm curious though and really want to hear more. Also, seeing an ophthalmologist is still important, they check your eyes for potential problems, more than just issuing prescriptions. You say you worry about retinal detachment, they can see early warning signs of that and fix it sometimes.
- Aulig 5y agoWell I can see 20/20 with my new weaker glasses on the Snellen eye chart, so I don't think I just got used to worse vision. I will be going to the eye doctor soon again and will hopefully get a similar prescription from her as from my own measurements :) You're right about retinal detachment. I worry less about it now that my eyes are improving and it doesn't feel like I'm on an unstoppable trajectory towards worse eyes and higher risk for retinal detachment anymore. I heard it can appear quite rapidly, which worried me even when going to routine checkups.