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I was having huge problems with eyesight strain. Just after an hour of computer use I would see blurry, shadows, double, light sensitivity, etc. I was even thin

I was having huge problems with eyesight strain. Just after an hour of computer use I would see blurry, shadows, double, light sensitivity, etc. I was even thinking about changing my profession. I tried many things like blue light filters, eye drops, improved refresh rates, max-hardware-brightness with reduced software-brightness, different light bulbs, eInk, orange glasses, red light therapy, larger monitor farther away, etc. NOW I AM FINE. The magic solution for me was to ask for intermediate-distance computer glasses. These were supposed to be for short/intermediate distance only. However, after a single day of usage, my eyes adapted to this depowered version of my formula and I never again used the regular glasses. I see 20/20 far with the intermediate distance eyeglasses. This strongly suggest that I was over-prescribed for years and now I feel so much better. Summary: Tell your optometrist that you want intermediate distance eye glasses because you spend many hours in front of the computer. It _could_ make a great difference for your life as it did for mine.

rjewell 5y ago
Just to echo, I experienced the same symptoms and it was largely relieved by getting mild prescription "computer glasses". Over the next two years, I was able to better correlate these symptoms with sleep deprivation, as well. Lack of glasses exaggerates fatigue, but fatigue onset is much more aggressive when I don't sleep enough.
- dbcurtis 5y ago
  Another vote for cumputer-distance prescription. Also, I have two monitors so naturally switch my gaze between the two through the day as I work, which helps. One monitor is very large, and I set the resolution low so fonts and such are uncommonly large. Why strain? Remember to look up and into the distance every few minutes.
fy20 5y ago
I had the same. All the opticians I was visiting were giving me prescriptions so I could see while driving (which I didn't realise). I went to an eye hospital with more sensitive equipment as I thought something was wrong with my eyes. They said no problems, I just needed a weaker prescription for computer use - they gave me one that was 0.5 dipole less. It might not sound like much, but made a big difference. I think that ordinarily your eyes would be able to adapt (and mine probably did when I was younger), but as I'm getting older my eyes don't adjust as easily as before.
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rjewell 5y ago

Just to echo, I experienced the same symptoms and it was largely relieved by getting mild prescription "computer glasses". Over the next two years, I was able to better correlate these symptoms with sleep deprivation, as well. Lack of glasses exaggerates fatigue, but fatigue onset is much more aggressive when I don't sleep enough.

dbcurtis 5y ago
Another vote for cumputer-distance prescription. Also, I have two monitors so naturally switch my gaze between the two through the day as I work, which helps. One monitor is very large, and I set the resolution low so fonts and such are uncommonly large. Why strain? Remember to look up and into the distance every few minutes.

fy20 5y ago

I had the same. All the opticians I was visiting were giving me prescriptions so I could see while driving (which I didn't realise). I went to an eye hospital with more sensitive equipment as I thought something was wrong with my eyes. They said no problems, I just needed a weaker prescription for computer use - they gave me one that was 0.5 dipole less. It might not sound like much, but made a big difference. I think that ordinarily your eyes would be able to adapt (and mine probably did when I was younger), but as I'm getting older my eyes don't adjust as easily as before.

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