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When 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 us
by Buttons840 5y ago
When 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.