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Assuming 20/16 is distance low-light you may be over correcting. Your eye needs to accommodate away that correction during close vision, which can cause eye str

Assuming 20/16 is distance low-light you may be over correcting. Your eye needs to accommodate away that correction during close vision, which can cause eye strain and (EndMyopia conspiracy theorists claim) axial elongation and worsening vision. Full disclosure: I’m an EndMyopia conspiracy theorist.

fwlr 3y ago
I hadn’t heard of EndMyopia but it sounds plausible to me. I have been myopic around -6.5 diopters left eye and -5.5 diopters right eye (with astigmatism) for almost 2 decades now. I discussed eye health and preventing worsening / potential training to improve vision naturally with the optometrist (“consulting” optometrist i.e. not part of a glasses/spectacles store, their end product is the prescription values for your eyes). We settled on 20/16 near vision and “20/30ish” far vision (20/30 line easy, 20/20 all correct but with slight effort / hesitation) as a good compromise for my lifestyle - essentially, something that would give me adequate vision for driving and optimal vision for working at a computer. I use soft contact lenses because I was told these use more of the eye muscles for natural accommodation than hard lenses or glasses, thus keeping the eye healthier. I was told to keep a close eye (heh) out for any fatigue or eye strain and I haven’t experienced any of that (although I also didn’t experience it with glasses, so it might not mean much). I had four visits in total over about five years and we saw no change so the optometrist said she was comfortable that my eyes weren’t deteriorating. All of this is over a decade ago and I’ve just been using the same prescription since with no issues, so my memory might be incorrect or some of the science of what she told me might now be out of date, but I haven’t experienced any issues so it seems to be working for me. Not medical advice etc.
jakeysteiner 3y ago
How did I just randomly find this? For the best conspiracy theories EM is based on, Google Scholar for clinical research. scholar.google.com, type in 'pseudomyopia', also try 'NITM' and for the most fun, 'lens induced myopia'. Doesn't make EM right, but the optometrists don't tell you what actually cases myopia.

fwlr 3y ago

I hadn’t heard of EndMyopia but it sounds plausible to me. I have been myopic around -6.5 diopters left eye and -5.5 diopters right eye (with astigmatism) for almost 2 decades now. I discussed eye health and preventing worsening / potential training to improve vision naturally with the optometrist (“consulting” optometrist i.e. not part of a glasses/spectacles store, their end product is the prescription values for your eyes). We settled on 20/16 near vision and “20/30ish” far vision (20/30 line easy, 20/20 all correct but with slight effort / hesitation) as a good compromise for my lifestyle - essentially, something that would give me adequate vision for driving and optimal vision for working at a computer. I use soft contact lenses because I was told these use more of the eye muscles for natural accommodation than hard lenses or glasses, thus keeping the eye healthier. I was told to keep a close eye (heh) out for any fatigue or eye strain and I haven’t experienced any of that (although I also didn’t experience it with glasses, so it might not mean much). I had four visits in total over about five years and we saw no change so the optometrist said she was comfortable that my eyes weren’t deteriorating. All of this is over a decade ago and I’ve just been using the same prescription since with no issues, so my memory might be incorrect or some of the science of what she told me might now be out of date, but I haven’t experienced any issues so it seems to be working for me. Not medical advice etc.

jakeysteiner 3y ago

How did I just randomly find this? For the best conspiracy theories EM is based on, Google Scholar for clinical research. scholar.google.com, type in 'pseudomyopia', also try 'NITM' and for the most fun, 'lens induced myopia'. Doesn't make EM right, but the optometrists don't tell you what actually cases myopia.