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Take myopia into your own hands, is my best suggestion. Communities/movements like endmyopia (and many other forums) help understand what you can do. Unfortuna

Take myopia into your own hands, is my best suggestion. Communities/movements like endmyopia (and many other forums) help understand what you can do. Unfortunately I haven't found an easy way to keep up with the exercises that really improve things. If anyone has a way to make them easier to accidentally do, would love to know.

mathematicaster 2y ago
woah, what kind of sorcery is this?!
hooverd 2y ago
how does that work? ophthalmologists would say that it's impossible, but it feels like most physicians are probably 10-20 years behind the bleeding edge...
wafflemaker 2y ago
Safeeyes is a timer for Linux that every 15 min tells you to perform a simple eye exercise. (I'm using 10m intervals and slightly longer exercise time and my eyes are better the more I spend in front of PC working - program doesn't stop movies and games). Doesn't help with astigmatism tho, bugger :\ There is a mac alternative called Eye Leo If anyone has a Windows version, pls post it. I'd love to get my mom on that.
- hdlothia 2y ago
  I thought the Taiwan study showed this didn't really do much.
Apocryphon 2y ago
Isn't this the Bates method, a pseudoscientific snake oil cure that roped in Aldous Huxley?
- codemac 2y ago
  No, the endmyopia stuff specifically rejects the bates methods (which include staring at the sun?? "palming"??). Mostly it focuses on learning to focus at the edge of what you currently can at a distance, and then as you improve getting lighter and lighter prescriptions. I got as far as -1.5 better, but now sit at around -1 better. Also ensuring lots of super bright outdoor environments, and focusing at a distance regularly. Whether it's a cure or studied well, I dunno. I just encourage folks to try it out if it helps them. I have an astigmatism as well, and I haven't seen any improvement there. So definitely not a panacea.
coryrc 2y ago
My prescription has been stable for years. Won't improving just make my glasses not work well anymore? I have terrible astigmatism so can't get away without them.

mathematicaster 2y ago

woah, what kind of sorcery is this?!

hooverd 2y ago

how does that work? ophthalmologists would say that it's impossible, but it feels like most physicians are probably 10-20 years behind the bleeding edge...

wafflemaker 2y ago

Safeeyes is a timer for Linux that every 15 min tells you to perform a simple eye exercise. (I'm using 10m intervals and slightly longer exercise time and my eyes are better the more I spend in front of PC working - program doesn't stop movies and games). Doesn't help with astigmatism tho, bugger :\ There is a mac alternative called Eye Leo If anyone has a Windows version, pls post it. I'd love to get my mom on that.

hdlothia 2y ago
I thought the Taiwan study showed this didn't really do much.

Apocryphon 2y ago

Isn't this the Bates method, a pseudoscientific snake oil cure that roped in Aldous Huxley?

codemac 2y ago
No, the endmyopia stuff specifically rejects the bates methods (which include staring at the sun?? "palming"??). Mostly it focuses on learning to focus at the edge of what you currently can at a distance, and then as you improve getting lighter and lighter prescriptions. I got as far as -1.5 better, but now sit at around -1 better. Also ensuring lots of super bright outdoor environments, and focusing at a distance regularly. Whether it's a cure or studied well, I dunno. I just encourage folks to try it out if it helps them. I have an astigmatism as well, and I haven't seen any improvement there. So definitely not a panacea.

coryrc 2y ago

My prescription has been stable for years. Won't improving just make my glasses not work well anymore? I have terrible astigmatism so can't get away without them.