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Pure research, zero selling.
Interested? Drop a comment below or email me directly at jbornhorst [at] gmail.com. I’ll coordinate a convenient time to talk.
Not sure if 20-30 mins of discussion is necessary for my case, but my case was simple. When the new prescription glasses arrived, the nose pads are not properly adjusted, resulting in the glasses sitting too high on my face. This means I'm looking through the bottom portion of the lens. This makes things blurry and causes headaches. Fortunately once the problem is noticed, it takes one minute to fix.
I sit at a screen 8-16 hours a day. I get strong headaches every single day, for which I keep a supply of ibuprofen at work and home. 400mg a day is generally plenty.
I do not wear my glasses while at the screen, as it's close enough that I don't have any issues.
I suspect my headaches are neck muscle related, not eyesight, but I haven't investigated further.
So maybe more selling, less research?
I'm nearsighted with no astigmatism, so I have a simple -2/-2 prescription (if I remember correctly). I sit at a screen 8-16 hours a day. I get strong headaches every single day, for which I keep a supply of ibuprofen at work and home. 400mg a day is generally plenty. I do not wear my glasses while at the screen, as it's close enough that I don't have any issues. I suspect my headaches are neck muscle related, not ey…
Over the summer I added a pair of progressive occupational lenses (not reading glasses). They are focused arms length in front of me. This has been a complete game changer. I can now see my monitor crisply, clearly, and easily in a way that I haven't seen it in a decade.
When I swap back and forth between my regular lenses and my occupational lenses, the difference is stark. With my regular lenses there's a part of the screen that's about a half dollar coin in size that's clear and in focus. The rest of the screen is every so slightly blurry. I have to move my head to constantly adjust the focal point, or move my eyes and struggle to focus.
When I switch to my occupational lenses, the entire screen is clear. I don't have to move my head. I don't have to fight to focus. Where I look, it's crisp.
No wonder I was struggling! I was fighting to focus all day long. I suffer from almost no eye fatigue now. If my eyes are tired, it's usually because I'm tired and it's been a long day.
The downside is I now have to juggle two pairs of glasses instead of one, but that's oh so totally been worth it. I'm not going back.
I avoided glasses for years because no matter what, wearing them would give me horrible headaches. Then one day I went to a higher end optician, spent $1000, and have been comfortably using glasses since. So maybe more selling, less research?