Myopia: A Modern yet Reversible Disease
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Myopia: A Modern yet Reversible Disease
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Re: Myopia: A Modern yet Reversible Disease
#2Does anyone have actual experience reversing myopia? During the pandemic my eye sight worsened pretty quickly and I have glasses for the first time ever (presumably the worsening was already there but accelerated by being on my computer more during lockdown, working longer hours, getting out of the house less).
My prescription is really slight (I think like -.5 or -.75) and I was really curious if this was reversible at all, but I'm skeptical of claims that it is.
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#3Anecdote, as a teen, I was diagnosed as having myopia (mostly on one eye) and got glasses. I refused to wear them most of the time, during that time I spent more time outdoor, looking further away and also develop an habit to stare at points far away whenever I'm thinking.
Since I'm 25, whenever I do an eye test, they tell me that I have a very small amount of myopia on one eye but it's very small and I don't need glasses.
Interestingly, when I talked to an eye doctor recently, he told me that they no longer try to push glasses so much when there's a small vision issue.
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#4In theory, then, people at risk of environmental myopia should get reading glasses to wear while working on close-up things. (Is this the “print pushing” thing described in the presentation?)
Re: Myopia: A Modern yet Reversible Disease
#5Well... my eyes have gotten progressively worse (more myopic) since I started wearing glasses regularly to work about 5 years ago. This was in my early 30s. Before that I didn't wear glasses most of the time, but I still had some myopia that could be irritating at times. I could still, eg. drive comfortably without glasses. I can no longer do that.
It's something that has felt wrong to me, and worried me a lot (you know, since I use my eyes for a lot of things that are important to me). I will definitely look further into this and try the techniques discussed here.
Re: Myopia: A Modern yet Reversible Disease
#6Well... my eyes have gotten progressively worse (more myopic) since I started wearing glasses regularly to work about 5 years ago. This was in my early 30s. Before that I didn't wear glasses most of the time, but I still had some myopia that could be irritating at times. I could still, eg. drive comfortably without glasses. I can no longer do that. It's something that has felt wrong to me, and worried me a lot (you k…
Maybe I'm misunderstanding here, but I don't think you should attribute the progression of myopia to your glasses. It's likely it would have happened regardless, correlation not causation.
Re: Myopia: A Modern yet Reversible Disease
#7Does anyone have actual experience reversing myopia? During the pandemic my eye sight worsened pretty quickly and I have glasses for the first time ever (presumably the worsening was already there but accelerated by being on my computer more during lockdown, working longer hours, getting out of the house less). My prescription is really slight (I think like -.5 or -.75) and I was really curious if this was reversible…
I did, but I was going when I did so. Spent more time outdoor looking far, then close, then far, etc. I've become aware of the duration of the transition in focus and it now serves as a warning side. Whenever it seems to take longer to focus on far-away things I know I need to do some more exercice. Went from needing glasses (which I declined) and seeing everything blurry to having a great vision I can't complain about.
Re: Myopia: A Modern yet Reversible Disease
#8Reasonable points.
I'm also very skeptical when doctors say you have to constantly wear glasses. It's more logical that with glasses our eyes are becoming even more lazy.
All this myopia pandemic looks like a natural consequence of our modern lifestyle – looking at screens most of the time. So it's more like an adaptation. But I don't think it's possible to reverse it without throwing away all the screens.
Re: Myopia: A Modern yet Reversible Disease
#9Well... my eyes have gotten progressively worse (more myopic) since I started wearing glasses regularly to work about 5 years ago. This was in my early 30s. Before that I didn't wear glasses most of the time, but I still had some myopia that could be irritating at times. I could still, eg. drive comfortably without glasses. I can no longer do that. It's something that has felt wrong to me, and worried me a lot (you k…
Maybe I'm misunderstanding here, but I don't think you should attribute the progression of myopia to your glasses. It's likely it would have happened regardless, correlation not causation.
Perhaps I misunderstood Slide 16:
Myopia progresses in two stages: (1) near work induces lens spasm, causing pseudo-myopia; (2) use of minus lenses temporarily improves distance vision, but leads to eye elongation and axial myopia. The result of elongation is a need to prescribe stronger minus lenses, in a vicious cycle of ever stronger lenses.
I haven't watched the video yet, but this sounds like my experience.
Re: Myopia: A Modern yet Reversible Disease
#10That guy’s a weirdo. Look up Cliff Gnu’s no BS guide to sight improvement and it’s all you need.
I have dropped 1.75 in one year. And this is without being super intense