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Re: Ask HN: How are you taking care of you eyes?

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Post by salehmdev »

jordanmorgan10 wrote: post #44

Does anyone have any first hand experience with the blue light filtering glasses? Is it snake oil or does it actually work? My eyes aren’t great anyways, and I fear for the beating they are taking due to my proclivity to stare at a monitor hours on end.

Ever have those times when at the end of the day your eyes start so feel dry/ tired from staring at the screen?

As soon as I put on blue light filtering glasses, that feeling goes away. So I'd recommend it if you're in a dark setting or starting to feel the strain of screen light against your eyes.

Re: Ask HN: How are you taking care of you eyes?

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Post by salehmdev »

jpe-210 wrote: post #38

My optometrist suggested that about every 20-30 minutes or so I should try and pick out something on the horizon or at least several yards away and focus my eyes on it. Sitting so close to the screen it makes sense, and the “stretch” you feel when focusing on something close and then far away has really decreased my eye strain.

Yup, very good advice! An optometrist friend of mine recommended the same. I notice it helps relieve my eyes all the time

Re: Ask HN: How are you taking care of you eyes?

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Post by mikevm »

I've been eating pineapple in the last few weeks to see if it gets rid of my eye floaters: https://www.benjamineye.com/blog/eye-floaters/

> Three months later, out of 120 subjects in the first group (1 slice), only 35 still experienced eye floaters, an improvement of 70.8%. In the second group, only 19 participants still saw floaters, an improvement of 72.8%

> How does it work? Scientists believe that enzymes in the pineapple can decompose extracellular substances that cause the formation of microscopic fibers. Apparently, these same enzymes can absorb free radicals leading to the degradation of hyaluronic acid.

Re: Ask HN: How are you taking care of you eyes?

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Post by llaolleh »

I switched monitors to LG and they have reader mode. I turned that on and it took care of 90% of my eye strain attacks.

Another things mentioned here that help: use reduced lenses corrected for work, work next to a window and take a look at the passing dog once in a while, take daily walks and focus on looking at something far away.

Re: Ask HN: How are you taking care of you eyes?

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Post by Aulig »

Buttons840 wrote: post #87
Aulig wrote: post #43

Since march of this year I stopped following my eye doctor's advice ("wear your glasses as much as possible otherwise your brain gets lazy", which is proven BS) and looked into endmyopia (i think i even read about it on HN), as I was getting into the risk zone for retinal detachment (6 diopters), which can lead to blindness. To sum it up: reduce the amount of near-work you do (looking at your monitor, smartphone, boo…

> With these rules I've managed to go from -5.5/-6 to -3.5/-3.75 in just these 9 months. And that's with me still spending 12h a day on my computer. Do you mean you've gotten used to a weaker pair of glasses? Can you actually see just as well, and how have you tested that? Are you around 40 (far vision improves around that age)?

I always use weaker glasses on my computer now (around 1.5 diopters less than my full correction). I just reduce that reduced correction step by step (recommended is .25 diopter reductions, .5 worked for me too though) when it feels right (aka when I can see the screen decently well even with the new weaker glasses). So I started by using -4 glasses at the computer and now I use -2.

To check my current eyesight, I use a printed Snellen chart and the focal calculator https://endmyopia.org/focal-calculator/calc.html

The focal calculator is less accurate, but over mutliple measurements it averages out and adds up to a similar result as the Snellen chart for me.

No, I'm in my early twenties.

Yes, fully corrected, I can even see better than before to be honest. My eye doctor told me last time (before I started endmyopia) that I only have around 80% vision, even with glasses. I noticed that when playing tennis, I had trouble telling if balls were still in the opponents field because I couldn't see the back line properly. Last time I played I noticed how much better I could see it :)

Re: Ask HN: How are you taking care of you eyes?

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Post by gdelfino01 »

I was having huge problems with eyesight strain. Just after an hour of computer use I would see blurry, shadows, double, light sensitivity, etc. I was even thinking about changing my profession. I tried many things like blue light filters, eye drops, improved refresh rates, max-hardware-brightness with reduced software-brightness, different light bulbs, eInk, orange glasses, red light therapy, larger monitor farther away, etc.

NOW I AM FINE. The magic solution for me was to ask for intermediate-distance computer glasses. These were supposed to be for short/intermediate distance only. However, after a single day of usage, my eyes adapted to this depowered version of my formula and I never again used the regular glasses. I see 20/20 far with the intermediate distance eyeglasses. This strongly suggest that I was over-prescribed for years and now I feel so much better.

Summary: Tell your optometrist that you want intermediate distance eye glasses because you spend many hours in front of the computer. It _could_ make a great difference for your life as it did for mine.

Re: Ask HN: How are you taking care of you eyes?

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Post by CountDrewku »

Aulig wrote: post #43

Since march of this year I stopped following my eye doctor's advice ("wear your glasses as much as possible otherwise your brain gets lazy", which is proven BS) and looked into endmyopia (i think i even read about it on HN), as I was getting into the risk zone for retinal detachment (6 diopters), which can lead to blindness. To sum it up: reduce the amount of near-work you do (looking at your monitor, smartphone, boo…

What if you can't even see a screen with out glasses? I'm -8 both eyes and I have to be like 6 inches from a 27" monitor to see words clearly.

Seriously considering lens implants since my eyes are too bad for lasik.

Re: Ask HN: How are you taking care of you eyes?

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Post by jacobmischka »

nhumrich wrote: post #56
jordanmorgan10 wrote: post #44

Does anyone have any first hand experience with the blue light filtering glasses? Is it snake oil or does it actually work? My eyes aren’t great anyways, and I fear for the beating they are taking due to my proclivity to stare at a monitor hours on end.

This is just anecdotal, so it could be placebo, but they work great for me. Reduces eye strain, and also helps me focus. I would say the biggest advantage is anti glare. If you can control external light (you return from home, have a dimmer, etc) then they probably aren't as useful.

Same here, I love mine. I've been using them for about 6 years now I think, and my eyes are noticeably more fatigued at the end of a day when I don't wear them for some reason. Could be completely placebo, but I'll absolutely take a cheap placebo that works.
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