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But then I bought a laptop with no capable video card. I'll be going back to a PC with appropriate 144Hz capable graphics very shortly for my main machine. It's like night and day on my eyes.
I do have eye floaters since last year, which are quite annoying. Anyone has any experience on preventing further problems? My OCT scans are fine, so it's a bit puzzling. Floaters came at the same time as tinnitus.
I do have eye floaters since last year, which are quite annoying. Anyone has any experience on preventing further problems? My OCT scans are fine, so it's a bit puzzling. Floaters came at the same time as tinnitus.
I have a fairly large power difference between my eyes; my right eye is nearly perfect (maybe -0.5 or so) but my left eye is -2.75. This has been the case since 7th grade or so. At the time, I was prescribed glasses and advised to wear them all the time. But, of course, since I didn't need them in order to function (because I had a good right eye), I didn't. Moreover, I grew up programming and spent much of my adoles…
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I've tried contacts a few times but they're such an incredible hassle compared to glasses. And with my astigmatism the contacts have to be rotated correctly. When they get nudged off-axis (by blinking) the vision noticibly changes. I did go in for an assessment for laser eye surgery. Unfortunately there's just not enough cornea for them to fully fix my eyes. Since I do optical astronomy I didn't want to risk night vi…
Check out hybrid contacts. I had similar issues with my astigmatism. The contacts have hard centers and soft outer rims. As a result they can provide decent astigmatism correction/stability while being __much__ more comfortable than hard lenses. The things drastically improved my quality of life.
I've heard RGPs are painful. Are the hybrids unnoticeable (like sclerals/soft lenses) or is there still an adjustment period?
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Thanks, the same happened to me but had no idea what I was doing. Tried the bifocal progressives and the top half was fine but bottom was like looking though coke bottles. Had to move my head constantly to get text centered. Constant movement and fishbowl effect drove me nuts. Thought they were defective. Returned them for one computer set and one driving (closeup fine) and they work well, but up until now thought th…
>but bottom was like looking though coke bottles. Yes, exactly! Many others have the same issues and describe it in similar ways: "tunnel vision" , or "looking through a pinhole" It's very strange that optometrists & opticians don't explicitly explain this trade-off upfront: the "convenience" of progressive bifocals and the "fashion" of hi-index lenses will always be blurrier away from the center point than single vi…
I have tried programming with contacts in (usually when my glasses were damaged beyond repair or lost). I can barely work for 6 hours before the contacts dry out, even when using contact lens drops. Does anyone know of tips for finding contacts that are good for computer use?
I have a fairly large power difference between my eyes; my right eye is nearly perfect (maybe -0.5 or so) but my left eye is -2.75. This has been the case since 7th grade or so. At the time, I was prescribed glasses and advised to wear them all the time. But, of course, since I didn't need them in order to function (because I had a good right eye), I didn't. Moreover, I grew up programming and spent much of my adoles…
How long was it between 7th grade and when your headaches started occurring? My optomitrist was surprised I did not have headaches, as I have similar eyes to yours. However, he didn't feel there was any need for intervention unless there was a problem. It's been a decade without issue at this point.
I got a little pushback (not a lot) from my optometrist when I first requested an FD set at laptop distance. However it has made a huge quality of life difference for me. I also gave up on progressives and now have two pairs: readers and drivers. My current correction is insanely good for reading and for driving. In fact, my opto said it was quite a bit better than 20/20 with no eye strain. Well, there was some eye s…
>I also gave up on progressives and now have two pairs: readers and drivers. Yes, both progressives and high-index lenses suffer from the same problems: smaller field-of-vision and higher distortion of peripheral vision If I sit with my eyes 36 inches away from a 30-inch screen... With a single-vision lens, without my head moving at all, my eyes can move within their sockets to see the bottom corner of screen showing…
I do have eye floaters since last year, which are quite annoying. Anyone has any experience on preventing further problems? My OCT scans are fine, so it's a bit puzzling. Floaters came at the same time as tinnitus.
Another anecdote for you: do a mental check you shoulder and back muscles. I’ve personally found (as have others) that my tinnitus intensity is closely tied to how tense my shoulders and upper back muscles are.
Doctors claim it bears no relation, but I am sure it does.
How did you fix yours?