Bradley writes in the forum:
I’ve been offline from the forum for many months now, but I am still actively following the #endmyopia Method in pursuit of eliminating my myopia.
To give a quick review, I started the course about seven months ago in August 2013, and got a -1.5 prescription soon afterwards — compared with my old glasses, that’s a reduction from -4 to -1.5!
In the last 3 months (at least), I’ve been having frequent double vision (mainly in the weaker L eye), which usually clears up with lots of blinking. From what I’ve read on the blog/forums, this is actually a signal of improvement, but it can be frustrating when my eyes/brain take awhile to resolve the double images.
Finally, here’s the cold, hard data — my CM and Snellen measurements so far for this year. Any comments or insight would be appreciated:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AicsvjEdnK6BdGFtM2ZFdGszbVlMcjhIVnAzVHlZTnc&usp=sharing
Even though there may have been a sizable overprescription from the optometrist, Bradley’s improvements are excellent. Full forum thread is here.
It is important to realize to, that “just an overprescription” in the long run leads to adaptation of the eye to that prescription, and an increase of myopia to that degree as well. The only two factors that affect how quickly that happens, are a) close-up time with the overprescription and b) genetics. With that in mind, Bradley’s work here helped him not only meet a goal to improve, but also prevented the high probability of a much more significant degree of myopia.
Prescription lenses are in no way any different from many prescription drugs. We should always be looking at the cause of the symptom, and to most of these corrections as a temporary measure. Whenever we don’t, the side effects eventually cancel out the initial benefit of the treatment.
Thanks due to Bradley for taking the time to come back and post his experience. For all the e-mails I receive asking whether the method is effective and what to expect, this allows me to point to these posts for perspective.
Enjoy the spring season with some more outdoor time!
