Nadim writes in the forum:
Hi everyone!
I discovered the #endmyopia website late last year. I spent a lot of time reading the content. I was familiar with most of the concepts here from previous attempts at improving my eyesight with other methods.
I had tried a few things in the past (including Bates Method) with no measurable success. My myopia slowly progressed, until I was approximately 21-year-old, when it settled at 9.75(OS) 11.25(OD). I’m now 30, and since then, there’s only been minor variations with my astigmatism.
In mid-January, after reading many success stories on the forum here, and with the course appearing to be a well structured program, I subscribed and slowly started modifying my habits. This was at the same time I had my annual exam and I was trying a new kind of contact lenses (silicon). My contact lens prescription was 9.00(OS) 10.00(OD).
I went back a month later for a follow-up on the silicon lenses, and to do the retina exam. During that month, I was still following the #endmyopia program (at my own pace – i.e. much slower), and noticed that my vision was improving. With the lenses on, I was seeing better than I had ever seen before. I thought it might just be that the lenses were better quality than my previous lenses. But during the follow up exam, the OD told me I was over-prescribed and dropped my prescription to 8.50/9.50. I had now 20/20 vision with that new prescription.
Needless to say, I went back home happy! The program was actually working!
For the following 2 months, I continued with the basics, and I slowly started to feel that I was seeing better than 20/20 again. I wanted to wait at least 3 months before scheduling a new exam, but I was also out of contact lenses. So, I went back to my OD to order a pack of lenses. They didn’t have my prescription in stock, so they gave me a trial pack of 8.00 and 9.00 that I could use temporarily until my they received my exact prescription. Perfect! I actually wanted to try this out. Back home, i tried them on and was very happy to confirm that I had perfect vision!
I also hadn’t measured my centimeters in a while and so I did it this morning. At the beginning of the program, i was at 10.8cm / 10cm , and now, I am at 11.8cm / 11cm!
This is obviously very encouraging, and I will be following the program more closely! Even if it takes several years to get back to a low myopia or (in my dreams) perfect vision, knowing that it is actually possible to reverse it is enough for me to go on!
I find it incredible that I was able to reverse a full diopter in only 3 months!
Thanks for doing this Alex!
Nadim”
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The original forum post is here.
I am frequently asked whether the #endmyopia Method works for high myopia. And of course it does – as long as you haven’t had retinal detachment, we can always work our way backwards to healthier vision.
It is far better to start correcting high myopia without doing laser surgery first, as this leaves us without having to contend with a permanent artificial focal plane.
With enough time, you can recover to close to 20/20 natural vision, even from high myopia.
A strong side benefit is that the healthier vision habits help protect and extend your accommodation range, so that you won’t later in life be stuck with needing a reading prescription along with the high myopia prescription. That really is the least ideal scenario, when your vision becomes highly restricted at both ends of the spectrum. Clients report that in particular as a very depressing feeling, like “seeing life through a tiny slit”.
Avoid all of those complications later in life, and start working on healthier eyesight habits now!
