How To Guides. There’s BackTo20/20, the exclusive lair of Jake’s personal students working on their eyesight. And then there are the free guides, available to all readers, right here on @endmyopia. So whether you prefer DIY, or don’t want to enable Jake by funding his debaucherous lifestyle, or are just dabbling, this section is for you.
A decade of eye guru experience, in hundreds of individual guide posts, many with student examples, all here in this section. Dive right in!
Down to -1.50 D: Progress, Patching, Observations
* progress chart forum signature: Janna The forum is really very helpful for perspectives and insights and individual experiences with reducing myopia. I highly recommend reading it regularly (if you're in BackTo20/20), there's much you can learn from the collective experiences there. Here's Matthew's update from yesterday, working on low diopter equalization: I’m almost 30 days into a new normalized of L -1.25 / R -1.50. I have been working on patching for several months now, too. Here’s my observations: [...]
How Many Diopters Do You Need?
In the top three questions I get consistently, is definitely some variation of, "how strong should my glasses be".How much should I get, Jake? HOW MUCH!! TELL ME RIGHT F%#@IN MEOW!!!To more easily answer this question, this very blog post. If you find yourself here because I just sent you this link as reply to an e-mail you sent me, you're in the right place. Find the answer the "how much diopter" question, here. Ready?Your first question should not be [...]
(Low Myopia Pro Topic) Don’t Sweat The Small Stuff
I just wrote a rather lengthy response in the forum, addressing a low myopia question. This is definitely a pro topic, so if you're a casual reader, don't start monkeying around based on anything you read in this post. Also, everything is here is perfectly unsanctioned, non-medical, fully unlicensed (and yet highly guru-esque and professional) advice. Here's just an excerpt of the forum question: I like to go on walks at night. Recently, I’ve been outside and tried my various [...]
Atikur: Optometrist Confirms Lower Prescriptions!
Here is a nice reader e-mail, once again showing that the blog is full of eye guru powers for you to leverage. Take a look: Hi Jake I emailed you recently asking if I could get forum access to help with my myopia, you then kindly pointed me towards the free version the blog. So I started, I had a pair of old glasses -4.00 which I wore and stuck a snellen chart in my living room. Every [...]
Pro Topic: Correlation Of Close-Up Strain & Improvement Rate
You probably have seen a wide range of student vision improvement rates and diopter reductions. Very generally, if you look at the big picture, there's a first burst of improvement that falls into the 1 diopter reduction range, somewhere within the first 90 days (very, very generally speaking). Mostly that's reduced close-up strain, sorting out over-prescription, and reducing ciliary spasm. I sometimes refer to this diopter as the "junk diopter(s)", since what you get rid of in those first few months [...]
Contrast Sensitivity
Written By DespinaContributing OptometristIf you have been doing the program for a while now you will be familiar with the Snellen letter chart and your visual acuities, and the significance of measuring your visual acuity in different ambient lighting conditions. You will have practiced active focus at different times of day, and noticed the vast effect that ambient lighting has on your vision and focusing ability.The Snellen chart was developed by the Dutchman, Dr Herman Snellen, in 1862, primarily for [...]