General Vision Health Topics. Mostly we talk about myopia here, which we don’t consider to be an illness. While on that subject we do often end up crossing over into related issues that you may encounter, while working to reduce your myopia.
Everything from dry eyes, to the dangers of certain antibiotics, to risks of retinal detachment and glaucoma and lattice degeneration, you’ll find all the vision health related topics in this category.
Your Favorite Vision Stimulating Activities
Steve posts in the forum: I’ve been working on rehabilitating my vision for a bit over a year now. I’ve changed or adopted many habits since starting to try to maximize my gains. Mostly avoiding close-up activities and wearing excessive prescriptions when not needed are a given. Others include going for walks outside with little/no prescription usage to work on peripheral awareness, fusing double-vision, etc. There is one activity in particular that I feel has really helped me though. Racquetball While [...]
Headaches & Depression: Why You Don’t Want 20/8 Vision
Shannon posts in the forum:I just wanted to send you my deepest gratitude for helping me with all of this! I think I was grossly overprescribed because I can see like a hawk now, and I could never see this well before with my strong prescription. I was actually prescribed -8.5 and -7.5 contacts which is totally wrong. It’s literally a magical experience being able to see again. So I just wanted to thank you!There is a whole thread related to [...]
Wearing Your Old Glasses: Will It Hurt Your Eyes?
Shannon asks in the forum, whether she can wear her old glasses without hurting her eyes.Old glasses just about always means, a lower prescription. So the question really is, is it bad to wear a lower prescription? Going to the optometrist is a bit like going to a (legal) and fancy drug dealer. You are buying something to hide a problematic symptom. Something that you need more of since the effects of the first dose aren't strong enough anymore. Something [...]
Changing the Paradigm of Myopia Treatment
Is myopia rehab possible? Can myopia be prevented? Are glasses and laser surgery plainly screwing over the public, in the interest of profit? Let's look at another query:Are these possibly entirely the wrong questions to ask?The problem with our dialog with most optometrists lies in the assumption that glasses are bad. You have the progressive, alternative health type individuals who are at odds with traditional optometry practice. #endmyopia has a bit of that tone, the us vs. them. Even I have gone [...]
Phone-In-Car: Neha’s Trick To Make Yourself Take Breaks
Habits are the key to any long term success. Anything you have to force yourself to do, or remind yourself to do, is always at risk of being abandoned. If you have a habit instead, that puts any given activity on "autopilot" for you. Whenever you are embarking on something new (like vision improvement), the question should always be ... how can I turn activities into habit?To build habits, you might have to employ tricks to enforce activities at first. [...]
Fluorescent Light Dangers: Could Your Office Lighting Be Causing Cataracts?
UV exposure is considered a very likely contributor to the development of cataracts. And while there is great emphasis on UV filtering sunglasses, most of us aren't even aware of where we could be getting that potentially dangerous UV: Indoors, while sitting at work in the office.What's going on there? Neha here for you today, to give you a bit of the story on UV and your eye health. There is a great amount of conjecture on what causes cataracts. Though there [...]