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.
Glasses Making You Depressed?
Every so often we talk about glasses and depression, here in the blog. (Some of the previous articles, 1) anxiety, depression, weight gain, 2) headaches, depression, overprescriptions) I like sticking to natural myopia control and not stray off the path too far, too long. It's easy to get lost in what-ifs and possible related symptoms, and going to blame glasses for everything, or improving eyesight as 'cure' for lots of other ailments. That's a red flag when any one particular thing is [...]
Two Very Different Optometrists (And A Child’s Eyesight In The Balance)
Do you care about your child's eyesight? Do you think that all optometrists are going to give you good advice? Do you worry that by looking at the size and retail location of their 'practice', there could potentially be a profit motive, a conflict of interest (of money over vision science) even? Before we go there, let's cover some important facts: First, your darling eye guru is some weirdo you found on the Internet. Don't go trust anybody you [...]
Appointment Day
Written By Despina Contributing Optometrist Ophthalmologist appointment day today. I have come to dread these 6-monthly appointments (and all doctors appointments for that matter) to check on my glaucoma. This is the day my intra-ocular pressures are measured, and my optic nerve fibres are checked for further damage. Even miniscule changes, which are not yet noticeable to me, are terrifying. Sometimes I think it would be better not to understand the biology, what's going on at cellular level. On the other hand, [...]
Eye Doctor: “Your Understanding Of Vision Is Shockingly Simplistic”
Newsflash: We here at endmyopia do *not* know what we're talking about. We're a pile of simpletons, students collective reducing hundreds (thousands?) of diopters, and ophthalmologists independently verifying such improvements, including optometrist confirmed complete elimination of astigmatism, stories of optometrists expressing amazement, and high myopia to 20/20 vision recoveries (5 diopters reversed!), all worthless. Even optometrists confirming their *own* improving eyesight, forget it. Ya'll are a bunch of simpletons, ya hear? Hey, Jake, you say. What's your issue today? Got this YouTube comment from a behavioral [...]
Neuroplasticity & Curiously Disappearing Presbyopia
There are various vision boogeymen that you know we here @endmyopia consider to be vastly overrated. Astigmatism is one of them. Astigmatism isn't even a thing, seriously. (ok it's a thing sometimes, but far, far far more rarely than most optometrist will sell you lenses for) We have a whole astigmatism section here on the blog. Nothing reverses faster than astigmatism, and I scoff every time I hear anyone in the business 'diagnose' it. Get the f' outa here, with selling [...]
The Importance of the Eye-Test
Written By DespinaContributing OptometristThe recent case of the London optometrist who was convicted of manslaughter requires a mention here.The optometrist failed to spot abnormalities in the eyes of a child who was suffering from hydrocephalus -fluid on the brain. Sadly, the child died of the condition shortly after the eye-test. The optometrist was found guilty of manslaughter through gross negligence, for missing signs that would have been obvious to any competent optometrist. A tragic story, but thankfully an unprecedented one. Optometrists are [...]