> On Wed, Jul 2, 2008 at 10:27 PM, Tomás Ó hÉilidhe <.....toeKILLspam@spam@lavabit.com> wrote:
> >
> > Over the last 3 years I'm steadily getting short-sighted, most likely
> > from all the time I spend looking at a monitor.
> >
> > Any tips on how to reverse the process? I know I could look at far-away
> > stuff for a few hours a day but I'm looking for a more convenient solution.
> >
> > I wonder is there any sort of optical illusion device that I could put
> > beside my monitor, a device that would make my eyes focus far into the
> > distance? I could glance at it every minute or so.
> >
>
> How old are you? The process is basically not reversible after
> certain age. If you are young enough, get away from the monitor
> for sometime may help.
>
> There are some vendors selling things and claiming that they
> may help your eyesight, as far as I know 100% of them is
> useless.
>
> Of course some operation like LASIK (laser eye surgery) will
> help. But it is not recommended if your eyesight is still not too bad.
> There are risks involved and long term effect of the operation
> is not fully understood.
>
>
> Xiaofan
>

> >From what I understand, that's pretty normal.  I was a bit near-sighted in
> high school, but it got much worse in college and the first 10 or so years
> of working behind a computer screen.  The solution I used was to go to the
> optometrist once a year and get a new prescription for my glasses when I
> needed it.
>
> Getting a cubicle with a window seems to have helped since I can re-focus
> on
> something far away every so often.  But that typically doesn't happen where
> I work until you've been promoted about three times.  ;-)
>
> My eyes have stayed pretty much the same over the last 10 years, but now
> I'm
> nearing 40 and can now tell that my books need to be further away than they
> used to.  Pretty soon, the solution will be bi-focals.  :-P
>
> Jeff
> --
> A clever person solves a problem.
> A wise person avoids it. -- Einstein
>
>
>
>

> I am a short-sighthed person, too. My left eye is 1.0 and the right is 0.5
> (I am not sure there is a universal agreement on this numbering scheme, and
> I dont know why the left one is more disordered while they both look at a
> same computer screen :) )
>
> I get a slight headache if I spend too much time in front of my laptop.
> Sometimes regularly using glasses prevent this but the pain come back again
> when I keep spending countless hours doing a literature review.
>
> Besides, my sight gets worse especially during nights, that is why I usually
> study important stuff on day-time. As you noted Jeff, I do this
> concentrating on far objects exercise quite often.
>
>
> 2008/7/2 Jeff Findley <@spam@jeff.findleyKILLspamugs.com>:
>
>> >From what I understand, that's pretty normal.  I was a bit near-sighted in
>> high school, but it got much worse in college and the first 10 or so years
>> of working behind a computer screen.  The solution I used was to go to the
>> optometrist once a year and get a new prescription for my glasses when I
>> needed it.
>>
>> Getting a cubicle with a window seems to have helped since I can re-focus
>> on
>> something far away every so often.  But that typically doesn't happen where
>> I work until you've been promoted about three times.  ;-)
>>
>> My eyes have stayed pretty much the same over the last 10 years, but now
>> I'm
>> nearing 40 and can now tell that my books need to be further away than they
>> used to.  Pretty soon, the solution will be bi-focals.  :-P
>>
>> Jeff
>> --
>> A clever person solves a problem.
>> A wise person avoids it. -- Einstein
>>
>>
>>
>>

> I am a short-sighthed person, too. My left eye is 1.0 and the right is 0.5
> (I am not sure there is a universal agreement on this numbering scheme, and
> I dont know why the left one is more disordered while they both look at a
> same computer screen :) )
>
> I get a slight headache if I spend too much time in front of my laptop.
> Sometimes regularly using glasses prevent this but the pain come back again
> when I keep spending countless hours doing a literature review.
>
> Besides, my sight gets worse especially during nights, that is why I usually
> study important stuff on day-time. As you noted Jeff, I do this
> concentrating on far objects exercise quite often.
>
>
> 2008/7/2 Jeff Findley <RemoveMEjeff.findleyTakeThisOuTugs.com>:
>
>> >From what I understand, that's pretty normal.  I was a bit near-sighted in
>> high school, but it got much worse in college and the first 10 or so years
>> of working behind a computer screen.  The solution I used was to go to the
>> optometrist once a year and get a new prescription for my glasses when I
>> needed it.
>>
>> Getting a cubicle with a window seems to have helped since I can re-focus
>> on
>> something far away every so often.  But that typically doesn't happen where
>> I work until you've been promoted about three times.  ;-)
>>
>> My eyes have stayed pretty much the same over the last 10 years, but now
>> I'm
>> nearing 40 and can now tell that my books need to be further away than they
>> used to.  Pretty soon, the solution will be bi-focals.  :-P
>>
>> Jeff
>> --
>> A clever person solves a problem.
>> A wise person avoids it. -- Einstein
>>
>>
>>
>>

>
> On Wed, Jul 2, 2008 at 11:54 PM, Tomás Ó hÉilidhe <RemoveMEtoeEraseMEEraseMElavabit.com> wrote:
> >> How old are you? The process is basically not reversible after
> >> certain age. If you are young enough, get away from the monitor
> >> for sometime may help.
> >>
> > I'm 21. I've been staring at computer screens for a couple of hours a
> > day since I was 5, but I've only started to get short-sighted in the
> > last three years or so.
>
>
> In that case, your eyesight has almost no chance of recovery
> based on my observation. My eyesight was still quite good
> at 17 (1.5/1.2) when I entered University. But then it got
> worse and I needed to wear glasses at 19. At 20, my
> left eyesight got better but the right eyesight got worse.
> I do not need wear a glass after that. After that it kind of keeps
> that way.
>
> An optician may help. But myopia is basically not curable.
> It is a huge problem in Singapore which has one of the
> highest percentage of myopia among students due to heavy
> course load and TV/Computing/Gaming.
>
>
> Xiaofan
>
>

>
> Xiaofan Chen wrote:
> > How old are you? The process is basically not reversible after
> > certain age. If you are young enough, get away from the monitor
> > for sometime may help.
> >  
>
> I'm 21. I've been staring at computer screens for a couple of hours a
> day since I was 5, but I've only started to get short-sighted in the
> last three years or so.
>
> When I was 16, I had no problem reading subtitles watching the
> television (sitting maybe 3 metres away), but now the subtitles are kind
> of blury to me and I've to struggle to read them.
>
> > Of course some operation like LASIK (laser eye surgery) will
> > help. But it is not recommended if your eyesight is still not too bad.
> > There are risks involved and long term effect of the operation
> > is not fully understood.
>
> I might be wise to go into an opticians and ask them what the craic is,
> but the of course there's the side of me that's weary of being ripped off.
>