Hi, I have had Astigmatism for my whole life, only moderate but it was
always there, worse in one eye.  About 18 months ago I started to be
much more focused on a good diet, daily exercise including daily
weights and 1/2 hour walk, more sleep, and a certain set of vitamins.
I spend many hours every day on the computer, for 20 years.

I am 48 years old and now - my astigmatism is 100% gone!  Furthermore,
when I go out, my visual feed seems unusually clear to me - its really
good.  Night vision is also very good.  I did not expect my vision to
get better in my late 40's.  I am near sighted, and that part has not
changed.

I want to know how common this is, that someones astigmatism clears up;
and that vision also gets better.   Of course that is somewhat of a
subjective statement, but my eyes used to vary a lot during the day,
and many times things did not seem as clear as I thought they should -
now, it is very consistent to be good vision.  I keep noticing it - and
i never notice it being bad.  Could it be my vitamins and improved
lifestyle?  Or is it luck/chance that the astigmatism improved?

For vitamins, I feel a good diet gets most of the vitamins so a multi
is too strong.  And I don't feel that an antioxidant pill does much at
all since it has so few of antioxidants - when in the real world there
are 100's of different antioxidents.   Variety can mean a lot more than
quantity since we really don't know a lot about what each does.   You
get a broader mix by having a variety of fruit every day; so I do that.
So what I take for vitamins is this:

breakfast:
       1/2 multivitamin
       1/4 aspirin
       Policosinaol (an alternative to Statins, for Cholesterol)
       Fish Oil tablet

Lunch:
       Lutein (5 to 1)
       Green Tea
       Piece of pure chocolate (heart, and for enjoyment)

Dinner:

       Folic Acid
       Glucosamine/Chrondontin/MSM/Jello for joints
       1/4 aspirin
       Small glass of red wine (unless its Saturday night... *ahem*).

I take the aspirin twice because I have a long history of cardiac
arrhythmia (heart surgery 10 years ago) and because I weigh about 200
lbs so I think a single 1/4 aspiring is not enough.

I have taken some of this for 10 or 15 years - the multi vitamin and
the aspirin and the fish oil.  But now its more regular, and the
additional items.

An alternative that I hope does not happen is that the astigmatism is
not cured but still changing in a new direction, so that in another
year or two i will have it again but in some opposite direction of what
it was my whole life... so, obviously i am hoping my eyes stay right
where they are.  If my visual field stays crystal clear I can't
complain...

But any comments would be appreciated, and any suggestions for
additional supplements or routine would also be of interest.

Kevin