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Medical Forum / General / Vision / February 2007More comfortable with glasses?
From experiences with your own patients would you expect someone with -2 and - 3 vision to be most comfortable with glasses all the time or just part of the time? I would think that this must be a choice of the person concerned with the issue. If -2 diopters (about 20/80 in good light) the person can read, and do all close work with no minus lens on his fact. Distant objects will be slightly blurred. Why would anyone want to wear a -2 diopter lens all the time -- that is not necessary under the conditions stated? Just one man's opinion. Otis > From experiences with your own patients would you expect someone with -2 and - > 3 vision to be most comfortable with glasses all the time or just part of the > time? > > -- > Message posted viahttp://www.medkb.com Dear Fishman, Please disregard Otis's postings. He is not in the medical profession nor in any position to give medical advice. Thanks! Allen > From experiences with your own patients would you expect someone with -2 and - > 3 vision to be most comfortable with glasses all the time or just part of the > time? Most people with that Rx would wear their glasses most of the time. I have known some who don' t wear them indoors, these were mostly presbyopes who did not have bifocals so not wearing meant they could read, cook, clean and so on without the nuisance of taking their glasses off. It is largely a matter of personal preference, I know some with -0.50 who wear their glasses all the time and some with -5.00 who only use them for driving and TV. Dr Judy > -- > Message posted viahttp://www.medkb.com > From experiences with your own patients would you expect someone with > -2 and - 3 vision to be most comfortable with glasses all the time or > just part of the time? I can't imagine going much without glasses at -3. Maybe take them off for reading, if that. Are you talking about yourself, or someone you know? If the latter, try on some +2 or +3 reading glasses at the store some time to see what the person sees. -- No, not someone else but me. After years of being -2 and finding it fairly irrelevant I find myself with one eye at -3 which I'm finding increasingly distracting. I feel more comfortable with glasses but not blind without so wondered what others in a similar situation might do. > From experiences with your own patients would you expect someone with -2 and - > 3 vision to be most comfortable with glasses all the time or just part of the > time? Dear Fishman, Like Dr Judy said, "It is largely a matter of personal preference, I know some with -0.50 who wear their glasses all the time and some with -5.00 who only use them for driving and TV." However, it is best to use them only part of the time. > No, not someone else but me. After years of being -2 and finding it fairly > irrelevant I find myself with one eye at -3 which I'm finding increasingly > distracting. I feel more comfortable with glasses but not blind without so > wondered what others in a similar situation might do. Congratulation, Fishman. One of your eyes (the one that increases from -2 to -3) is still YOUNG and POWERFUL. Since your myopia has not stopped progressing, you should definitely use your glasses only part of the time (like for driving, TV, outdoor activities, etc.) if you want to stop your myopia from progressing. Take a look: http://www.geocities.com/myopiacure Myopia Cure Promoter I don't know if that's good about one eye being young and powerful but if my myopia hasn't stopped yet is it possible that one eye will keep going or will the other one catch up? It would probably be better if the other one catches up at least they'll be equal. I'd prefer to be more myopic in both eyes since the -3 eye seems really blurry compared to the other one. Of course I can always wear my glasses to balance them out but the more I wear them it seems the difference gets more noticeable. Dear Fishman, > I don't know if that's good about one eye being young and powerful but if my > myopia hasn't stopped yet is it possible that one eye will keep going or will > the other one catch up? Young and powerful is good but myopia hasn't stopped is not good. It is possible that one eye will keep going if it is still young and powerful AND if not taken care of PROPERLY. IF taken care of PROPERLY, myopia will stop progressing!!! It is less likely for the other one to catch up. > It would probably be better if the other one catches up at least they'll be > equal. It would be best if the one which is at -3 is reduced to -2 then they will also be equal. Both eyes at -2. > I'd prefer to be more myopic in both eyes since the -3 eye seems > really blurry compared to the other one. If the -3 eye seems really blurry compared to the other one, why would you prefer to be more myopic? It takes only days to see improvement in vision in our experience. Please take a look at our new post called "Vision Improves in Days". Myopia Cure Promoter http://www.geocities.com/myopiacure > It takes only days to see improvement in vision in our experience. > Please take a look at our new post called "Vision Improves in Days". Do you have a mouse in your pocket? What's with the "our". Not sure what you mean about one eye being young and powerful. Most people have eyes the same age. It is unlikely the less myopic eye will ever "catch up" with the more myopic eye. Typically, eyes progress or don't progress by about the same amount, so if you are R-2 L -3 today, it's more likely that you'll be R -2.50 L -3.50 some day than it would be for you to be R -3 L -3 some day. One thing for sure, unless you wear a correction that has that 1.00 D. difference between the eyes built in, you will not be using both eyes exactly together (one will always focus behind or in front of the other). >I don't know if that's good about one eye being young and powerful but if my >myopia hasn't stopped yet is it possible that one eye will keep going or will [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > >One thing for sure, unless you wear a correction that has that 1.00 D. >difference between the eyes built in, you will not be using both eyes >exactly together (one will always focus behind or in front of the other). Yes that makes sense. But does that - not using both eyes together - do any harm or does it just cause discomfort? > Yes that makes sense. But does that - not using both eyes together - do > any > harm or does it just cause discomfort? It does no harm - we do it on purpose with contacts, to cope with presbyopia. Whether it causes discomfort varies from one person to another. If they grew up with it, no problem. If both eyes have always been the same, subjective discomfort is more likely. -MT > From experiences with your own patients would you expect someone with -2 and - > 3 vision to be most comfortable with glasses all the time or just part of the > time? I have no patience (pun intended). Most of the people on this group are not eye professionals, some are. My advice, as a layperson, is that it is personal preference. Try them on and off. My wife and I have different preferences. She wears her glasses all the time. I don't. There are other factors, of course. Dear Fishman, If you are interested in improving your vision like Christina here who improved from -2.50 L(20/200) and -2.00 R (20/120) to -0.75 (20/40) in less than six months, please let me know and I will be happy to share with you all the tricks involved. http://www.geocities.com/myopiacure/Christina_Vision_Improvement_Record.jpg Best regards, Myopia Cure Promoter http://www.geocities.com/myopiacure "Vision Improvement is EASY if done PROPERLY" myopiacure@yahoo.com does it work? > myopiacure@yahoo.com does it work? Dear Fishman, Yes, it does. It does work. It works easily and naturally if done PROPERLY. I have helped hundreds of myopes in my office and I have not seen one case where it does not work. What is your age? For how many years have you been nearsighted or wearing glasses? When I know a little bit more about your case, I will be able to tell you what works BEST for you. Best regards, Myopia Cure Promoter http://www.geocities.com/myopiacure "Vision Improvement is EASY if done PROPERLY" On Feb 24, 12:55 pm, myopiac...@yahoo.com wrote: > > myopiac...@yahoo.com does it work? > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > I have helped hundreds of myopes in my office and I have not seen one > case where it does not work. Do you have any credible evidence that your methods have ever resulted in a change to anybody's fully cyclopleged refraction, using either Homatropine or Atropine as the cycloplegic agent? If so, what methods did you use to change their cycloplegic refraction? Please detail the protocol here. Others may wish to learn from you. I ask valid, logical, coherent, and direct questions. Please resist the urge to obfuscate, tap dance, enter into some pointless Socratic dialogue, or to avoid answering altogether. Just answer them directly. If you don't mind.... Thanks. > I have helped hundreds of myopes in my office and I have not seen one > case where it does not work. Would it work for Otis? You two should work something out. -MT |
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