Comment by midjji

4 years ago

Focusing on infinity more has been tested using glasses designed to force this, it was a popular theory for 60 years or so, and many opticians prescribed glasses which forced people to do this as a result. I cant find it atm, but the result according to a large metastudy was that it caused headaches, and nothing else of note.

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martamorena124  4 years ago

Wow in what country do you live in? I have NEVER in my live even have an optician hint at that. The best I got so far was slow understanding of why I am ordering glasses to focus the screen at infinity (one out of 10). All others stare blankly at me and say like "Uh that's illegal, we can give out glasses that potentially ruin your eyes". Well I kept thinking, "Yeah, that's just what you are doing all day" :D

  • midjji  4 years ago

    Sweden, Third optician I had did it did it and explained "why", including pointing that the last one also did it according to their logs. Both over adjusting by 0.75, explaining why the first year with each pair gave me a headache. I looked into the causes of nearsightedness afterwards, including the focus nearby/read too much myth, as well I definitely read enough. So was prepared to stop the next optician. But she just called the earlier ones idiots when I mentioned it. Terminal glasses worked well for me.