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Thread: daughter stopped wearing glasses
Post: Re: daughter stopped wearing glasses

Imagineblack Wrote:Seriously don't feel bad at giving your daughter a chance. Besides you could work on the squint yourself with the Bates method. It's very promising that you say her eyes look straig...

lou_deg

Bates Method

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03-06-2013, 07:57 AM

Thread: Re: HELP Headaches, Miagrains
Post: Re: HELP Headaches, Miagrains

I know how you guys feel. I also decided to stop the coffee and the cola, since I just depended on them for the caffeine. 'I feel like such a weakling!' Had headaches in the first few days without ...

lou_deg

Bates Method

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03-19-2013, 09:33 AM

Thread: How do you know if your glasses are too strong?
Post: Re: How do you know if your glasses are too strong...

Nini, what may have caused the retinal detachment in your weaker eye and how did the doctor treat it?

lou_deg

Bates Method

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03-19-2013, 01:04 PM

Thread: How can I modify my prescription so my glasses won't...
Post: Re: How can I modify my prescription so my glasses...

Astralogic Wrote:Right eye: Sph = -4.75 Cyl = +1.25 Axis = 10D (or 100 can't quite read the hadnwriting). Left eye: Sph = -4.75 Cyl = +0.75 Axis = 77 1/2 I am used to seeing a negative power on the c...

lou_deg

Bates Method

25,870

05-09-2013, 12:16 PM

Thread: New and don't know where to put this.
Post: Re: New and don't know where to put this.

ulhas Wrote:Can anyone help in assessing the reason/ error.I am curious what equipment the instructor used to measure your prescription? And did he intended the prescription to be a weakened pair (no...

lou_deg

Bates Method

11,801

05-30-2013, 07:00 AM

Thread: New and don't know where to put this.
Post: Re: New and don't know where to put this.

The instructor and doctors prescriptions are too far off to both be 20/20. I think the instructor gave you a reduced prescription, perhaps for 6/9. Besides, what kind of natural vision improvement i...

lou_deg

Bates Method

11,801

05-31-2013, 11:00 AM

Thread: How do you know if your glasses are too strong?
Post: Re: How do you know if your glasses are too strong...

Nini Wrote:I had flashes of light for some days about 6 months before the detachment and one single black floater. I didn't see such a black curtain like in the simulator, but a sort of a 'bubble' fil...

lou_deg

Bates Method

52,949

04-18-2013, 06:43 AM

Thread: How do you know if your glasses are too strong?
Post: Re: How do you know if your glasses are too strong...

Thanks. So the flashing lights may be due to PVD, retinal detachment or as Andrew pointed out, an irritated or inflamed optic nerve. My wife's prescription is around -7D. She visits her retina speci...

lou_deg

Bates Method

52,949

04-19-2013, 10:24 PM

Thread: Toddler diagnosed with Hyperopia and Accomodation
Post: Re: Toddler diagnosed with Hyperopia and Accomodat...

I don't have a child with amblyopia, hyperopia or esotropia. My daughter started having intermittent exotropia at 1.5 yo and it got worse over the years without treatment. It got bad to the point wh...

lou_deg

Bates Method

9,118

04-30-2013, 12:05 PM

Thread: Multiple images driving me crazy!
Post: Re: Multiple images driving me crazy!

I have the same problem with the double/multiple images. Did you ever do any exercises with the astigmatism wheel that Clarknight recommended? I read Leo Angart's book and he also suggest practicing...

lou_deg

Bates Method

10,672

05-07-2013, 07:13 AM

Thread: Strabismus
Post: Re: Strabismus

My 11yo daughter has intermittent exotropia, like yours, but started really early at 1yo. Abstract or deep thoughts somehow shifts the focus from visual to mental and her eyes would wander outwards. ...

lou_deg

Bates Method

12,672

06-03-2013, 08:48 AM

Thread: Dominant Eye
Post: Re: Dominant Eye

I even read someone say that one's dominant eye doesn't necessarily have to be the eye with the clearer vision. I tried putting the circle in front of my eyes and looked through. I can see the two c...

lou_deg

Bates Method

5,661

09-21-2013, 07:44 PM

Thread: Driving requirement
Post: RE: Driving requirement

(01-27-2014, 02:24 PM)clarknight Wrote: Age 57 in march. No presbyopia, No Myopia...No opias...that's wonderful news, Clark. I practiced a lot of long swings/shifting in the pool today. I went swi...

lou_deg

Bates Method

11,954

01-27-2014, 11:02 PM

Thread: Acupressure?
Post: Re: Acupressure?

ntuc, thank you for answering my question. Sometimes I prefer to hear from an "amateur" than the expert psychiatrists who think they always know what is best. I also appreciate the links on the diso...

lou_deg

Complementary Methods

81,622

05-14-2013, 06:23 AM

Thread: double vision, due to astigmatism?
Post: double vision, due to astigmatism?

Hi, I'm a new member and it's great to find this site. Question for you folks. I see mainly double images in each eye, although some ghosting from multiple images. It becomes very noticeable when dr...

lou_deg

Complementary Methods

39,725

07-18-2012, 04:45 AM

Thread: double vision, due to astigmatism?
Post: Re: double vision, due to astigmatism?

Clark, looks like you've been on this path I'm going through. I'll get in touch with you soon. I would appreciate the help. The double vision is more pronounced for distance viewing, and my left eye...

lou_deg

Complementary Methods

39,725

07-19-2012, 11:01 PM

Thread: Acupressure?
Post: Re: Acupressure?

that's OK. I thought maybe you are on this site because you don't have perfect vision due to some medication induced side effect like excessive eyelid twitching. How does your condition relate to th...

lou_deg

Complementary Methods

81,622

05-10-2013, 05:51 AM

Thread: double vision, due to astigmatism?
Post: Re: double vision, due to astigmatism?

Bifocal, I think you meant to say: use +1.75 for reading and -1.75 for distance? I've actually tried wearing plus lenses for near vision a year ago and it was just tiring on my eyes. I tend to read ...

lou_deg

Complementary Methods

39,725

07-19-2012, 11:45 PM

Thread: Negative effect of reading?
Post: Re: Negative effect of reading?

A myope with -8 diopter prescription wrote in Bates forum many months ago that she doesn't use glasses to read on the computer. And she rubbed it in by saying it is easier for her to read smaller fon...

lou_deg

Complementary Methods

6,987

07-22-2012, 02:56 AM

Thread: The dilemma of not recognizing people far away
Post: Re: The dilemma of not recognizing people far away

Jim, stop rubbing it in. Some of us still cannot totally live without glasses and need that negative diopter thing to buy a new pair. -Lou

lou_deg

Complementary Methods

40,504

10-25-2012, 10:17 AM

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