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Thread: Farsightedness
Post: Farsightedness

I have been wearing glasses for 30 years. At first for reading because I would have distance blur after reading. The first few pair were small plus, with a small astigmatism correction, didn't seem to...

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01-08-2006, 11:28 PM

Thread: what's your favorite?
Post: Re: what's your favorite?

Since I am farsighted, and should wear plus lenses, my favorite relaxation technique is to wear weak minus lenses. After wearing them for a while , and then removing them, my vision is very sharp.

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01-13-2006, 03:23 AM

Thread: what's your favorite?
Post: Re: what's your favorite?

I believe at least in my case that wearing minus lenses for close work takes my farsighted eyes to a slightly nearsighted state. If I need to do extensive reading, I do need to revert to my plus lense...

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01-13-2006, 09:36 PM

Thread: Taking off glasses for only some minutes - useful or not?
Post: Re: Taking off glasses for only some minutes - use...

Hello Anna, If you can give some information , I may be able to help you in how to deal with going without glasses. At what age did you start wearing glasses fulltime? What is your present age, and wh...

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02-03-2006, 07:52 PM

Thread: Taking off glasses for only some minutes - useful or not?
Post: Re: Taking off glasses for only some minutes - use...

Hello again Anna, First of all I must congradulate you on your English. I have read all the information in your introduction, and here. The prescription change of 2 diopters of 1...

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02-04-2006, 10:37 PM

Thread: Taking off glasses for only some minutes - useful or not?
Post: Re: Taking off glasses for only some minutes - use...

Anna, Another thought, If you get new glasses, and want to avoid using them for near,as you should, but feel you need them for the situations at work that you described.You could get them made up as b...

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02-04-2006, 10:53 PM

Thread: Taking off glasses for only some minutes - useful or not?
Post: Re: Taking off glasses for only some minutes - use...

Anna, Another thought that I had, is that because of the fact that your near vision is clear,without glasses, even though you have to be near the work.indicates that you most likely do not have much a...

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02-05-2006, 07:29 PM

Thread: Farsightedness
Post: Re: Farsightedness

Has anyone here also used minus lenses, or found any info on the web for the use of them in eliminating hyperopia. I would be interested in any info,as I have done this on my own, and it seems to help...

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02-20-2006, 02:10 AM

Thread: Question on Astigmatism
Post: Re: Question on Astigmatism

For the 30 years that I wore glasses, I had astigmatic correction. Each year, sometimes twice a year when I got an exam the amount, and or the axis changed. Most times the change was not noticeable, b...

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02-20-2006, 02:23 AM

Thread: my recently discovered myopia
Post: Re: my recently discovered myopia

Hello Ana, The right lense that has been prescribed for you is fairly strong for a first prescription, and you have a fair amount of astigmatism in the left. Since you said that there seems to be li...

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03-09-2006, 02:26 AM

Thread: double vision: serious, or eye strain?
Post: Re: double vision: serious, or eye strain?

I assume that your progressives are plus lenses, and that you are farsighted. I used to get double vision after extended near work. It was actually a superimposed image , usually of a bright obj...

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06-12-2006, 12:02 AM

Thread: Farsightedness
Post: Re:Update Farsightedness

An interesting update: After using the minus .50 glasses to improve my farsightedness, and astigmatism, I wound up needing glasses for myopia. I thought that my uncorrected vision was 20/30 accordi...

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07-01-2006, 11:32 PM

Thread: Farsightedness
Post: Re: Farsightedness

An additional question. For those of you that are myopic. With minus 1.00 lenses, does this sound like an overcorrection for 20/80 vision? My vision is so incredibly sharp with these new glasses that ...

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07-02-2006, 01:19 AM

Thread: Farsightedness
Post: Re: Farsightedness

In responce to fidasolo. I don't think you would rather be farsighted. It usually starts out with difficulty reading fine print,for which you are given weak plus glasses for reading.After wearing thes...

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07-02-2006, 03:21 PM

Thread: Farsightedness
Post: Re: Farsightedness

In responce to Dragon 28. The optometrist said that I have 20/20 in each eye, and slightly better with both eyes. She said that she could have given me -1.50 that would be an advantage for night driv...

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07-02-2006, 03:37 PM

Thread: Another source
Post: Another source

Since becoming myopic, and wearing my new glasses almost constantly, most of the Bates methods do not seem to help. I have found a book titled Dr. Friedman's Vision Training Program. (ISBN 0-553-2...

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07-16-2006, 12:24 AM

Thread: Palming
Post: Re: Palming

In response to krackerjack121, When I attempt to go without glasses, my vision is very blurred, and if I have them off for more tham about thirty minutes, and put them back on, my vision stays blurred...

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07-21-2006, 07:25 PM

Thread: Frustration!!
Post: Re: Frustration!!

My glasses are weaker than yours -1.00 each eye, and I also become frustated trying to go without them. I think that the frustration is trying to see thru the blur without them, verses the crystal cle...

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07-21-2006, 07:47 PM

Thread: Farsightedness
Post: Re: Another update

After wearing my new glasses for just about a month, several friends pointed out to me that I was squinting quite a bit. I had not used my snellen chart, since getting the new glasses, but got it out,...

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07-30-2006, 11:11 PM

Thread: Farsightedness
Post: Re: Farsightedness

Hello Otis, Thank you for your information. I totally agree with you on the plus lens therapy, and I believe the minus lense therapy does work for hyperopia. I think that in my case, that I wore...

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08-04-2006, 06:21 PM

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