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Thread: Farsightedness
Post: Re: Farsightedness

Hello again J, An additional comment. I think that you will find the -3.00 too strong. You most likely should start out with -.5, or -1.00. I started to wear them for distance, and then for near wo...

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08-20-2006, 02:24 AM

Thread: Farsightedness
Post: Re: Farsightedness

Hello J, What you are trying to do is possible, but I over did it. I too never liked the appearance of plus lenses especially on me. And as far as vision thru them. As they get stronger ...

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08-19-2006, 09:03 PM

Thread: Farsightedness
Post: Re: Farsightedness

In my case Bates was right on. When I first became myopic from overuse of minus.5 lenses as therapy to reverse hyperopia. My vision declined to 20/80, and I was given minus 1.00 glasses. After wearing...

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08-19-2006, 12:21 AM

Thread: Farsightedness
Post: Re: Farsightedness

Yes, more nearsighted than I thought also. Actually it is the astigmatism that is causing the blur at all distances. If I put on the minus 1 glasses now they are not much help for any distance. On the...

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08-06-2006, 01:27 AM

Thread: Farsightedness
Post: Re: Farsightedness

Two more questions. Iseem to remember reading that the best vision with glasses is thru glass lenses, with flat front base curves. Any one know about this?

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08-04-2006, 11:57 PM

Thread: Farsightedness
Post: Re: Farsightedness

Hello again Otis, Thank you again for sharing your info. Do you have any web sites that you could direct me to that would address the subject matter that I ask about? Another question is. You h...

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08-04-2006, 11:49 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

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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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

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: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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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

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