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Thread: Medication-induced Non-stop Eyelid-twitching -My Experience
Post: Re: Medication-induced Non-stop Eyelid-twitching ...

I did not read all of this but it is indeed sad that in this age of advanced technology we are still grappling with the problems of the same nature faced by the caveman without knowing what to do. Th...

Ram

Complementary Methods

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07-22-2008, 12:54 AM

Thread: Recovery from pretty bad myopia
Post: Re: Recovery from pretty bad myopia

I too think it is an incredible improvement while still wearing lenses. Glasses certainly does not impede the progress for everyone.

Ram

Success Stories

95,655

07-24-2008, 11:18 PM

Thread: Method of the Month - Shifting - Jan 2006
Post: Re: Method of the Month - Shifting - Jan 2006

I shift on the four vertices of a black period ( top, right, bottom. left) in order and find that it improves vision temporarily. But when trying to shift between parts of a letter or period we need ...

Ram

Bates Method

64,931

08-05-2008, 11:45 AM

Thread: Method of the Month - Shifting - Jan 2006
Post: Re: Method of the Month - Shifting - Jan 2006

It is an optical illusion created by the brain - this illusion has nothing to do with the eye itself. When I start imagining halos I start getting afterimages that interfere with my vision. I have n...

Ram

Bates Method

64,931

08-06-2008, 07:28 AM

Thread: Recovery from pretty bad myopia
Post: Re: Recovery from pretty bad myopia

I think it is never too late for the Bates method. You can improve however bad your eyes are. I have improved from about 6/200 to 20/200 in 3 months. I consider that remarkable improvement. Others ha...

Ram

Success Stories

95,655

08-13-2008, 02:12 PM

Thread: Method of the Month - Shifting - Jan 2006
Post: Re: Method of the Month - Shifting - Jan 2006

It depends how widely the objects are spaced. If they are near to each other then it maybe sufficient to move your eyes. If they are far apart then you need to move your head to avoid viewing through ...

Ram

Bates Method

64,931

08-16-2008, 09:50 PM

Thread: Method of the Month - Shifting - Jan 2006
Post: Re: Method of the Month - Shifting - Jan 2006

You have given the answer - when eyes appear to get stuck due to very small shifts, make a few wide shifts before returning to small shifts. Blinking is another option. A third way to break free is to...

Ram

Bates Method

64,931

09-03-2008, 04:40 AM

Thread: Method of the Month - Shifting - Jan 2006
Post: Re: Method of the Month - Shifting - Jan 2006

No there is no need to see A with the peripheral vision which is precisely what you want to avoid. "Seeing worse" effectively means "taking less notice of". When you look at B, the mind must be almos...

Ram

Bates Method

64,931

09-04-2008, 08:19 AM

Thread: Method of the Month - Shifting - Jan 2006
Post: Re: Method of the Month - Shifting - Jan 2006

IMHO it is better not to worry too much about the "seeing worse" part of shifting. Just keep shifting from one letter to another attentively with full awareness of what you are looking at. Rest is aut...

Ram

Bates Method

64,931

08-05-2008, 01:37 AM

Thread: Recovery from pretty bad myopia
Post: Re: Recovery from pretty bad myopia

Clarknight, The smallest cone cells in the fovea have sizes corresponding to 0.4 minutes of arc( 24 secs of arc) of the visual field, which places a lower limit on acuity. The optimal acuity of 0.4 ...

Ram

Success Stories

95,655

08-25-2008, 11:39 PM

Thread: Method of the Month - Shifting - Jan 2006
Post: Re: Method of the Month - Shifting - Jan 2006

Central fixation is not practising small movements. It is more about being attentive to what you see and seeing everything else less clearly. Whether you can practice very small movements depends on...

Ram

Bates Method

64,931

09-04-2008, 03:41 AM

Thread: Method of the Month - Long Swing - Dec 2004
Post: Re: Method of the Month - Long Swing - Dec 2004

I do some swings in the hot afternoon facing the direction of the sun - that way I combine exposing my skin to sunlight ( produces vitamin D), get used to bright light and glare( because the sun is sq...

Ram

Bates Method

50,516

09-02-2008, 02:50 PM

Thread: HOW TO USE SNELLEN CHART CORRECTLY ?
Post: Re: HOW TO USE SNELLEN CHART CORRECTLY ?

Mihai_alexandru Wrote:. But I have little to no energy in my eyes because I haven't had a good night's sleep in 3-4 months. Really have to solve this insomnia problem. :P How many hours do you sleep...

Ram

Bates Method

44,118

08-26-2008, 01:30 AM

Thread: PLEASE NEED YOUR HELP.
Post: Re: PLEASE NEED YOUR HELP.

Hello Olek, I posted my story here http://www.iblindness.org/community/view...?f=1&t=956 Yes, I do go without glasses for a significant amount of time inspite of high myopia, but mostly inside t...

Ram

Bates Method

29,768

05-06-2008, 12:54 PM

Thread: PLEASE NEED YOUR HELP.
Post: Re: PLEASE NEED YOUR HELP.

I think there is practical difficulty in completely discarding glasses. Some of the reasons are simply not excuses. If I do this now, I will most certainly loose my job as the work environment is heav...

Ram

Bates Method

29,768

05-06-2008, 01:13 AM

Thread: PLEASE NEED YOUR HELP.
Post: Re: PLEASE NEED YOUR HELP.

Olek, Can you please tell me with what vision you started with, how long you had to use the method( and which methods helped you most) and how much is your vision now? what inconveniences did you hav...

Ram

Bates Method

29,768

05-07-2008, 01:19 AM

Thread: PLEASE NEED YOUR HELP.
Post: Re: PLEASE NEED YOUR HELP.

Dear Oleg.k. Sorry I could not find time to reply. I did not check your reply over 3 weeks now. I see you have good and valuable points. As per your advice, I have now taken off my glasses completely...

Ram

Bates Method

29,768

05-21-2008, 12:19 PM

Thread: PLEASE NEED YOUR HELP.
Post: Re: PLEASE NEED YOUR HELP.

I had to take pain killers because I had no choice and have to work minimum of 8 hrs/day which is not possible with severe headache. Now that the initial hassles have cleared up I wont take pain kille...

Ram

Bates Method

29,768

05-25-2008, 01:33 PM

Thread: Leo Angart
Post: Re: Leo Angart

Though looking through eccentric fixation is bad when done all the time, it could be useful as a means of understanding how eccentric fixation could cause poor vision when compared with CF. Bates also...

Ram

Find a Bates Teacher

47,155

09-15-2008, 12:56 AM

Thread: pinhole glasses and other questions
Post: Re: pinhole glasses and other questions

varangian - the strength of your glasses expressed in dioptres and your visual acuity measured as a fraction 20/x are not strictly proportional. It is possible for someone with -8 to see better than s...

Ram

Bates Method

24,987

06-07-2008, 04:37 AM

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