I've noticed for a few years that my vision at distance is very out of focus. it's been getting worse gradually. now it's to the point where I have headaches all the time and am squinting at everything even not THAT far away. in other words, whenever I'm not looking at something very close to my eyes (monitor, book, etc), I have to squint and strain.
I got an eye exam for the first time today.
the dr said I have "better than 20/20 vision" and that I'm only a tiny bit nearsighted (so little that it doesn't warrant correction), but attributed my problem to to focus adjustment. he said my muscles adjust the focus very very slowly and that they're also too accustomed to staring at things up close. so he prescribed reading/near field glasses that I'm supposed to use whenever I'm looking at something up close. and supposedly my eye muscles will get into the habit of focussing at distance.
that all sounds fine and dandy to me, except that wouldn't that mean that after a few minutes of walking around (seeing things at distance), my vision would be crisp? it's not. even if I haven't looked at something up close for hours, I strain my eyes until it hurts.
anybody have a better explanation? I think I'm going to go to another optometrist to get a second opinion, but I thought you guys might have some ideas.
I got an eye exam for the first time today.
the dr said I have "better than 20/20 vision" and that I'm only a tiny bit nearsighted (so little that it doesn't warrant correction), but attributed my problem to to focus adjustment. he said my muscles adjust the focus very very slowly and that they're also too accustomed to staring at things up close. so he prescribed reading/near field glasses that I'm supposed to use whenever I'm looking at something up close. and supposedly my eye muscles will get into the habit of focussing at distance.
that all sounds fine and dandy to me, except that wouldn't that mean that after a few minutes of walking around (seeing things at distance), my vision would be crisp? it's not. even if I haven't looked at something up close for hours, I strain my eyes until it hurts.
anybody have a better explanation? I think I'm going to go to another optometrist to get a second opinion, but I thought you guys might have some ideas.
Did the doc say how long it would take to retrain your eye muscles? Maybe you should wait it out a few days and then give the doc a call if it still doesn't get better.
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