(04-28-2017, 05:40 AM)Valentine Wrote: Found this site around vision improvement, looks like it might be the same Jake from earlier:
http://endmyopia.org/
Haven't tried it yet personally but the science behind it is pretty sound, a big part of it is that people are using too strong corrective lenses and that worsens our eyes. We get tested under dark conditions reading distant letters but typically are reading our laptop screens two foot away in bright light. Weaker corrective lenses and some exercises are the solution.
He's got a very active Facebook group too:
https://m.facebook.com/groups/560893680770705
Been doing something like the Endmyopia method since 2018.
I started with -4.75 sphere and -1.75 cylinder in both eyes.
Currently I am wearing -4 both eyes as my normalized, although I would not say I have perfect vision with them (yet). My astigmatism is the biggest challenge to fix currently, and the site's advice on Astigmatism reduction isn't very organized/solidified. I've only recently understood that I have been doing the method wrong in terms of the stig reduction, and I should have focused more on spherical reductions to begin with, but hey, my eyesight is improving, so I'll just do what I'm doing until it stops working, then I'll troubleshoot.
In summary, the Endmyopia method requires:
- Reduced daily activities involving close up focus, i.e. must reduce smartphone usage, tablet usage, laptop usage, reading, etc.
- Increased daily activities involving outside time (with adequate sunshine time) and distance focus, i.e. walking, hiking, kite-surfing, etc
- If correction is required for work, and work requires sustained close up vision activities, then wear a special pair of glasses (called differentials) that are just slightly underpowered for doing the work. In other words, the words on the screen should be slightly blurry but if you blink, that slight film of tear fluid should be enough to clear up the blurriness substantially. This activity of blinking and seeing the blur reduce is referred to as 'Active Focus', as in you have to put in some effort to see clearly.
- Once you are used to wearing differentials, then usual glasses for distance vision should be reduced in power slightly, so that things in the distance are slightly blurry, but can be cleared up with blinking. These are referred to as normalised glasses.
- Vision improvement is a painstakingly slow progress, so slow that it's hard to notice the week-by-week improvements in your vision. Therefore it is highly recommend that the vision should be measured, by using Snellen charts and also measuring distance to blur using a tape measure (while either not wearing glasses or wearing differentials). It is awkward measuring the distance to blur at first and it's unlikely to be highly accurate, but once one standardizes their personal method, what matters is the ability to measure trends rather than the exact measurement. Record these measurements for tracking and troubleshooting purposes. Varakari's vision log tool is excellent for this purpose (available here:
https://wiki.endmyopia.org/wiki/Varakari%27s_Vision_Log_Tool )
- Reductions should generally follow first in the differentials, then in the normalised. Spherical reductions can be attempted about every 4 months, assuming your vision is improving. Astigmatism reductions are unpredictable, and will take around 6 months to successfully complete.
- The priority should be to reduce spherical strength, at least 2 spherical reductions per cylinder reduction, but more might be advisable. I myself kind of ignored this rule and have focused mostly on astigmatism reduction, which may be to my detriment or not. I did find that my chronic eye pain greatly improved on dropping the stig correction, which is the major reason why I have focused on the stig reductions vs the spherical reductions.
I should stress that merely reducing the strength of your glasses is not considered to be the key to improving one's vision. It is those lifestyle changes (reduced close up, increased distance vision) that improve vision. Reducing lens strength is merely there to help give your eyes wiggle room to change.
Anyway, I hope this summary helps someone! The
Endmyopia wiki is very helpful, probably better than the actual website. The podcast is also useful.