Hi r/myopia,

I just came back from an eye exam and have a question about a change in my prescription. I’ve posted here a couple years ago, but seeking some thoughts here again with this new data.

My prescription from 9/13/2022 (2 years ago) was:

OD: -10.75/0.75/140 OS: -8.25/1.50/030

From 12/18/2023 (1 year ago):

OD: -10.50/-0.75/120 OS: -8.75/-1.25/035

From 12/4/2025 (today’s) appointment:

OD: -10.50/-0.75/123 OS: -9.00/-1.50/029

Is this jump to -9.00 in my left eye something to be concerned about? I’m currently 26 and was hoping that my vision would stabilize soon and can’t tell if this is a true sign that my sight is getting worse, even if slightly, or if this is within the margin of error for an exam.

Appreciate any insight you all have!

I'm just curious to see if there's anyone else with this problem and how it may have shaped their lives.

Right now, I am at approximately -19 in both eyes. It can be a bit of a challenge with school work as I'm on the computer most of the day. At one point a few years ago, due to extensive time on my tablet and computer for school work (12+ hours per day) due to COVID, I had so many bad headaches and pain behind the eye, and my vision was noticeably much more blurry. I found out I was almost legally blind in one eye. I now use warm light only an hour of blue light gives me eye pain.

Also, has anyone ever seen glowing blobs, or blobs with glowing stripes at all? They're not new for me, but would like to know what it means.

Hello, does anyone here regulary check the Amsler grid for AMD? when i look from close the middle looks like a dot but when i move further away it becomes a diamond shaped.. is that kalediscope vision? cause thats what google keep throwin up

I checked number from my opthalmologist and got myself a new spectacle last month with axis as 100, but now my employer organized a free eye checkup from a reputed opthalmologist. The new prescription has my cylindrical Axis 10 degrees higher i.e 110.

Does 10 degree axis difference in a cylindrical lens matter? Shall I change the glasses?

Hi all

-13 something in both eyes. Right eye worse than left, recently had an eye test which found a tear in my retina, sent to eye hospital and they realised pretty quickly it was a detachment, they gave me 1000 shots of laser and said that’s it I can go back to normal life except for no heavy lifting, no driving, no running marathons etc. so back to work I went and all was mostly fine.

Doc said I may notice some changes to my field of vision but 2 weeks later I’m noticing what I can only describe as a blurry bubble like thing in my eye, is this normal? I’m going to see the consultant on Friday but I’m wondering if anyone else has had similar or should I go before Friday to get seen?

Thanks for your help!

Ok so the autoref showed these results but after doctor's examination they told me the machine can get it wrong and they judged according to my comments on the numbers table board that my right eye was -6.5 while the left one is -6.25 and I was confused 😕 plz if someone has any idea if this is true ( the machine can miss interprete sometime or it's just a mean to confirm bcz physical examination is the real deal )

So I have a current prescription for some glasses with polycarbonate lens. I went to a store to get a new frame with my current prescription but I told the Rep I had high index lens when I later realized I do not have on my current frame/lens. I thought I did when I found the itemized receipt and called to find out I don't (used America's Best and now MyEyeDr). My question is: with the new lens I'm getting having high index and my current only being polycarbonate lens, will there be a visible difference? Say if I switch glasses weekly or so? (I think it might be too late to cancel my order with the high index so I want to see if there will be a difference even though it's the same prescription) I've never had 2 pairs before so never ran into this issue before.

Hi! I'm torn about whether I need to be wearing my glasses full time. I've never gone to the eye doctor or had any eye tests done (other than small ones required at school and the DMV) but my vision was bothering me for the past couple of months so I went to the eye doctor and got a prescription that said im -2.00 in my left eye, but my right eye is perfect. The doctor told me to wear the glasses fulltime for at least 2 weeks to get used to them and then after that I can choose if I want to wear the fulltime or only when I need them (driving mainly). I know -2 isn't bad, but I don't know if it is better to wear them fulltime or not? I'm overthinking so any advice or opinions is appreciated!

So I am 21m and I have -3.5L and -5.75R so it's a bit high and it may be increasing still but I wanted to ask

Is 1-2 hours of going outside good enough? I find it odd that they say we need to go out yet there are so many people that don't go out especially during winter and it can be a bit cold too but I try to go jogging so I get like 1-2 hours a day

Although I do use screens a lot (the rest of the day) for doing art I try to follow the 20 / 20 rule and I have made it into a habit although during the evenings and some mornings it can break

And my other question is this is mainly from anxiety lol do people with my prescription on average pass the exan and can get LASIK?

I'm curious as I know ICL can cause more issues and I think LASIK is just only dry eyes but I figured to ask (I don't plan on doing anything yet as my eyes haven't stabilised) but I hope they do soon I just want it to stop

I recently broke my glasses so i went to a new optometrist and bought glasses with my old prescription, now these new glasses are giving me a light headache is it normal?

Hey! :) So in 2 days, after a doctor told me he thought I have been overcorrected through all my life (-6 now in glasses) I will have my first cyclopegic refraction. I am uncertain of what to expect, because I have had my pupils dilated many times and I did not see better in distance but I don’t know if that is normal. Is this type of hypothetical overcorrection measured with the auto refractometer or do you think my doctor is not right and I should have seen my vision when I had my pupils dilated some time ago?

Thank you!!!!

Holy crap this is going to get downvoted but I'm actually tired of people here putting down optometrists, and saying they want your vision to get worse. Like Can people here just shut up, You're not the one who did years of research on this topic. Optometrists want to Prevent myopia from progressing in children, they don't want people to become shortsighted, but way too many of you want to believe some Jake Steiner bull-shit without any evidence than to trust the people who are researching this for decades. If it wasn't for optometrists none of you guys would be able to see at all! So the minimum you can do is be thankful.

I'm 22 years old and have never needed glasses. I started medical school a few months ago and have noticed a significant change in my distance vision, especially in low-lit settings. I'm trying to employ the 20-20-20 method when possible, but am curious to know if there's anything else I can do to slow progression or restore my vision. Would using low strength readers help my eyes when doing near-work? Or would the best plan of action be to see an ophthalmologist so they can do a cycloplegic refraction test to diagnose Pseudomyopia/myopia and go from there?

I get it — myopia can really suck. I know all too well how frustrating it can be to struggle with poor vision or worry about complications. But I’ve noticed something that really needs to change in this sub: the negativity.

People come here with questions, sometimes because they’re uninformed or unsure, and instead of support, they’re often met with criticism or condescension. This sub should be a place where people feel safe asking questions, no matter how basic or "obvious" they might seem. We’re all here to help each other, not to make others feel bad for not knowing something.

Sure, we all know myopia isn’t ideal, but that’s why we need a space that focuses on solutions, support, and understanding, not on tearing people down for not knowing all the details right away. Everyone is at a different point in their journey with myopia, and no question should be too small or silly to ask.

Let’s work together to create a more welcoming environment where people can learn, share, and grow without fear of judgment. We’ve got enough to deal with already, so let’s make this sub a place that truly helps, not adds to the stress.

I did barrage laser 2 week ago, a day before yesterday was my 12th day, my left eye barrage took less time, recovered in a day as before vision, my right eye went 360 barrage, was a bit painful, next day i got sun sensitivity,i couldn't see anything in sun even a bit clearly outside i didn't cared just rested and in 12th day i went to doctor the sensitivity reduced a lot than before he did dilated check it was okey. I couldn't check refraction yesterday i went for refraction checkup in a clinic beside my house the opthalmologist there said my right still has pupil as it's half dilated it wasn't like that before as i checked there before too, today morning i went to the opthalmologist/surgeon again that did the barrage he said he didn't used drop to open the pupil for so long so i might have this pupil from beginning, i didn't have it, before and after barrage outside house i can clearly sense complete different i checked my photo my pupil were not different in size too before barragr. The first 2 week i couldn't check my pupil but it was much sensitive to way it was hard to see now it's a bit less still sensitive,still i am concerned. Would be a lot of help if you can write anything you know.

I want to improve my eyesight naturally (without glasses) when are the times when i will actually need them?

Hi! I know everyone says to watch out for an onset of floaters and flashes, but can anyone who's had a RD describe what the flashes present like in more detail?

Do they happen in short bursts or not? Are they small or do they take up the entire field of view? Would you only see them with your eyes open, or do you see them with your eyes closed too?

Also, are the symptoms intense enough that you would 100% know something is wrong with your eyes? I think I'm just paranoid I'd be unaware of it or pass it off as some light reflecting off something lol

Hi all. As I am contemplating surgical options, I just want to ask some logistics questions for others who have gone through this before me.

If you have high myopia in both eyes and you do the surgeries separately, what happens to your glasses between the surgeries?

I'm thinking...one eye will be corrected and the other will still be myopia. So does this mean I would have to wear half my glasses ?

Do I have to wear a glasses with a normal transparent lens with no correction over the good eye, and the -10 lens over the unoperated eye?

Or do I just go without glasses until the next surgery.

Somehow, I imagine, walking around with one eye at -1 and the other at -10, would feel very uncomfortable and make work impossible.

I can't afford to be out of work for 6 months straight.

Anyone here did both eyes at once? How long until you were able to go back to work?

so I came across a post in this sub where the poster has decreased his eye number from -2 to 20/20 vision and the usual 24/7 active posters who go crazy at the name of myopia reversal were respectful to him.( that stood out to me and his post has so many upvotes)

according to that guy he started gradually wearing specs of low diopters with 0 recreational time and started spending 2 hours for every 1 hour of screen time.

What kind of sports and activities are you able to do regularly as a high or exteme myope ? I was told I cannot do so many things since I was 35 after my first retinal surgery and I had 3 since then and now I my early 50’s with -18 D I have to be more careful from now on ??

tl;dr: I was nearsighted from as early as I remember, got glasses at age 21, stopped wearing them at 27, then my eyes rather rapidly became sharp at long distance at 29, and for four years since then I have clear vision near and far. I don't claim to have reversed myopia, I don't know how this works, but I know everything at long distance was blurry until age 29, and now it's been clear for four years.

Story:

Growing up, at the doctor's they made us look at some letters on a chart far away and I didn't realize I was supposed to tell them if the letters were blurry. I was pretty good at figuring out what the blurry letters were because there are only so many options. So they always said I had 20-20 vision. At about age 21 I was driving my dad's car and put on his sunglasses which were prescription sunglasses, and suddenly I could see the crisp detail of everything - the distant treetops, the little rocks in the field along the road. I was blown away and realized my eyes were not very good and I had been missing this my whole life. I went to an eye doctor, did the test properly, and got a prescription and glasses.

I remember asking both of my eye doctors, if it would be wise to get a prescription that's slightly on the weaker side so my eyes might adapt in the direction of being less nearsighted. Both doctors told me no, it didn't matter; there's no way I would become less nearsighted because nearsightedness can't be reversed.

Then later at 27 I stopped wearing the glasses for a variety of reasons related to leaving the city to live in the woods.

Two years later at 29, I had been thinking about getting glasses again as I really wanted to see the forest where I lived in detail. But I didn't do it. But one day a few months after having those thoughts, I was lying on the deck looking up at the tall trees from underneath, and realized I could see clearly the needles in detail at the tops of the trees. I looked around at the distant mountain top and could see that clearly too. I was blown away. I don't know for sure if it happened suddenly or gradually, but part of it must have progressed pretty quickly since it was within a few months of when I had thought about getting glasses.

It's been four years now, and my eyes are still great like they were right after I noticed the shift. My right eye is really sharp and the left is almost as good. The left eye seems to have improved (subjectively) over these four years, because it's very sharp now and I remember it was significantly less sharp than the right eye four years ago. And while I can't be sure, it seems like my left eye has been getting better over these years, because at first I noticed my right eye had become sharp but the left was still quite blurry. I'm constantly grateful for this, it's just about the best gift I could have ever asked for.

I don't know if I was born nearsighted or if that developed due to excessive use of books and computer from a very young age. I am still able to focus up close, at ~4 inches with my left eye and ~4.5 inches with my right. I do know for sure that when I did get glasses, they not only allowed me to focus on very distant things, but also allowed me to focus on the computer screen 2ft away which was slightly blurry without them, and I would often wear glasses at the computer from age 21 to 27.

Here are photos of my glasses prescriptions from 2012 and 2015: https://imgur.com/Pg5tlh5

I don't know if all nearsightedness is considered myopia, so I don't know if I technically had myopia, but the doctors told me I was nearsighted and that it was irreversible. It seems to me like they were wrong. I don't know that there's any way for me to prove this not that it matters much. One thing I find interesting is how it took two years after quitting the glasses and getting off the computer, and then after two years of that my vision improved significantly in the course of two months. I didn't notice any change during those first two years. So the rate of change was not constant, at least not in any way I could tell.

I didn't do any specific exercises or anything. I just stopped wearing glasses and spent a lot more time outside and looking at things at a variety of long distances, and a lot less time in front of screens.

Most people I've told have told me it's probably something bad that's happening like a cataract forming. This may be true. My health insurance now doesn't cover vision so I haven't gone to an eye doctor yet.

My family doesn't have the strongest vision. As a result, I am always fearful when going to the optometrist.

I am 33. I haven't changed glasses in 4 years.

Today they told me I am -10, and for the first time, my optometrist started telling me about surgical options...

I had really hoped it would have stopped on -6. -6 was bad enough already.

Have you ever seen a movie where a character receives bad news and the voice of the person speaking seems to fade into an echo ?

That is how I felt. The guy was telling me about the different corrective surgeries, and the further testing they would have to do to decide which surgery might be best... but all I could hear was:

minus 10

The number just keeps playing over and over again in my head.

I'm currently in university. Doing my masters degree. So... limiting screen time isn't much of an option. All books are digital nowadays.

I feel so, so worried. I mean, this isn't like gallstone disease, where you remove your gallbladder and change your diet. These are my eyes. I'm not some super talented musician like Ray Charles or Stevie Wonder. I very much need my sight to work.

Is there anyone else with higher myopia that's....still living life ok?

I trying not to panic here...

i have a -7.75 OD and a -8.25 OS. i want to know what my vision is on the 20/20 scale is, can someone help?

Can anyone give a timeline of what their recovery from RD surgery involving scleral buckle and cryotherapy looked like?

I'm just at 2 weeks post op and still experiencing mild pain upon waking up (must have to do with lying down/sleeping) and dull aches in the orbital region/scratchiness. My eyelid is still a bit swollen and my eye isn't fully open. I did have migraines days earlier but those seem to have subsided a bit.

so im 15 years old I’ve been wearing glasses since 8th but my eyesight keep getting worse even though i change my glasses every single year now i have -2,75 i already lost hope

My brother just got Stellest glasses, and I have much better vision with them on!

If these glasses are "recovering" for eyes, could I also use it for a while or this would be a danger for my eyes?

He said that they are made especially for his eyes. Could my eyes "correct" wrong?

"Sunning" with closed eyes could mimic red light therapy for myopia control because sunlight filtered through the eyelids primarily transmits long-wavelength red light (around 620–700 nm), similar to the 630–670 nm range used in red light therapy. This red light penetrates the eyelid, potentially reaching the retina and choroid, stimulating similar biological responses—such as improving choroidal blood flow and inhibiting axial elongation, both crucial for controlling myopia progression.

While sunlight is less controlled compared to red light therapy devices, the underlying mechanism is comparable. With proper precautions to avoid UV exposure and ensure consistent, safe durations, sunning could potentially serve as a natural and accessible alternative to red light therapy.

Thoughts?