Natural vision correction!

So, does anyone actually have any experience with natural oculistics? I’ve been digging into this lately—doing my fair share of Googling—and stumbled upon these weird exercises meant to fix your vision. I even picked up a book called "no glasses, no good vision!" and started practicing. And get this... my prescription actually dropped! I was sitting at -5.25, and now I’m hovering around -3.5. I tested myself using Snell charts; before, I could barely hit 20/400, but now I'm seeing 20/200. For me, that’s huge progress!

Anyway, if anyone else is messing around with this stuff, let's swap stories. We can cheer each other on or whatever. My prescription dropped pretty fast at first, but now I feel like I’ve hit a bit of a plateau. Or maybe I haven't? I feel like there's still improvement happening, but it's moving at a snail's pace now, which is honestly getting a little frustrating! 🙂

Hmm, someone posted about this on the Health forum ages ago; feel free to dig through the archives if you're interested.

From what I gather, are those exercises only useful for higher prescriptions? Is there even much point with a 1.5? I ask because I don't really wear glasses unless I'm at college giving presentations, so skipping them wouldn't be an issue. Especially since I just tossed my old pair out—I'd have to buy new ones anyway.😬

So, I heard these exercises actually work, especially for people who haven't relied on glasses too much and have a pretty low prescription. I actually went to see Dr. Pavić, and he told me straight up that I could potentially get back to normal vision in maybe a month? For me, though... it’s not that simple. I’m in this catch-22 where I shouldn't be wearing glasses *or* staring at a computer screen, but I'm a software developer. How am I supposed to function? Right now, I literally can't do my job without glasses, but the whole situation is just slowing down my progress. Has anyone here actually pulled this off? I really need some good news to boost my morale here. 🙂

Could you tell me what kind of exercises those are and where I can pick up that book?
I’m sitting at a -1.5 and -1.75 prescription, but my vision has gotten so blurry lately that I can't see a thing without help.
To make matters worse, this is the third time in just two years that my prescription has jumped.

You can even grab those cheap plastic reading glasses to help with focus. There are some budget versions for like five bucks—you can find them at an Importane Center shop—but they're basically just cardboard quality... honestly, who knows. Though, I've heard that even the decent metal ones aren't actually that expensive.

Jonathan Harris74 said:It’s not a quick fix for me. I’m not supposed to be wearing glasses, and I shouldn't be staring at a computer screen all day, but right now, I can't even do my job as a developer without them!

So you're nearsighted—can you really not see the screen clearly without glasses? Give it a shot.

I'm at -1.75 myself. I only pull out my glasses (which are -1.25) when I'm watching TV from across the room or heading out into the world... navigating the city, driving, or looking out toward Mount Rainier... basically whenever I need to see things far away. Glasses actually make my eyes feel pretty tense, so I only wear them when I absolutely have to.