Hi Hans,
I truly do not want to give you a "hard time" about prevention, because I think "just prevention" is very difficult. But I always want to check myself, and consider *me* reading the 20/20 line on my Snellen, to be good vision. If I want "better" then I will have to induce a change of about +1 diopter, (by wearing a plus 2 to 3 D for all close work, as long as I am in school). There is no "rapid recovery", for the reasons I present. I never use the word, "cure", and I truly believe that if I wish to keep the vision I have, I must wear the plus for near.
I always appreciate your frustration. There is NO DOUBT, but that any prevention (with a plus) is extremely difficult. Because you your school work, you have already "gone down" by -1.25 diopters. This is DOCUMENTED, in this analysis:
http://myopiafree.wordpress.com/study/Read is carefully. If you have any questions about how the data was developed, and the IMPLICATIONS of this science and data - let us know.
The plus was used on CHILDREN - not young adults, who could understand the need for basic prevention. But they did not get out of it.
It is my suggestion, that a person at -1.25 diopters (self-measured, using the 20/20 line for reference) MIGHT be able to get a change of +1 diopters - in ONE YEAR.
So you are already down by -1 diopters.
I believe in making all refractive measurements myself. That saves an argument with an OD about what I am doing - and WHY I am doing it.
You want to measure relative-to the 20/10 line. They you can use that as a reference - with you own test lenses, and your Snellen.
I prefer to "standardize" on the 20/20 line, since that meets all LEGAL requirements.
When I say refractive STATE, it means that I have used that 20/20 line as reference, so that others can make their own measurements for the purpose of comparison - and for the person to make up his mind about what he is doing.
Physically, for me, self-measured 0.0 diopters, means exactly this. I can objectively read the 20/20 line, naked eye.
THEN, to determine my refractive STATE, I hold up a +1/2 diopter, and see if I can read the 20/20 line THOUGH the plus lens.
If "yes" then I try a +3/4 diopter. Then I can't read the 20/20 line, but I can read the 20/25 line.
My refractive STATE is +3/4 diopters.
This is a very conventional way to make objective measurements.
You are empowered to make these measurements -- any way you want to do it.
Currently, because my refractive STATE is +3/4 diopters, my semi-darkness vision - is very good.
In fact, I can read about 20/15, on that Snellen.
I do this because I wish to verify OBJECTIVE CHANGE in my refractive state - myself.
Any vision better-than 20/40 allows me to avoid the minus (although I would have a -1 diopter for $7, until i got to 20/20.
I know you can see 20/15 though a -1 diopter. But just getting to naked eye 20/20 - will take a lot of time.
Our eyes go DOWN at a rate of -1/2 doipter PER YEAR. So the best we can expect, is our eyes to go "up" at +1/2 diopter per year.
That is what science tell me.
That is why I make my own measurements.
TODD'S EXPERIENCE:
He had about a -1 diopter and -2 diopter.
He does not have 20/10 vision. Does he care about that issue.
He has 20/20 naked eye vision.
Now, is Todd objectively successful.
Hi Mr. Otis,
physically, 0.0 diopters means that the eye has no far-point, right?
If I can read 20/20 and see still some blur in the distance, how can you state that this is a refractive state of 0.0 diopters?
And everytime I wake up after sleep, I see so much sharper for 5-10 minutes, and then the sharpness disappears...
I am still at the range of 20/30 to 20/40 (vision changes) and seeing through my -1.25 glasses, I still see a slight amount of blur in the distance. Well, I am using the plus about 1 1/2 months. Expecting results in that period of time is too much wanted, isn't it?
Especially after a long time with the plus on my eyes, I can see 20/30 (but kinda "ghosty", because it is the edge of sharpness and blur mixed together, hard to explain).
I recently checked my eyes with the glasses. With -1.25 on my eyes, I see 20/16 (1,2) and 20/13 (1,5) is like "well I recognize something but I cannot say what". When I increase the optical power of the lens (by changing the curvature of the glasses), I can see 20/13 (1,5) and everything is VERY SHARP. It is dark outside now and by changing the curvature of the glasses, I have also EXTREME SHARP NIGHT VISION. Achieving this without glasses would be a dream!!!!!!!!!
And since I started with the plus, I have never worn a minus, just for checking my visual acuity and checking if something changed, means never longer than 5-10 seconds.
Kind regards,
Hans