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My vision is rapidly getting worse, and it's worrying me enough to post a message here in the hopes that some kind knowledgeable optometry buff will take pity on me (and if you do: ).
For people who don't like reading long posts: I'm on the computer all day at work, within 2.5 months of starting this job my perfect+ vision went to -0.5, and after another 2.5 months it's now to around -1.0. Skip down to the questions.
I used to have better than 20/20 vision. I spent my childhood reading massive amounts of books, spent my college years reading massive amounts of textbooks, and never had any problems with my eyes. I started working full-time in an office for the first time August 30, 2004, where I spend most of the day on the computer. I noticed in mid November that I was having difficulty reading words at a distance (such as street signs) and went to an optometrist. He told me I was nearsighted, but it was minor.. just -0.5. I got glasses, and just used them occasionally as needed.
Within the past week I've noticed that my vision's gotten way worse. I no longer feel safe driving without my glasses, and even when I'm wearing them things in the distance are still blurry. I'm guessing I'm at least down to -1.0 now, and I'm getting really concerned.
My questions:
1) Most importantly, once I stop having to be on the computer so much will my vision go back to normal or is this damage permanent?
1a) Is it even the computer that's causing this, or am I jumping to conclusions?
2) Is there anything I can do to stop this?
3) Am I going to go blind?
For people who don't like reading long posts: I'm on the computer all day at work, within 2.5 months of starting this job my perfect+ vision went to -0.5, and after another 2.5 months it's now to around -1.0. Skip down to the questions.
I used to have better than 20/20 vision. I spent my childhood reading massive amounts of books, spent my college years reading massive amounts of textbooks, and never had any problems with my eyes. I started working full-time in an office for the first time August 30, 2004, where I spend most of the day on the computer. I noticed in mid November that I was having difficulty reading words at a distance (such as street signs) and went to an optometrist. He told me I was nearsighted, but it was minor.. just -0.5. I got glasses, and just used them occasionally as needed.
Within the past week I've noticed that my vision's gotten way worse. I no longer feel safe driving without my glasses, and even when I'm wearing them things in the distance are still blurry. I'm guessing I'm at least down to -1.0 now, and I'm getting really concerned.
My questions:
1) Most importantly, once I stop having to be on the computer so much will my vision go back to normal or is this damage permanent?
1a) Is it even the computer that's causing this, or am I jumping to conclusions?
2) Is there anything I can do to stop this?
3) Am I going to go blind?