I can't see

[UTKB]

My eyes won't work anymore. I'm trying to read and I keep having to slap my face and rub my eyes to get them to focus. And the headaches.... What can I do to get rid of this eye strain? It's very distracting.

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[Medikit]

My eyes won't work anymore. I'm trying to read and I keep having to slap my face and rub my eyes to get them to focus. And the headaches.... What can I do to get rid of this eye strain? It's very distracting.

I had a lot of headaches during the last two weeks, that's just the knowledge you're gaining trying to escape.

 

[rhino305]

oh the eye strain and headaches. i get those too.

i think it's from over accomodating your eyes for way too long.
i usually get a headache and an achy pain behind my eyes when this happens.

things that help me are: wearing glasses instead of contacts, not looking at the computer as much, holding the book a little farther away, and every 30 minutes or so, taking a 30 second break to focus my eyes on something farther away. hope that helps. not studying helps too (but of course this is no option).

 

[doctorp82]

If your eyes feel dry then some lubricating drops will help. It's a lot harder to focus crisply on something with a dry eye, and might help the irritation.

If you don't already have glasses/contacts, it might be a sign you need them. Go to the allo forum and do a search for threads talking about losing eyesight in med school. Vision loss is iatrogenic!

 

[UTKB]

Ha, I wanted to get lasik before starting med school. I even started saving up for it, but after reading forums here on SDN, I decided against it. My eyesight has definitely worsened since starting med school, my prescription went -0.5 in each eye!

T minus 29 days and already having eye strain....not good.