Hello All,
A while ago, I made a post about my eye problems, particularly with blurry vision in the morning.
I finally made it to the optometrist today, and here's what transpired. I got the usual reading lines test and the glaucoma test (negative on that), and then after using the appartus with the dials (pardon my ignorance), was told that I've just become a little more near-sighted. Since it had been a long time since my last exam, I opted for the dilation, and everything was fine with that too.
When I asked the OD if just being a little more near-sighted would account for not being able to focus for several minutes in the morning, he paused for a moment, and then opened a drawer containing an array of individual lenses. He pulled out several, and then had me look at a letter-chart while alternating lenses over my eyes (I had my glasses on), asking if "1" or "2" was better.
After doing this, he said that he wasn't going to change my Rx after all, and that the results of him doing this with my eyes dilated told him that my eyes have been "over-focusing" as he put it. He made an analogy to bicep muscles being semi-tensed all the time, and never relaxing. (I do spend a lot of time in front of a computer monitor.) He then re-wrote my Rx, with pretty much the same sphere and cylinder as I had 6 years ago, but with different values for axis.
...so, if you've made it this far through my post, what do you make of all this? Does it sound legit, or should I go to another OD and get a second opinion? Any thoughts will be appreciated!
A while ago, I made a post about my eye problems, particularly with blurry vision in the morning.
I finally made it to the optometrist today, and here's what transpired. I got the usual reading lines test and the glaucoma test (negative on that), and then after using the appartus with the dials (pardon my ignorance), was told that I've just become a little more near-sighted. Since it had been a long time since my last exam, I opted for the dilation, and everything was fine with that too.
When I asked the OD if just being a little more near-sighted would account for not being able to focus for several minutes in the morning, he paused for a moment, and then opened a drawer containing an array of individual lenses. He pulled out several, and then had me look at a letter-chart while alternating lenses over my eyes (I had my glasses on), asking if "1" or "2" was better.
After doing this, he said that he wasn't going to change my Rx after all, and that the results of him doing this with my eyes dilated told him that my eyes have been "over-focusing" as he put it. He made an analogy to bicep muscles being semi-tensed all the time, and never relaxing. (I do spend a lot of time in front of a computer monitor.) He then re-wrote my Rx, with pretty much the same sphere and cylinder as I had 6 years ago, but with different values for axis.
...so, if you've made it this far through my post, what do you make of all this? Does it sound legit, or should I go to another OD and get a second opinion? Any thoughts will be appreciated!