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Ask HN: Do your eyes bug you even though your prescription is "correct"?

340 points jbornhorst | 3 comments | 07 Mar 25 17:09 UTC | HN request time: 0.205s | source

I’m digging into an idea around eyeglasses, screen-time, and vision discomfort. If you wear prescription glasses but still get headaches, eye strain, or blurry vision after long screen days, I’d love to chat briefly (20–30 min).

Pure research, zero selling.

Interested? Drop a comment below or email me directly at jbornhorst [at] gmail.com. I’ll coordinate a convenient time to talk.

1. JZL003 ◴[07 Mar 25 18:19 UTC] No.43292634[source]▶
Also look at a doctor specializing in small prisms. Sometimes your eyes don't perfectly align at their resting state so one eye is constantly constantly using muscles to pull it centered. For me, that means when I get tired and those small muscles can't keep up, I get headaches and it gets worse. Neurovisual places can give very tiny prism additions so your eyes don't have to move but the light is "shifted" over.
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2. JZL003 ◴[07 Mar 25 18:21 UTC] No.43292655[source]▶
Also there are very cheap prescriptions sites online which ship. You can try different prescriptions, with varying power (magnification) and see which works for you for computer, reading. I found that the computer glasses prescribed were way to strong (all they do is subtract .25 from the first number on both eyes, often). But if I only subtract .1 it was perfect, helpful for computer sessions but if I look up everything isn't blurry
3. jbornhorst ◴[07 Mar 25 20:44 UTC] No.43294405[source]▶
would love to chat to learn more from your experience. i'm at jbornhorst [at] gmail [dot] com if you have 20-30 mins to spare.