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

340 points jbornhorst | 2 comments | 07 Mar 25 17:09 UTC | HN request time: 0s | 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.

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jasode ◴[07 Mar 25 20:22 UTC] No.43294134[source]▶
The solution for me to eliminate headaches when working at computer screens was getting an extra set of intermediate distance glasses specifically for computer work. The "computer screen distance" of 3 ft is in between book-reading distance of 1 feet and driving distance 20'+ feet. I also avoid progressive lenses or high-index lenses for computer work. I commented about how arrived at this solution previously: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15375221

Reading glasses work fine when the screen is very close to your face such as a laptop screen. However if it's a separate monitor that's ~30 inches away, reading glasses are slightly blurry which can lead to eyestrain and headaches.

https://www.warbyparker.com/learn/wp-content/uploads/2023/04...

Look into it if you suspect it's a contributor to headaches: https://www.google.com/search?q=computer+glasses+%22intermed...

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1. darrylb42 ◴[07 Mar 25 21:35 UTC] No.43294994[source]▶
This worked for me as well. I just asked the eye doctor for something that would work just past my out stretched finger tips which is where my monitor lives.

What kills me is going into the office where I am switching between glasses. Different rooms with different Zoom screens. At home is much nicer where I just have one big monitor to watch.

I take my glasses off to read my phone most of the time. Technically my primary glasses are progressives but it is nicer to take them off.

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2. UncleOxidant ◴[07 Mar 25 23:53 UTC] No.43296105[source]▶
> I take my glasses off to read my phone most of the time. Technically my primary glasses are progressives but it is nicer to take them off.

Same. I wear progressive lenses and I feel like they do fine as far as being able to read the text on my phone or for reading a book. But I tend to take off my glasses anyway to do these things. I'm not entirely sure why this is since I seem to be able to read the text fine with the glasses. My hypothesis is that I like being closer to the text so that it fills up more of my visual field which helps me mentally focus on the text better.