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

340 points jbornhorst | 1 comments | 07 Mar 25 17:09 UTC | HN request time: 0.603s | 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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dakiol ◴[07 Mar 25 18:17 UTC] No.43292612[source]▶
Slightly related: does anyone do eye “exercises”? As in, for 5 minutes, move the eyes all around in a 360 degrees fashion, alternating with left to right (and right to left) movements. I use the computer many hours per day and that means my eyes are usually fixed at a 27 inch monitor for hours. I think the exercises are “strengthening” my eyes muscles… not sure if true though.
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1. dumbfounder ◴[07 Mar 25 21:53 UTC] No.43295151[source]▶
This might be vestibular or neurological in nature. I had a vestibular condition that affected my eyesight and did rehab and they gave me eye exercises that helped somewhat. Fast forward a few years of struggling and I found that it was caused by migraines (not the painful kind, just brain disruption). And those migraines are caused by temporal lobe epilepsy. But that part isn’t important, it’s that all sorts of migraines caused by all sorts of issues can disrupt eyesight. And I think it is more common than people realize because there is no pain. It can cause eyesight issues, brain fog, and potentially dizziness. You need that brain to see so if it is disrupted often your sight will be as well. I am surprised people are talking about neurological angles.