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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: 0.422s | 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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imroot ◴[08 Mar 25 03:32 UTC] No.43297251[source]▶
My optometrist told me that I have a tendency to 'overcompensate' the last time I had my rx checked; I now tell the optometrists that I have a tendency to overcompensate and ask that they dilate my eyes before anything starts and it's really helped me reduce eye strain.
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1. notfed ◴[08 Mar 25 05:22 UTC] No.43297706[source]▶
Same here: it's called "accommodative excess". And in particular, it won't show up on a vision test.

I always got 20/20 on my vision tests, but kept complaining to different optometrists, and finally found one smart enough to recognize my situation, and now I wear -0.5 lenses. It brought my life out of a very dark place.

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2. interloxia ◴[08 Mar 25 07:54 UTC] No.43298399[source]▶
That hits a nerve for me. Sure I get 20/20 but if the astigmatism doesn't line up I'm going to have a bad time.