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What was your eyesight problem? I've wanted to do this (severe astigmatism) but I end up squinting to talk to people to see their faces.

idk if this is relevant but i have a vision problem now that a +1 lens helps, which is basically close range convergence, my eyes can focus from about 50cm distance but they don't seem to be able to both look at the same point in space and so it makes it very difficult to read i am working on the solution to this, part of it seems to be magnesium, i have extra complications of celiac, meaning that i have a progressive allergic reaction that escalates the more gluten, and then once that triggers a lot of other non-human proteins make my immune system spaz, ie, casein, soy, potato, corn, etc other vegetable proteins these complicate my situation because magnesium is the slowest absorbed mineral and even when i take enough in my diet, or add more with such as magnesium chloride or magnesium citrate or magnesium amino acid chelates it's still way down the track and on an ongoing basis, my system is deficient in magnesium it's not quite the same physical symptoms as when plants have this deficiency, what happens to plants is they abort and reclaim the magnesium from the chlorophyll and this results in terminal necrosis of leaves and whatnot, but the net effect is they do not grow as fast the many attacks on immune and digestive function caused by government approved food additives is making this a problem that is on the margins of all people's experience, they are having accelerated cognitive decline, decreased muscle strength, increased incidence of cramps, increased anxiety, and pile on top of this the fact that the earth's magnetic field is adding in a heap of stimuli that are further increasing anxiety anyhow, the core issue in my vision is not distance focus but a vertical disjoint between the focal point of each eye such that i get double images of text usually about 1mm diagonal left bottom top right displaced and only the lens helps this i actually can read the text ok, but i'm unusual in that i have 25% better than normal capability to recognise text, so the decreased precision of my vision does not impact my ability to read, such to the point i can still read about 8pt text at 50cm just fine, it's just a lot more concentration to do it.

I had a mild astigmatism, and needed glasses to read and do computer work... The first week was hard forcing myself not to wear glasses (use the crutch) but it got easier day by day until it was no longer an issue. My left eye was worse, couldn't read much at all... Now both are equally sharp.

I'm going to try again. A 60 year old once told me, you don't need glasses at my age because it just blends into a happy impressionist painting, and as far as seeing people, he could feel their presence and attitude. So I tried without glasses once after that, but I still wanted to make out the details.

i'm just experimenting with closing one eye and i think i can solve this reading problem as equally with an eye patch as +1 prescription lens my right eye is weaker than my left, and if i close the right eye i can read perfectly fine at the same distance i wonder if i can get a +1 contact lens and just put in in my right eye and this problem would be solved without having the cognitive burden of maintaining my lenses or using an eye patch

My biggest problem with contacts is that they twist around and makes the vision worse than they help

yeah, that and forgetting to remove them... omg i wore some nice black iris things for a goth party one night and came home and forgot to remove them, and could hardly see half of the next day

Matt is one to follow, has great remedies and exercises that help the muscle strength as well: https://x.com/CultivateElevat/status/1884304947879313759

Thank you, I'm going to get this book Jacob Liderman

Lol, I could never forget them they are so uncomfortable. Someone I know is so ditzy that she puts 2 in. Stacking lenses.

well, aside from a cosmetic pair i wore one night and forgot to take out, i don't remember them being particularly uncomfortable before i fell asleep but they are also thinner since they have no lens i think they were blackouts, not black sclera, i looked into that, looks really hard to get on

You are brave to put stuff in your eye that doesn't need to be there. Or maybe it does need to be there. There's a certain gen z punk going on in San Salvador. It's kinda funny. They are fighting the starbucksification with one 70s hairdo at a time.