eye sight

[4getmenot]

went to optomestrists yesterday and my eyesight has got really bad in a very short time. from -4.25 to -5.00 and -4.00 to -4.50 in about 6 months. Has anybody experienced this before. I have to see a eye specialist next week and am a bit worried

[The Sherman]

well mines when i first got glasses jumpen from -.5 to -.1.5!!!!!

which i was very shocked at!
I want eye suregery soon so am hoping it has not moved anymore!

[4getmenot]

See people have mentioned eye surgery but I'd rather not take that chance

[Nosha123]

could you be diabetic now? That can affect your eyesight dramatically...

[4getmenot]

No doubt it, I have it in family but have had the prick tests not so long ago. Also no other symptoms

[another-view]

Leggy had a prick test. It came back positive.

[4getmenot]

That has made me chuckle :-)))))))))

[another-view]

Sorry I couldn't resist. He was having a dig at me on another thread saying it was my fault that an Eastern European had got my job. Eejit.

[4getmenot]

whoever you'd have said it about I;d have laughed. I was thinking that when I put prick test

[york310]

That is not much of a change in prescription and it seems off for them to refer you for this reason. Did they mention anything else. Was your vision normal? Were they concerned about anything in particular?

[york310]

Sorry that should have read odd and not off about the referral for ophthalmologist opinion. This type of change can be normal depending on age.

[4getmenot]

not much of a change!!! that .75 in less than 6 months, thats a huge change. Well we'll just have to see what they say on Monday :-)

[chazza]

I asked my optician about this recently as I was worried about how much it changed every time I got my eyes tested.

Apparently it can be down to too much time spent in front of a computer with not enough breaks!

[4getmenot]

I asked them if I was going to blind when I'm older as the rate I;m going it seems like it :-) She said I have nothing to worry about but because of the huge change they just had to check me out. I think I'm gonna start eye exercises to strengthen them

[york310]

Can I be so rude to ask your age and what you do for a living. Also did you go for an exam because your vision was worse or was this picked up at your examination. An increase in myopia of 0.75 diopters is not that much but this can often be overcorrected in people who spend a lot of the day doing close work tasks such as vdu users or students at exam times. This overcorrection is often because your eyes are having to work at looking at close objects and find it difficult to fully relax for distance vision. Are you being referred to the hospital for this or a colleague of the optician who did the exam.

[4getmenot]

I am 30 (31 tomorrow) :-) and I do work with computers alot so that is alot to do with it, but have worked here years and never had such a severe change. I;ll be someone a optomestrist. I usually get mine checked once a year and there is a difference of .25 at the most so this is why they need to find out why the huge change