One-Eye-Success for 10+ users on LEDStrain

logixoul

Sorry to hear that, a break from the patch definitely sounds like a good idea. Have you spoken with an optometrist about the patch at all?

bkdo Have you spoken with an optometrist about the patch at all?

No, I never became certain that the patch helps me in the first place (I mean I couldn't make sure it's not placebo) so I only very briefly mentioned it to my optometrist. He didn't comment on it.

mike Hi,

Yes, I actually continued to patch (barely stopped at all), because the 3 responses to my post sounded very encouraging.

The problem (the "difficulty converging" problem) has almost completely faded away.

bkdo My advice would be to pick the pair that you think provides the most symptom relief

Symptom relief during the actual eye examination? Or symptom relief in the weeks after getting the prism lenses?

logixoul

In my case, I didn't really notice relief during the exam. I did notice that my flicker symptoms were reduced within 2-3 days of getting the lenses though. I think the best thing to do would be to try a pair of prism lenses and see how they affect your general eye strain as well as flicker symptoms, and then go from there

Hi guys,

I'm glad I found this fourm! Your insights are very interesting. I had strabismus in one eye as a child, which was corrected by surgery. Perhaps working on a computer after age 30 somehow restored my defect, which is hidden now. I have occasionally been told that I don't focus my vision on the speaker. But it happened maybe 1-2 times. Maybe I will go to an optometrist with this idea.

Try to warm your eyelids with a warm towel for 5-6 minutes every night before going to bed and then massage your lower and upper eyelids for 2-3 minutes. How to do it, you will find on the internet. This is not a 100% solution to the problem, but it helped me a lot after a few days.

logixoul astigmatism lenses (-0.25 both eyes) make it much more comfortable for you to look at screens

Dominic My double vision is fixed by astigmatism lenses

I have -0.25 astigmatism in my left eye. I have known for 10+ years but never tried glasses until a couple of years ago. I got a pair with astigmatism correction, a pinkish tint and blue light filter. I gave in 2-3 days later because of intense headaches and extra eyestrain even with screens that I could tolerate prior to buying the glasses.

I now got the doubt that I did not wait long enough. Questions. Did your eyes have to adjust to the new glasses or was the transition smooth? Prior to the astigmatism correction, did you have eyestrain when reading on paper as well?

logixoul When I'm not looking at a computer screen, my eyes take longer (or it is more difficult) to converge to a single point. For example, 0.8sec versus the 0.2sec that is normal for healthy people.

I too developed side effects from extreme eye-patching (many hours a day) while being subjected to intense eyestrain from new devices / LED lighting (I should add sleep deprivation). While my orthoptist, whom I am due to see in three weeks, told me that I could use an eye patch as long as I wanted, an optometrist recently recommended to avoid it. I will check again with the orthoptist on risks and benefits.

AGI I felt relief immediately, however even after months of wearing astigmatism lenses my headache caused by them has not gone away. Prior to the astigmatism correction I had a slight eyestrain when reading on paper, but did not have eyestrain from good screens.

eyepatching is +1 confirmation for the dithering 'magic eye' fake 3-D problem hypothesis.

I sill patch daily and to date it is the only effective treatment for me. I have been patching for a little less than a year, and I can tell that it is improving my resistance to screens even when not patched. My hope is after 3-4 years of patching, i may be unaffected

I have to say, over time, I am absolutely noticing a difference in my ability to tolerate Windows 10 without the patch. It is definitely increasing. It is agonizingly slow progress, but it is definite progress. The patching does seem to be training my brain to overcome my BVD. I can't believe it.

If after a few years this cures me ... just to think ... 20+ years of agonizing pain, flying all over the damn country to every specialist and snake oil salesman promising me a cure, a literal case in my closet full of useless lenses, devices, eye trainers, gels, creams, pills, filters, over $25,000 spent on this hellish journey ... and the cure turns out to be a 99 cent paper eye patch. I wouldn't know whether to laugh or cry.

ensete am absolutely noticing a difference in my ability to tolerate Windows 10 without the patch. It is definitely increasing. It is agonizingly slow progress, but it is definite progress.

Do you mind sharing specifics, like you can go 30 minutes without the patch whereas before it was intolerably etc? Would be interesting to see. Glad you are a feeling better.

ensete I wouldn't know whether to laugh or cry.

You are helping lots of people here. That won't give you the $25k back, but I hope it gives you some solace.

Probably a stupid question and may have already been covered and I've just not seen it….(no pun intended)

After trying a brute force method of tolerating things which is not reallyt working I've got a couple cheap eye patches but how do I know which eye I should be covering?

I believe I have slight astigmatism in my right eye, so would my left eye be dominant?

Or should I be doing one eye for a little while then swap to the other?

HAL9000

Already covered, but just try which one feel more comfortable or figure out which is your dominant eye and cover the other one - you can google a way to figure this out.

ryans Do you mind sharing specifics, like you can go 30 minutes without the patch whereas before it was intolerably etc? Would be interesting to see. Glad you are a feeling better.

Previously I couldn't even go a second without getting triggered. Now, I can go a few minutes. It varies, some days its only 2-3 minutes, some days it's 5 or so minutes, but any minutes compared to 0 is amazing

HAL9000 After trying a brute force method of tolerating things which is not reallyt working I've got a couple cheap eye patches but how do I know which eye I should be covering?

For me, it was readily apparent that covering my right eye offered relief and covering my left eye did not.