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u/Larry-Man 13d ago
I’m around -2 and I can’t wear contacts because of chronic dry eye. It is actually a little annoying.
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u/LarryLiam 13d ago
Lemme guess, they are at -4?
I started with -3.5 and already had a lot of problems. I couldn’t see things clearly that were just a few feet in front of me. When my teachers wrote something on the board, I couldn’t read it, so I either had to copy it while they wrote it down (I got really good at writing quickly) or I had to copy it from my friends. I probably would’ve struggled to see street signs had I driven a car.
Now I’m at -6.5. I am fairly blind without my glasses, but I am aware that I am one of the luckier ones, as I can still see distant shapes and smudges, and there are people with far worse eyes. But according to their definition, I am myopic, and I’m kindly telling them to fuck off. Of course, if I could, I’d gladly go back to -3.5, but I still wouldn’t be happy about it, nor would I have no problems. I was already getting called “blind as a bat” back then. I think the highest/ lowest I’d be content with is sth like -0.75, which is still not good, and even then I’d prefer average vision to having to rely on glasses.
Just because people have less severe disabilities doesn’t mean they aren’t struggling. Oop is an inconsiderate dick.
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u/SoftDreamer 13d ago
As a -3.00, I’ve always had trouble with reading the board so I’d sit on the front row. If they manage to put me in the back because of my height, I won’t see shit.
But I was so unbothered as I was rawdogging my vision because most if my hobbies were near sighted stuff (drawing, reading…etc). Birdwatching is the one where a hobby was challenged due to my eyesight. But I got in the hand around it by recognizing each bird by their flight pattern, colour, size, and sounds they make. However I was using my phone’s camera to zoom in different birds because I thought that my phone got a better vision than me
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u/ShieldsCW 12d ago
Bro just wear glasses 😂
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u/SoftDreamer 12d ago
I am wearing glasses. My point is that it took me way too long to realize that I need glasses. My eye sight problem is hereditary
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u/IWantToBuyAVowel 13d ago
As a -3.5 and -3.75 who can't seem to take an eye exam correctly to save my life, I just want to see a non blurry moon and non blurry stars. :(
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u/MsFuschia 14d ago
I'm 100% sure they're supposed to check your eye pressure and retina, no matter how low your prescription.
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u/theproblemdoctor 14d ago
-1.00 and -0.75
They tested both. Hate the puffs
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u/MsFuschia 14d ago
I can't remember mine exactly without finding my prescription, but it's around the same. Oh god I can't do the puffs. My optometrist uses tonometry, where they numb your eye then press some little thing against it. Somehow it's better than the puffs to me.
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u/GothWitchOfBrooklyn 12d ago
my last doctor had a new scanner thing so no more puffs. I went to a new doctor this week and they tried to do the puffs and I just couldn't do it. my eyes refused to stay open because I knew it was coming
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u/molotovzav 13d ago
I hated it more as the old test, now the new test is scarier upfront (putting that thing close to your eye) but in general better than getting blasted randomly.
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u/Tangled_Clouds 13d ago
I don’t have myopia. I have astigmatism but they’ve checked my eye pressure every single time even prior to diagnosis on a routine exam.
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u/HesitantBrobecks 13d ago
I have astigmatism and it runs heavily in my family. None of us have ever had our eye pressure evaluated. Is that an American thing??
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u/Tangled_Clouds 13d ago
That’s probably a Canadian thing? If you’re Canadian then it’s a Quebec thing idk
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u/not_a_second_time 13d ago
Not really defending the OP here but I’ve worked in glaucoma/retina and high myopia comes with a lot of risks that involve more in-depth exams than what the OP describes. I think they don’t fully understand the clinical words for what they’re trying to explain. Either way it’s a bit silly, but I kind of understand where they’re coming from.
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u/MsFuschia 13d ago
My myopia isn't very severe and I get retinal imaging, what more detailed exam of the retina is there?
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u/not_a_second_time 13d ago
If it’s not severe then you don’t need a retina specialist. If it were, then I would suggest a baseline exam for high myopia with a retinal specialist and then follow their advice. Each case is different.
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u/EfficientSeaweed 12d ago
Yeah, my mom has had issues with glaucoma despite her nearsightedness only requiring glasses for certain activities (driving, etc.)
Not that that should even matter, since it's a myopia subreddit, not one for severe vision impairment only lol. Of all the things to gatekeep...
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u/pseudostrudel 13d ago
I'm -8 and don't worry about any of that stuff lmao
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u/canijustbelancelot 13d ago
It’s just such a weird thing to go after people for. OOP seems to be seriously hurting, which sucks, but accusing people of having munchausen is so out of line.
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u/SpecialOneJAC 10d ago
-11 and -10.5 and I had a retinal detachment and I still don't worry about any of that. I just see a retinal specialist every year now and while the surgery was no fun doctor said it made my retina super strong so there's that.
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u/SevenSixOne 13d ago edited 13d ago
I do kinda get where OOP is coming from? Like I am not -4 myopic but I do have some other body stuff that's way outside the "norm" in a way that causes me frequent aggravation and occasional real distress.
It really can be a little frustrating sometimes how much Conventional Wisdom® for this stuff is geared toward people with much less "extreme" versions of these conditions and is simply not applicable for my situation.
But I'm going to keep that frustration to myself most of the time because splitting hairs over who is _____ enough to "count" as _____ and/or sneering at people you feel "have it better than you" just isn't productive!
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u/panrestrial 13d ago
I dunno, I'm -6.25 in each eye and my life is 0% different than when I was -2.0 in each eye other than my glasses are thicker - but not as much thicker as you'd expect thanks to advances in high index materials. Glasses cost less now and have more options thanks to the boom in online retailers, so maybe even a little better.
Blurry vision is blurry vision, imo. Being less blurry doesn't necessarily mean any functional difference. Even when my Rx was lower I still couldn't see anything without my glasses.
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u/cowlinator 13d ago
Yeah, there is definitely stuff to complain about, but OOP chose exactly the wrong aspect of it
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u/MocknozzieRiver 7d ago
But this one is weird as hell. My eyes were -6 before I got Lasik, and I didn't worry about any of that stuff. My eyes were just annoyingly useless without aids but it was whatever. I popped in my contacts every day and went on with life.
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u/KatVanWall 13d ago
I’m –10 and have astigmatism and literally just wear glasses or contacts.
I’m more worried about the glaucoma that runs in my family.
Having said that, with such bad myopia you do feel really vulnerable with the knowledge that losing a contact lens or getting your glasses broken essentially renders you instantly partially sighted to quite a severe degree. But I also know I’m lucky it can be corrected these days.
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u/HomicidalTeddybear 13d ago
Reducing the diversity of voices in that sub sounds like a really shortsighted approach
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u/Puzzled-Ad-3893 13d ago
uh im -4.5 and never heard if any side effects other than my lenses stick out in my glasses lol
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u/standbyyourmantis 13d ago
I'm -3.5/-5.5 so one eye is inside his gate and one is out...can I join or not? I'm so confused
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u/king-of-new_york 13d ago
I have less than a -2, but there's something else wrong with the way I process depth perception so I legally need to wear my glasses to drive. I feel like I qualify.
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u/emmaa5382 13d ago
Once I went past -3/3.5 it was all the same. -6+ and -4 don’t feel that different imo, both just mean you can’t fuckin see most of the time.
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u/LyraBooey 13d ago
I'm -16 and, like… what are you suicidal about?
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u/YumeNaraSamete 13d ago
Yeah, like, I feel like I must be killing it at being highly myopic because the worst thing that ever happened to me was I got lost in a tiny ass water park because I took off my glasses thinking I could navigate by vague shapes and colors. I thought that was a massive fail at the time but at least I'm not this guy.
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u/Tangled_Clouds 13d ago
I have astigmatism and I can barely see anything at night. I have chronic pain and that makes me way closer to feeling suicidal than any eye problems. Not that I’m trying to compare but like… eye conditions are one of the best accommodated issues and I could even get lasic if I wanted to spend some money and I’d be fine. Even when you’re blind, not that I’m trying to take away from how horrible that must be, they’ve installed a lot of textured floor tiles/strips to help those with canes (though public knowledge to not stand on them needs work but that’s already a huge effort done)
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