Currently I'm making do with the cheap reading glasses that can be found all over the high street (which leads me to believe that many people do this in the UK) as in only the last year, I've needed to upgrade from 2x to 3x magnification - which is one of the highest. This is not really the ideal solution, but it's an economic necessity. When the 3x magnification is no longer strong enough, then I shall be well and truly in the proverbial brown and sticky stuff.
At my last eye test here in the UK (at least that was free), glaucoma was ruled out, but I failed the peripheral vision test miserably. My night vision went completely AWOL years ago. Now I technically need glasses for distance too. TV has become mostly just a moving blur (which I'd say renders it fairly pointless, except I think most of it's fairly pointless anyway) and I would not be able to drive without correction (I don't drive for many, many other reasons.)
However, some days everything remains blurred, even with glasses.
Now I can only read for a certain length of time - which varies daily from a few minutes to a few hours, though the latter is rare - and then only if the light is right. I find reading on screen a lot easier than reading a book. In fact, I've only read three books in the last 15 years because I find it so difficult to find the right light, print size, wind direction, "R" in the month, etc. And, in any case, I find it generally too painful to hold a book for long enough, because of wrist pain. And most of the time I cannot read enough at any time to retain the flow of a story. And I can only take in so much before my brain stops too, so it's impossible.
There are days when any light or moving things (even a scrolling screen) makes me dizzy and nauseous. If that gets as far as a full-blown migraine, then I can only lie flat in a darkened, quiet room until it subsides - which can take days. Other times, I can only listen to music or the TV, as long as my eyes are closed.
And on top of this, I often wake up with gritty eyes and my eyes often feel dry and burning - this is made worse by "overwork" (which can mean as little as 15 minutes) - and at some point in every single day (all day, if things are bad), I suffer such pain and discomfort in my eyes that I constantly, involuntarily blink and squint in response to the sensation of a "foreign body" in either or both.
Eye drops made little or no difference and then only temporarilly.
And every morning I wake up with gungy and sticky eyes. For this I spend a fortune on eye wipes for blepharitis, the only thing that brings any improvement.
Sufficient quantity and quality of restful sleep (I wish!) is probably the only other antidote to these symptoms, along with wearing sunglasses, avoiding bright light, taking breaks from computer and TV screens ...
Fibromyalgia and Your Eye Sight
Sufficient quantity and quality of restful sleep (I wish!) is probably the only other antidote to these symptoms, along with wearing sunglasses, avoiding bright light, taking breaks from computer and TV screens ...
Fibromyalgia and Your Eye Sight
