Things I wish I knew before. . .

My last update about my experience trying to reverse my myopia was about 20+ months ago. For previous posts about my experience, please see: my first post and my first update. Today my 2nd update, in short, is that my vision still seems to be improving, but the improvement is quite slow when averaged out over 3.5 years – a 1.50 diopter improvement total in each eye when measured by my contact lens RX. See below for an updated chart and further notes about my experience:

Eye Exam Date	Glasses RX (from optometrist)	Contact Lens RX (from optometrist)	My Reduced Glasses RX for reversing myopia during this time
October 2018	Corrected to see 20/15: R: -8.00 w -0.50 astigmatism L: -6.25 w -0.50 astigmatism	Corrected to see 20/20: R: -7.50 L: -6.50	I first started wearing reduced lens June 2019: R: -7.25 w -0.50 astigmatism L: -6.00 w -0.50 astigmatism
End of Sept 2019	Corrected to see 20/15: R: -8.00, no more astigmatism L: -6.25 w -0.50 astigmatism Corrected to see just up to 20/20: R: -7.5, no more astigmatism L: -5.75 w -0.50 astigmatism	Corrected to 20/20: R: -7.00 L: -6.00	In October 2019, I started wearing: R: -7.25  L: -6.00
Early August 2020	Corrected to see 20/15: R: -7.5 L: -5.75 w -0.50 astigmatism Corrected to see just up to 20/20: R: -7 L: -5.75 (no astigmatism correction)	Corrected to 20/20: R: -6.50 L: -5.25	In March 2020, I started wearing:R: -7.00 L: -5.75
Nov 2021	Corrected to see 20/20 R: -6.75 w -0.25 astigmatism L: -5.75	Corrected to 20/20: R: -6.25 L: -5:25	In December 2021, I started wearing glasses: R: -6.50 L: -5.25 Contacts: R: -6.00 L: -5.00
July 2022 (haven’t visited optometrist yet	Not available yet	Seeing 20/20 with: R: -6.00 L: -5.00

Notes on My Recent Experience with Reversing Myopia:

• As I continue to reduce my glasses and contact RXs, my close vision seems to benefit so I still have no major need for bifocals or readers while most people my age are starting to have more trouble with small print.
• I think I had trouble improving my right eye in years 2020 to 2021 because contact lenses above -6.00 don’t come in increments of -0.25, and so my left eye was always doing the heavy lifting. Finally, I tried reducing my left eye to match the blur in my right eye. I first started wearing contacts at the reduced lens of -6 and -5 in December 2021, seeing about 20/40. Things were slightly blurrier than I would like then, so I actually wore glasses with a -.25  lens for driving at night. Although that felt silly, it allowed me to wear contacts and get through the transition while my eyes slowly improved which took about 3-4 months to seeing 20/20 in daylight. I still don’t see 20/20 in dim lighting nor at nighttime. I haven’t measured it, but signs and people’s faces over 20 ft away are just slightly blurrier.
• I haven’t done print pushing (Todd Becker method) or active focus (Jake Steiner method) consciously. My computer screen sits over 90cm from my eyes when I am working and when I’m outside, I make a conscious effort to constantly check how well I can read signs or see activities taking place at a distance. Maybe someone could improve faster with a more concerted effort, but at the moment I’m satisfied with the slow change with seemingly little effort.
• Interesting comment from my optometrist: He said that young people tend to want to see super clear and their young eyes are able to do so. As a result, during a manual refraction, they will tend to pick the higher powers – this tends to lead to overcorrection in prescriptions.