<p>I recently found out that I will be needing glasses for my myopia. I'm a junior in high school and I suspect that the condition was caused by all the reading/studying I've been doing. Have any of you experienced the same thing? Do you think my condition will worsen in college?</p>
<p>I’ve had myopia since 2nd grade. For me, it’s pretty much genetic, since everyone in my family has nearsightedness.</p>
<p>I’ve had myopia since third grade, and like the poster above, it’s genetic for me. It does worsen, but it takes years. It also depends on the person. (My eyesight is the most horrible out of my family.) There’s always Lasik, which I plan to do sometime in the future.</p>
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<p>I found out I was myopic about the time I went to get my drivers license. Glasses ever since (though it’s a mild prescription…though I do have a night restriction). Wanna get contacts, eventually. Glasses irritate my nose too much.</p>
<p>Since middle school :)</p>
<p>7th grade I had to get glasses. I only wore them when I needed to. Otherwise, I really just hated wearing them. Eye contacts irritate my eyes really bad.</p>
<p>I still only wear my glasses when I need to, which is only when I need to see the board. The eye doctor told me my vision hasn’t changed at all since I was a teenager.</p>
<p>Contacts won’t fit in my eyes</p>
<p>Needed glasses since the 11th. Eyes keep getting worse and worse. I only wear it when I have to see the board. Never tried contacts…</p>
<p>Skimmed recently an article about the deterioration in distance vision among
young people specifically. Too much indoors. Too much reading of screens, types, books, etc. Not enough taking in of outdoor vistas. </p>
<p>Makes sense, doesn’t it?</p>
<p>I have terrible vision like everyone else in my family. Needed glasses since fourth grade, same age as my parents and sister. Now I’ve got terrible eyes. I wear glasses or contacts depending on how lazy I am in the morning.</p>
<p>Actually, I don’t buy the argument above. It probably has more to do with the fact that we can correct it now which is why the gene stays in the gene pool in larger numbers. It also probably has to do with the fact that more people are diagnosed now, and earlier on, than in the past.</p>
<p>definitely didn’t think this thread was going to be about eyes when I clicked on it</p>
<p>I’ve worn glasses since I was three years old, and I probably needed them sooner but we just didn’t know. Must have been all that studying and gaming I did in utero. :P</p>
<p>My prescription is something like -9.5. Thankfully I like wearing my glasses. They don’t hurt your face if they fit and are structured properly for your face.</p>
<p>OP: My vision got worse and worse every year until I was around college aged. My vision has been leveling off since then and changing less. I think at this age, our eyes don’t typically change very much. I wouldn’t be worried. College will not make you go blind.</p>
<p>Reading (even in the dark) wont damage your eyes. It is a misconception. Look for articles and not yahoo answers or just talk to your eye doctor; they will tell you the same thing. Bottomline: dont worry about it.</p>
<p>Edit: your eyes could get worse but that wont be from reading</p>
<p>If you focus on one thing for a long time, your eyes get damaged. So, when watching TV, playing games, reading books take a break every 15 min or so. Staying outdoors also helps.</p>
<p>It’s all here in Science News, February 9, 2013:</p>
<p>[Urban</a> Eyes | Science & Society | Science News](<a href=“http://www.sciencenews.org/view/feature/id/347738/description/Urban_Eyes]Urban”>http://www.sciencenews.org/view/feature/id/347738/description/Urban_Eyes)</p>
<p>I have had myopia and an astigmatism since I was four years old.</p>
<p>I’ve had myopia since first grade. My mom said that I was nearsighted because I read in the dark a lot, but I figured it was something else.</p>
<p>I study a lot, but if you take care of your eyes (look out of the window every hour or so, don’t spend too much time at your computer, etc.) your eyes will remain healthy. If you get short-sighted it means that your overall health is not strong. Try doing sports, especially swimming (it relaxes your muscles and doesn’t cause eye strain) for two hours every day, and your eyes won’t get worse. If you go on the way you are they will get worse in college.</p>
<p>I needed glasses since 8th grade, but my prescription was so light that I was able to get through fine without them. It was probably the later part of 10th grade/sophomore year of high school that my eyesight dropped and I started to need them more often. I think mine might also be genetic just because almost every single person in my family on both of my parents side had bad eyesight.</p>