I used to have eagle eyes, and I still do at distance, but I've steadily had to hold things farther away over the last few years. My keyboard keys are hazy now, which is concerning. I'm also finding I have to use my inspection visor for certain gun work now and I really don't like that.

Has anyone recovered their near sight with vitamins or any supplement?

TIA-

Tony.

Nope, it's a one way ticket to corrective lenses!

I used to have 20/10, and I basically still have 20/20 at distance, but now I need glasses to see any detail inside 15 ft. Working under the car became a BIG challenge as I couldn't get far enough away to see anything. Now I have full-lens magnifier safety glasses I use whenever I'm working on anything.

For everyday, normal activities I have two sets of Progressives; one for office/computer (larger mid-focal length area) activities, and one for more typical everyday wear (larger distance focal length area) that work better for outdoors & driving. It SUCKS getting old...

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I'm pretty sure the answer is "no".

Unless there's laser surgery specifically for "gettin' old".

It sucks, my friend... It sucks. I went to the eye dr because things were getting blurry as well. She ran me through the tests, made sure I didn't have any damage, anything related to diabetes or something like that. In the end, she laughed, told me "getting old sucks!" And handed me a post-it-note with my prescription. "1.25" and said walk down the block to the corner drug store.

"Cheaters"! Walmart/Sam's Club/Target they have 4 packs for a decent price. Home Depot ones aren't that durable. Office Depot & Staples have them and ones that are a little more "fashionable".

I think mine are from "Grey Matter", a little more expensive, but durable.

Start at 1.25, see what they're doing for you, you can always go up to a 1.5...

(BTW- the front sight with your glasses on will look much better )

Befors I had cataract surgery, I was using multiple pairs of glasses for various distances, 1.25 for computer/reading up to 3.5 for close up soldering and other minute work. Amazon has cheaters, 4 for $10 or less that are perfectly fine, no need to visit an optician and pay a hundred bucks just for the damn frames.

Not a great situation, but better than my co-worker who couldn't focus on anything farther away than about four inches. He would take his glasses off and hold a circuit board right up against his nose to check the traces, or read the printing. Drove me a little crazy to see it. I don't know if aging has changed anything, he's about the right age for that to start happening if it does.

I will say this - A few years back, on a whim, I did a 20 gram/day keto diet for a month. Stuck to it strictly. The last week or two of it, I noticed my presbyopia was markedly improved. I didn't, however, continue with it as I was losing too much weight, and my vision subsequently returned to its previous state.

After doing some research, there is evidence to show that a low/no sugar low/no carb diet will improve the condition.

no, cataract surgery got me back to 20/20 both eyes!!

For most of my adult life I had so-called “monovision” which meant I had very good distant vision in my right eye and I was nearsighted in my left. Even as I aged I could see well both far and near. In time, however, my right eye vision deteriorated to the point I couldn’t focus on anything without glasses and my left eye changed to farsightedness. I therefore had to start using glasses for reading and all close work.

When being evaluated for cataract surgery recently, I told the doctor I wanted a return to my monovision: good distant vision in my dominant eye, and the ability to read with my left. He told me that would be possible, but probably not good enough to make out 8-point King James Bible text. After surgery in my right eye that returned me to 20/20 and the somewhat less good natural distant vision of my left, though, I’ve changed my mind. When I have the left eye done, it will be with the hopes of its being as good for distant vision as my right. I will just continue using glasses for reading and close work; if that were the only accommodation I had to make for being much closer to 80 years old than 70, I’d be ecstatic.

In other words, it’s evidently possible to have two different lenses for the two eyes, and I myself would probably be fine with my original plan. But many (most?) people who are not accustomed to monovision may have significant problems adjusting to the differences in focus distances. If you have or when you develop cataracts, it could be something to discuss, however.

I stopped wearing glasses to correct my distance vision at around age 62 .I didn't do anything special . One day I noticed that I could see the TV better without them . My close up vision sucks though .

I’d recommend you make an appointment for an exam with an eye doctor, just to be sure there’s nothing other than aging causing your issue. Chances are good that’s all it is, but some of the other possibilities are pretty serious, and can benefit from early intervention.

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Befors I had cataract surgery, I was using multiple pairs of glasses for various distances,

What architect says above. You have to wait until cataract surgery.

I have astigmatism, hyperopia (farsighted) and presbyopia. I have all types of glasses to see at various distances. Both my parents who have had cataract surgery and my children laugh at me.

I consider myself extremely fortunate to be able to tolerate both progressive lenses and traditional bi-focal lenses without issue.

Pilocarpine is the generic for Vuity. It’s a once/twice a day drop that restores your vision without readers.
It constricts your pupil, causing your vision to “restore” for up to 12 hours.

I was in denial and only wearing readers until 58-2 yrs ago. Progressive lenses fixed my issues. Vitamins, carrots, didn't fix it.

We are children of Father Time and Mother Nature. Your corneas harden with age making them less able to be manipulated by the tiny muscles that used to allow changes in focus. There isn’t any way to upgrade oem equipment to get them back to original.

I wear 3m Nuvo readers for upclose reading and fine work. They come in different magnifications, pick one. They are a shy cloddy with thick frames and side Shields. The poly lenses get cleaned with soft facial tissue as they scratch easy. Lowes has them at $11.00 per pair. My friend here is almost 84 years old and has perfect vision while my 65 year old eyes aren't so good.

FWIW, it’s the lens inside the eye that changes shape with the actions of the muscles to focus on objects at different distances, not the cornea.

https://www.aao.org/museum-eye...s/how-does-eye-focus

But yes, the lens hardens with age and is less able to change shape for different focus distances.

Thanks for the input! I'll hold out as much as I can on readers but accept fate when it comes to it.

Tony.

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For everyday, normal activities I have two sets of Progressives; one for office/computer (larger mid-focal length area) activities, and one for more typical everyday wear (larger distance focal length area) that work better for outdoors & driving. It SUCKS getting old...

This one time, at Costco.......


Same, had Lasik several years ago to correct astigmatism, 15 + years without glasses or contacts, they told me I'd still need reading glasses.

I have the daily non computer progressives and a set for the computer/up close work.

I’m in the same boat

Used to have eagle eyes up close and at distance and still do at distance but my up close vision is getting bad. I can’t even read the directions on a bottle of medicine anymore without reading glasses.

It sucks but that’s what happens when you get older, eye doc told me it’s very common after age 40, for me it started around age 47