I'm scared I'll go blind?!

Question

I'm 13, and I'm nearsighted. My vision keeps getting worse, will it get to a point where I can become blind?! I'm really freaking out here! I have glasses already too.

Answer 1

I'm fifteen, and I've been using glasses since I was... eleven.

It got from -1.75 from the first time I started using glasses, to -2.25 now.

Don't worry hon, I feel it too sometimes: after reading for a long time, or using the computer. You should rest your eyes very often. Don't overwork them, and DO NOT stay up late.

My eye doctor got naggy with me last week after I checked my eyes and they turned out to be -2.25 instead of the -2.00 the last time I checked it (October 2010). I told him I'd been sleeping late... and he got cross with me.

Anyways, just make sure to rest your eyes every so often, and DO NOT wear your glasses when you're reading near (books)!