Nearsighted and questions?

Question

i have been nearsighted since 10. and now its getting worse each year. Right now i know im 650 and 700 degrees on my eyes. I also have a floater in my right eye.

i was just wondering if im going to turn blind soon? i am very scared. I wonder if myopia stops after u get older, cause ppl told me when u turn 20s it slows down. ( im 18) .

whats the worst an eye can get?

Im kinda of freaked out right now.

Other than eye exercises what can i do to slow it down?

should i stop playing video games and watch less TV?

help

Answer 1

I would go to an optometrist and let them test your eyes and see if you need glasses because i have 20/40 vision and myopia in one eye and in my second eye i have 20/20 vision i would go get tested on your vision... and you can't really slow it down....but if you don't take care of it other eye problems can happen... be careful

Answer 2

I can only answer based on my own experiences. I, too, started noticing that I was nearsighted when I was 10 years old. It got progressively worse until I was well into my 20s, when it seemed to stabilize. Now that I'm in my late 40s, it seems to be getting worse again. Probably because of it, I have not had the problems with presbyopia that most people my age have. I don't need reading glasses and can see very well close up without any glasses at all.

Answer 3

I really hope that when you see your eye doctor that he dilates your eyes and looks for a detached retina.  A detached retina is very bad.

If you have never had your eyes dilated, please schedule an appointment with an eye group and have that done.  Most optometrists will even do it automatically when your sight is really bad.

I mention this because of what you said about a "floater" in your right eye.  Definitely mention that to your doctor.

As for slowing it down...that is a tricky question.  Reading, watching TV, and really everything that humans today do can strain the eyes and cause the condition to worsen.  Human beings really aren't designed to do the repetitive tasks that we do every day.  We certainly weren't designed to look at panels spewing light out of them with small text in black all day and night long.  Refraining from these things, or varying them, such as taking breaks frequently or looking out in the distance tends to help with eye strain and may help the vision problem from worsening too fast.

Also, making sure your eyeglass/contact prescription is up to date helps.  If you're not wearing the right prescription then everything you're looking at can be straining your eyes and worsening the problem.

Anyway, my end suggestion is to definitely see your eye doctor and ask him/her these questions.  They will be glad to answer them.