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by TacticalCoder 6 days ago
Like you but it began at 51 y/o. No glasses 'till 52 y/o.

We had good runs mate!

Same: presbyopia and I hate low-light now: it's just as you wrote: better acuity in bright settings. Either during day time or with proper lighting.

Still can read signs from the car (say while on the highway) before anyone else so there's that.

Can't really share any experience as I don't have a good understanding of glasses/focals.

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> Like you but it began at 51 y/o. No glasses 'till 52 y/o.

40s but it's been a slow grow. I got by on magnifiers until 50 or so.

I'm still on my original script. My indy eyeglasses guy got taken out by a hurricane and he was the last one. I can't bring myself to visit s vision mill.

I had good luck with the eye-q device, but I am unsure if it is still made or supported. If you dont have a complex scrip, it works fine. My lenses got scratched so I just ran out of luck, dont think there's much to be done with glasses for me anytime soon.

It gives you a prescription after running it 3-6 times for each eye. It is tiring but much cheaper end-to-end than going to an OD or whatever. And just get glasses online! Dont get extorted at the "vision mills"!