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NutAgain!
Trad climber
South Pasadena, CA
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Topic Author's Original Post - Jul 15, 2018 - 08:03am PT
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Seriously- not trolling!
I have had better than normal vision all my life, and now approaching 45, my arms are holding stuff farther and farther from my face. I致e had to ask my kids to read small-print labels because it blurs out if I get within two feet of my face. If I strain to look a bit closer, I can make make it focus but with a lot of eye pain.
I wonder if this is an irreversible age thing, or perhaps a mineral deficiency or too much screen time... anyone with experience reversing problems with up-close vision?
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zip
Trad climber
pacific beach, ca
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Jul 15, 2018 - 08:06am PT
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Probably around 52.
Eye exam confirmed it was time.
At 56, still fair in cracks, but couldn't see small hand or foot holds while face climbing.
Wear reading glasses when I climb both face and crack now.
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WyoRockMan
climber
Grizzlyville, WY
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Jul 15, 2018 - 08:31am PT
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46, but I'm still in denial as well.
I had thick pop-bottle lenses from about age 10 to 30. Lasik was a game changer and I've really enjoyed the last 20 years free of spectacles and the joy of perfect vision. Now that I'm needing readers, I honestly can't imagine doing anything other than succumbing to using some glasses to correct the mild farsightedness. Farsightedness is a minor annoyance compared to nearsightedness.
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the Fet
climber
Tu-Tok-A-Nu-La
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Jul 15, 2018 - 09:10am PT
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At about 40 needed 1.0. Worsened over the next 5 years or so to 2.0 and have held there.
I got some expensive readers from dr but prefer the lighter more comfy ones from Costco at 3 for $18.
Have thinoptics pinch glasses on my cell phone so I always have something.
Now they can do lasik on one eye to make it the close up eye and keep the other for distance and the brain adjusts so you have good near and far vision but it痴 expensive. Like over $10k but I値l probably still do it.
I have safety glasses and sunglasses with readers on the bottom. Both are very useful.
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crusher
climber
Santa Monica, CA
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Jul 15, 2018 - 09:24am PT
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About 47. I have to wear them over my contacts which are for anything more than a foot from my face, I知 blind! I do wear one bi-focal contact which helps (a little mono-vision) but in dim light or when I知 tired I値l wear some 1.5 drugstore readers too.
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Patrick Sawyer
climber
Originally California, now Ireland
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Jul 15, 2018 - 09:28am PT
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About 53, for reading anything close up. I do not need them for distance.
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JLP
Social climber
The internet
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Jul 15, 2018 - 09:34am PT
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Same - mid 40's. It's a lot of strain on the eye to focus on something so close, especially in poor lighting. I think resigning to some magnification sooner than later helps as does paying more attention to avoiding such situations.
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Ksolem
Trad climber
Monrovia, California
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Jul 15, 2018 - 10:16am PT
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Tack sharp more than about six feet away. 1.5 readers much closer than that since about 50. What really ticks me off is when I forget to take them into a dark restaurant, and they have their menu printed with black ink on brown paper. Why do they do that?
When the readers became a need I went to see, so to speak, an opthamologist. She set me up with real reading glasses which I use for extended periods of reading, or at the computer. Otherwise I just carry around the "cheaters."
Another thing she suggested is to exercise my eyes. When I'm sitting around on the porch or somewhere with a view, I'll focus on things at varying distances, correcting my focus as quickly as I can between things further away and closer. Not so much to rush from one object to another, just to focus fast and accurately. This works eye movement as well, though I will turn my head if I need to. If nothing else, it makes me more aware of looking at things without being lazy about focusing.
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monolith
climber
state of being
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Jul 15, 2018 - 10:29am PT
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Being near sighted has it's advantages.
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Jan
Mountain climber
Colorado & Nepal
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Jul 15, 2018 - 10:38am PT
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Mid forties for me. Now I have computer / reading glasses I wear most of the time and other glasses for driving. Both are graded.
I bought a pair of yellow plastic driving goggles which fit over my driving glasses and really help with bright oncoming traffic lights at night and have saved my life while driving during blizzards in Wyoming and Colorado.
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Jul 15, 2018 - 10:38am PT
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45....about par for the course. Thirty years later I知 using +1.75.
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WyoRockMan
climber
Grizzlyville, WY
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Jul 15, 2018 - 10:49am PT
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I find the exact opposite,
curious what kinda work you do?
readers on off on off is maddening when your trying to get some work done!
Mostly sit behind a pair of screens these days. Being severely nearsighted growing up was a real limiting factor in a lot of activities. Swimming in particular. Winter sports always meant a ton of time fartin around with eyewear. The readers seem to be a mild annoyance in comparison.
These make the on/off a bit easier.
http://www.clicmagneticglasses.com
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Jim Clipper
Gym climber
from the ground up
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Jul 15, 2018 - 11:12am PT
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Mid 40s is average. Earlier for hyperopes. Low myopes often take glasses off instead. Contacts for distance change the amount you have to focus at near. This is more significant for highly myopic patients, because Opticks. Dr. Ed could probably repeat the maths. Beyond me...
Current surgical treatment only helps low hyperopes and only for a few years. Monovision refractive surgery is an option. I suggest trying monovision contacts first. My wife has been told that bifocals contacts are better than Prozac.
When you're ready for something different, you'll know. There is no perfect solution, but fortunately there are options. OTC readers, bifocals, progressive lenses, contacts, surgery.
OTC readers are great for many. Finally, maybe don't get hung up on the numbers. If you're taller you may hold things further away. If you want to focus on things that are closer, i.e. tying on a fly, use a more plus number.
DMT: Interesting observation (seriously), never heard it before. Our professors did studies on the effects of recreational "medications" on vision. If I remember, you can see double when drinking. Still, "college" was a while ago...
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hooblie
climber
from out where the anecdotes roam
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Jul 15, 2018 - 11:33am PT
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still don't at 68. fine print in the murk? more light solves it.
too close in a confined space? ya cheaters would help and they
make crowded maps, especially aviation charts, a lot easier.
but in severe turbulence nothing much helps.
during most of my decade of marriage, health insurance companies made bank, no claims.
as divorce loomed and cobra was eating our lunch i got cranky about the lack of benefit.
so when at 49 i barely passed the vision acuity portion of the FAA
medical certificate i was shooting for (requires 20/20 or correctable to it)
i got a prescription in anticipation of the next renewal and to have
something to show for years of insurance premiums.
the doc sneered at me at me ... the "weakest script ever" he said.
the next guy that read my script made me feel a little better. "what luck" he said ...
the crossover from near to far sighted occurs at reading distance!
this is all greek to me, i don't really know what i'm talking about, never been back.
the little baby cataracts that were mentioned must be no more than toddlers by now.
still passing drivers exams without correction, but i know it's just by a smidge.
i wear the spoils of the scam just to emphasize a certain likeness to my hero
grandpa jones
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rgold
Trad climber
Poughkeepsie, NY
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Jul 15, 2018 - 01:19pm PT
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Like most of the others, mid-forties for me. Now been wearing graduated bifocals for thirty years. They aren't ideal for climbing, but I've managed.
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clinker
Trad climber
Santa Cruz, California
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Jul 15, 2018 - 01:28pm PT
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Mid thirties for me. My T level dropped substantially after 40. I'm only good for twice a day now.
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ground_up
Trad climber
mt. hood /baja
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Jul 15, 2018 - 01:35pm PT
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really noticed at 46-47 , does seem to be about par.
Only need readers now but gotta have em'. Anyone else
need ten pairs cuz' you always misplace them ?
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Batrock
Trad climber
Burbank
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Jul 15, 2018 - 01:43pm PT
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45 I started noticing I was having issues reading.
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