Re:Mental speed is high until age sixty
by walterbell on Monday April 18, 2022 @08:36AM
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This may be of interest, but vision therapy requires an order of magnitude more time/effort than buying expensive progressive lenses, https://www.visionsofjoy.org/pdfs/RayGottliebPresbyopia.pdf. Another option is monovision, which can sometimes occur as a natural adaptation, https://www.allaboutvision.com/contacts/monovision.htm.
You're right at the typical age to get bifocal glasses. For nearsighted/farsighted it's the shape of a person's eye as they grow. For close up text it's the flexibility of the eye that is the problem.
I managed to get to age 53 before needing bifocal glasses but I really should have had bifocals around age 47. Books were OK at age 46 but getting hard to read at 47. My phone screen was the final straw when I had to hold it with my arm nearly completely stretched.
Once you get them you realize it's not the "light is too dim", it's not "they make text too damn small these days!", or the font style, it's your eyes. With bifocal glasses (or just reading glasses) it's amazing to see small text again.
Fortunately I'm rather optimistic, as I think I have a relatively good energy level for people my age. In fact, I can still party until 3 AM and go to work the next day (although not for several consecutive days, like when I was 20...).