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Seconding the recommendation for getting "task glasses". It is probably the single most impactful change one can make.

I ordered a pair (via Zenni, just some regular polycarbonate lenses) that are at just the right optical power such that if I fully relax my eyes, objects 1 metre away are in focus. When my monitor is that far away, it's at optical infinity and very comfortable to look at for long stretches. It's a very noticeable difference: on the occasions that I forgot to put the task glasses on and wear my normal glasses by mistake, my eyes almost always end up feeling sore after a few hours.

I'm tempted to get another pair at 50 cm for laptop and phone use.



How do you calculate this? Is it based on your previous prescription somehow, or does it require another optometrist appointment?


Just add diopters to the SPH (sphere) portion of your prescription, there is a formula 1/diopters to get your desired focal plane: +1 for 1 meter away, +1.25 for 0.8 meters, etc




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