My eyes are thankfully feening a lot better today. I don't feel any sort of bressure when I look at dim screens. My eyes were super light sensiteve when they were first recovering and I'm glad to know that they're doing a lot better after drinking lots of water, keeping my screen brightness down and taking breaks with my tech. I'm leaving tommarow afternoon with my mom to go to Duke Eye Center so that we can hve a quick check up Thursday morning. We'd rather be safe then sorry right? I really don't think It's anything big but we might as well go just in case. I'm sure we'll be in and out with a few helpfulll tips on how to keep my eyes healthy.
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@Lizguy74 Once more: I'm not a medical professional, 'but...'
I just remembered it was Halloween in some places, recently... This is kind of a wild guess, but 'eating tons of "sugars"' can also mess up the human body in various ways. That includes regular sugar, corn starch, corn syrup, ascorbic acid / ascorbate, and countless other substances the food industry _loves_ to use 'because they increase sales'...
How much "sugar" your body can 'take' and how much you're 'used to' are two different matters. When I talk to others, I often get the impression that people will think "I have bad skin and fingernails" and "I sometimes casually eat 3 candy bars a day" as unrelated topics - so I thought it may be worth bringing up.
I know about the stuff in the US food industry. It’s ridiculous. Apparently a lot of our food tastes differently because of it. I don’t regularly eat many candies. This stuff is very interesting to hear about though. I’d love to keep in touch with you so we could talk about other crazy things we know about! :)
@Lizguy74 To stay honest here: I mainly gave you a lot of information because it was kind of an emergency and I know how scary the possibility of losing (part of) your eyesight can be.
Most of the knowledge I have is not hard to come by. Documentaries are a great help ('actual' documentaries - not people who want to "explain" to you how satanist control the US government or that the earth is flat [Eff my life, why...?!]). Other than that, Wikipedia has become very reliable and trustworthy in the last decade.
And of course you could always ask your parents and teachers/professors/etc. about stuff. Adults just tend to know a lot of stuff. Not stuff that's always 'relevant', but still 'lots and lots' of it. ;)
Though i always on my phone 24/7, but i always maintain how i used my phone, and now my eyes are now get used to my phone screen
Yeah, I agree. It’s just that my eyes got sore and light sensitive because I wasn’t drinking enough water. I’m doing a lot better now though.
Yatsufusa
It's hard for people on the internet to give advice on that. You already have eye drops, iirc, so... Drink enough water (a good advice in 99% of cases), avoid strongly salted/spiced food for a while. Don't sit directly in an air draft from a window or fan. If you're feeling tired, take rests. It you 'don't' feel tired, but have been staring at a screen for nearly 2 hours, take a break and do something else. Avoid dusty rooms. If you feel the air in your bedroom is too dry, put a small bowl half-full with water on the radiator (not if it's electric, though) - but air out the room at least once a day (ideally 3 times a day) if you do so - to not get mold. Also: If you ride a bike to school (or elsewhere), consider goggles.
When it comes to goggles some trial and error might be involved. For example: I a relative does some welding, they will likely have a set or small welding goggles where you can take out the black glass and replace it with clear glass (that came with the the goggles originally). _But_ those are likely a model that restricts your field of view, which brings with it far greater danger.
Same with swimming goggles.
What you would be looking for would essentially be a 'visor' or 'safety glasses' like stylish scientists wear. ;) The following model was chosen for illustrative purposes. I have no personal experience with that model and I would urge you not to buy on amazon, because that company is mistreating its workers on a scale that would have given Hitler some new ideas...: https://www.amazon.com/Transparent-Chemical-Resistant-Anti-Scratch-Anti-Dust/dp/B08662R88L
'If you're a dog by any chance', you should use these: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:German_Sheppard_w_doggles.jpg ;)
Other than that, it might be best to wait until you speak with a medical professional on Thursday morning. Not only do they have a ton of expertise that gamers, dogs, and artists (AKA "us!") are missing, they can also ask you and your parents a ton of personal questions and treat the answers confidentially. ;)
Lizguy74
Yeah, I’ve been drinking a lot of water and keeping my screen very dim. I think I’ll be fine in the long run. I’ll still take a lot of that advice. The good news is that I know for a fact that my eyes are healing. The same thing happened to me last year were my eyes got dehydrated and because of how sensitive they were, I started to see floaters. I got my eyes checked and realized that it’s a part of the healing process for me. Although it also could have been a bad sign, it wasn’t in the end. I have faith that this is the same situation. Considering that my eyes haven’t been feeling sore or tired today. They’re still a little light sensitive because of the fact that they’re healing but those two things shouldn’t last much longer.