It is close up that takes your refraction down - in the first place. Wearing a minus lens, just moves all work closer. That minus does make recovery extremely slow, at best. Gem, I admire your efforts!
I get a 15 minute break in the middle of my 4 hours of work in the morning. Then I have an hour lunch and try to spend 30-40 minutes outside. Then I have another 15 minute break in the afternoon. Then after work I try to get outside right away for anywhere between 15-45 minutes or more. This works well for me. Weekends are great for 3 hour long activities outside or driving and doing errands to get distance vision time.
@sutnev7970 I started to see slight improvements. The problem is I haven't kept up the good habits long enough for any improvement to be permanent. Bad habits like being on cell phone screen too much can keep me from improving too.
@sutnev7970 Also, I wear weaker lenses, so I see just the slightest blur. I also wear lenses for working on a computer that are much weaker so I see a small amount of blur. For me, that is about 1.75 weaker than my distance glasses. I wear about -6.25 for distance and -4.50 for computer and other close-up activities. It takes time and effort to get started and choose the right lens strengths. When I started, I made mistakes and wore lenses that were too weak, and things were too blurry. Jake Steiner and his Endmyopia UA-cam and Website are such a good resource. I follow what he says to do. I hope I can learn to keep up good habits and minimize bad habits so I can see significant improvements and get down to -5.00 from -6.25.
Hi Gem, I know you do not believe it, but I check my Snellen and REFRACTIVE state myself, because I do not trust the standard habitual over prescription. One person here,posted a -2 D prescription. When he checked his Snellen, he could read the 20/40 line. This is where I wore a +2 d, for all close work, and got from 20/30, to 20/20 range. The plus lens, gets rid of the effect of 2 years of close work. People and Jake complain.about the close work. Then they do nothing about it! Then they want an OD to do everything for you.
I've found that, despite having to sit at my work computer for 6 hours (with breaks), after I leave work and put my normalised glasses on, I can see much clearer than I do in the morning. I think moving my PC to a distance where I'm nearly always at the edge of blur has helped. P.S. Thanks Gemily for the weekly videos. Definitely helps keep me motivated to continue on my EM journey.
@@bigfeetentertainment5473 I found it strange too because it's not the same when I work from home. And it's because of this that I now choose to work in the office on my work from home days. I think having a desk and a PC at work is better than working on a laptop at home, because the PC is positioned at the edge of blur, whereas I can easily move my laptop or unknowing move closer because I don't have a desk at home.
@@bigfeetentertainment5473 I'm now wondering if sitting at edge of blur (when I'm at office) has the same effect as print pushing, i.e. just the right amount of myopic defocus to stimulate eyes.
What kids do; 8:00 This is why their refraction goes down at a rate of -0.75 Diopters per year. (Virtually all of them, statistically.) Gem, that is an excellent APP you posted.
Çocuğum 11 yaşında -1.25 sağ göz sol -0.75 miyop 6 ay önce kontrolde... Egzersizler sonrasında gözlerini sık sık kırpma, kısma daha önce uzak mesafeden okuduğu küçük yazıları okumada zorlanma yaşıyor bazen gözleri sulanınca net gördüğünü söylüyor. dr. Gözlük vermedi.. tavsiyeniz nedir plus lens miyop tedavisine faydasını olur mu şuan teknoloji kısıtlama yapıyoruz ( telefon bilgisayar. ..)
That myopia app is interesting, the community will certainly benefit from you sharing that. So many times i have seen ppl ask fro stuff like that! Another great video 😁 hope your holiday is lovely.
@@jamesberg2226 thank your for your concern I am confident Jake knows I'm still at it but I have had some set backs including some health related stuff so no update at the moment. Hopefully Spring will bring a different story.
Getting rid of the close work, wearing a plus lens, is how you PREVENT ENTRY INTO MYOPIA. When you can still read tje 20/60 line. It is difficult, but science based.
Gemily thank you very much for your videos, this one in particular. I'd say it is very EM-lightening ;) ... I have been with EM for a year or more but it seems I haven't improved even a little, which is quite depressing and embarrassing in front of people around you who are non-believers about myopia reversal. I have seen your earlier videos where you talk about your own improved vision and systematic reductions that you have done. I'd like to know where are you in your journey - how long it has been and an overall reduction of how many diopters? I am a believer, but I'm sure I've been doing something wrong which is why I haven't improved at all. Kindly EM-lighten more if you can, what I may be doing wrong in the process. I will really appreciate any inputs from you. Thank you, once again! Cheers :) - Pritish
I have a question. What is better: doing smth dynamic in close up at around 50-100 cms(like washing the dishes for ex.) or watching tv 3-4 meters away but when your eyes dont move much?
I have to go to school so does studying for too long is also bad? Also I can't wear differentials on some lessons cause I have to look arh the blackboard. Is this bad?
.....so when you say distance, you don't mean the leafy greens in the background in your video? ok, don't mind me, I'm just been goofy, I need to place a distance object that I like looking at and I do like green plants :)
Hi, hope u ar great. I want to ask something. So a few days back I went to the eye doctor and asked to measure my eyesight. Though I couldn't see anything on the Snellen chart I still managed to read the 3 line ( one of the reason I think is I had cilliary spasm back then so I thought perhaps that's the reason I can't see better). Then the doctor game me -2 for both eyes which were previously -2.5 for right and -2 for left. Now after using this for a few month I saw that my previous glasses ar too sharp for me but gives me crystal clear vision wheareas this new glasses gives me a slightly blurry line. So I want to ask am I doing this right?
Hello sister I am a 16 year old boy plsss I need your help in 2021 July I started endmyopia active focusing to bring my eyesight to 20/20...I did rigorously for 10 days but then I started seeing 2 moons and difficulty while driving at night ...when I blink at night all the lights from the headlights are being projected into my eyes ...I have left endmyopia since then because it's impacting my studies...pls sister I trusted you because you were kind and upto the topic ...but now I realise that if I would have listened to opticians I would have not faced such difficulties...pls my condition is very bad I am taking rest and not applying pressure to my eyes and wearing 4.5 minus glasses on my eyes ...MY QUESTION IS ... WILL MY DOUBLE VISION AND DIFFICULTY WHILE DRIVING GET CURED....PLSS ANSWER ANSWER ANSWER MY LIFE IS GETTING RUIN....😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😢
Double vision is part of the improvement. It's gonna take years to eventually get to "perfect" eyesight. So don't just expect to get all the progress and improvement without putting some thinking effort into it and don't expect everybody to have all the answers for you. Plus, you're only doing it for 10 days and probably incorrectly, so give your eyes a bit of a break maybe and actually try to relax them, then it'll probably get better eventually
Hello Gemily! So recently I've been able to see things slightly clearer now after about a month of distance vision and active focusing. My left eye which is my weaker is able to see slightly clearer now while my right eye which has a -1 cylinder prescription is still the same. However, I still am unable to get reduced lenses by any means. My qn is, do I just go without my spectacles or do I still wear my full 20/20 prescription? Also what do I do about my non-lens induced astigmatism? It is in the eye with no spherical prescription. I read some articles on endmyopia and it can't can't reversed?
Hi. I'm new to your channel. How many diopters did you decreased with the EM Method? Hearing people's improvement motivates me (I am already seeing improvement for me)
When I started I was wearing -3. Now wearing -2. I was down to -1.5, but then I plateaued, so I bumped the correction back up for a while to give my eyes a chance to work out whatever was holding them back. So only a diopter, but I have optometrist verified improvements, and I i have had some time off to write my Masters Thesis. It is such a big difference - I went from not being able to find my glasses without my glasses and having to put them on as soon as I woke up, to being able to function fine without them around the house if I want. The blur is no longer closing in on me. What is your starting point?
@@GemilyMez i am so happy for you. I started with -9.00 left eye and -10.00 right eye with glasses and -8.00/-9.00 with contact lenses. I literally gave up with my vision and thought that it would get worse and worse. But now I am wearing -8.50 left eye and -9.00 right eye glasses (my previous ones) and I see ok with both eyes and 20/20 with my left eye. I also ordered -8.50 contact lens for my right eye and I see alright. So I've made little improvements. The bad thing is that I have too much floaters :( I don't know how to get rid of them.
@@karinag53this is really good. How is it going? I have similar myopia and really bad floaters, they get in my vision and make making changes difficult 😢
mam I am seeing slight two moons after wearing spectacles...but I have difficulty while driving at night...pls I have consulted top eye doctor but everything is okay according to them...I just want to know will my eye get better if I rest my eyes...I have not practiced active focus since 3 months ....but I feel slight pain in my eye ...do you feel difficulty while driving at night as you are practicing active focus ...how long does it take to resolve...pls share your experience with me my life is ruining I am becoming abnormal....I am in 10th grade and very depressed
@Gemily Mez sister I have left this active focus now will I regain my bad vision with few months or days....I am satisfied wearing spectacles...I just did active focus for try...now I am seeing rainbow around lights but as per ophthalmologist everything is fine....still a lot of complications...due to active focus...pls tell me will these complications resolve within few weeks or months as per your experience
After doing 3 hours of closeup i do 1 hour distance time with my full prescription... Or should i do without glasses? 🤔 (my eyesight Left -2, Right -2.5)
Close up with differentials (about 1 to 1.5 diopters weaker than full correction). For the distance vision break, wear normalised (about 0.25 diopters less than full correction).
There is no simple time frame - it depends on you: your habits, your biology. Please look at these resources that I have looked up for you. endmyopia.org/double-vision-dont-try-endmyopia/
Hi Gem, Close up work, wiped our my vision. I hope that scientific truth, did not happen to you. I do my best to get people to stop that devastating habit. "Creeping forward", started wiping out our distance vision, aa soon as we started doing it.
hey gemily i wanted to know one thing- can hyperopia people also increase their power like people myopians over the year, i am actually asking this for my father as i am also worried about him, he has been wearing glasses for about 10 years and when we last time went for a check up- it was something +1.75, +1.75 in 10 years, so just wanted to ask about it
it is really nice that you are doing this for your father but realistically 1.75 in 10 years is super impressive and while hyperopia is different from myopia this is amazing. I personally went form 20/20 to -2.75 in 4 years
Just sit at a good comfortable distance. 70-80 cm would probably be good. Make sure you take breaks, since for you there isn't the same blur challenge for close up that higher myopes can use.
The one that will make you want to look at it least. Rather than a better screen, how about trying to switch your existing phone screen to black and white? Much less attractive to look at then. I find it very helpful.
@@GemilyMez i hav grayscale mode. but myopia app not gives closer viewing warning in my current phone. so im going for new one with amoled display and bigger screen. its good if its too repulsive but still for urgent works we can go for soothing screens that may help
I'm in great need of ending my myopia. I've been very loosely following Jake for like 3 years (totally a back-burner thing, as I'm sure it is for many procrastinators), and the big question I've come to is this: when I get to the eye doctor for the new glasses that I need (current ones are 27 years old and I accidentally modified the shape when I had to resurface them), how do I ask for a second prescription for 3ft/1m glasses for working at the desk? Are optometrists willing to do this? And the same question goes for reducing diopters gradually. Will the doctor look at me like I'm a nutter?
It is close up that takes your refraction down - in the first place.
Wearing a minus lens, just moves all work closer. That minus does make recovery extremely slow, at best.
Gem, I admire your efforts!
I get a 15 minute break in the middle of my 4 hours of work in the morning. Then I have an hour lunch and try to spend 30-40 minutes outside. Then I have another 15 minute break in the afternoon. Then after work I try to get outside right away for anywhere between 15-45 minutes or more. This works well for me. Weekends are great for 3 hour long activities outside or driving and doing errands to get distance vision time.
Did you get any improvements by doing this?
@sutnev7970 I started to see slight improvements. The problem is I haven't kept up the good habits long enough for any improvement to be permanent. Bad habits like being on cell phone screen too much can keep me from improving too.
@sutnev7970 Also, I wear weaker lenses, so I see just the slightest blur. I also wear lenses for working on a computer that are much weaker so I see a small amount of blur. For me, that is about 1.75 weaker than my distance glasses. I wear about -6.25 for distance and -4.50 for computer and other close-up activities.
It takes time and effort to get started and choose the right lens strengths. When I started, I made mistakes and wore lenses that were too weak, and things were too blurry.
Jake Steiner and his Endmyopia UA-cam and Website are such a good resource. I follow what he says to do. I hope I can learn to keep up good habits and minimize bad habits so I can see significant improvements and get down to -5.00 from -6.25.
Hi Gem,
In objective science, there is no doubt.
Long term close work, wipe out our distant vision.
Hi Gem,
I know you do not believe it, but I check my Snellen and REFRACTIVE state myself, because I do not trust the standard habitual over prescription.
One person here,posted a -2 D prescription.
When he checked his Snellen, he could read the 20/40 line.
This is where I wore a +2 d, for all close work, and got from 20/30, to 20/20 range.
The plus lens, gets rid of the effect of 2 years of close work.
People and Jake complain.about the close work.
Then they do nothing about it!
Then they want an OD to do everything for you.
I've found that, despite having to sit at my work computer for 6 hours (with breaks), after I leave work and put my normalised glasses on, I can see much clearer than I do in the morning. I think moving my PC to a distance where I'm nearly always at the edge of blur has helped.
P.S. Thanks Gemily for the weekly videos. Definitely helps keep me motivated to continue on my EM journey.
That is excellent! A wonderful sign that you are practising good close up habits!! So glad I can help keep your motivation up. :D
thats nuts lmao. I do that also but my vision is always like .25 diopters better in the morning than at night after work
@@bigfeetentertainment5473 I found it strange too because it's not the same when I work from home. And it's because of this that I now choose to work in the office on my work from home days. I think having a desk and a PC at work is better than working on a laptop at home, because the PC is positioned at the edge of blur, whereas I can easily move my laptop or unknowing move closer because I don't have a desk at home.
@@bigfeetentertainment5473 I'm now wondering if sitting at edge of blur (when I'm at office) has the same effect as print pushing, i.e. just the right amount of myopic defocus to stimulate eyes.
What kids do;
8:00
This is why their refraction goes down at a rate of -0.75 Diopters per year.
(Virtually all of them, statistically.)
Gem, that is an excellent APP you posted.
Yes Brown! You are right. Gem is one of a kind!
@@jamesberg2226 Hi Goldberg.
A difficult truth to learn and accept!
Çocuğum 11 yaşında -1.25 sağ göz sol -0.75 miyop 6 ay önce kontrolde... Egzersizler sonrasında gözlerini sık sık kırpma, kısma daha önce uzak mesafeden okuduğu küçük yazıları okumada zorlanma yaşıyor bazen gözleri sulanınca net gördüğünü söylüyor. dr. Gözlük vermedi.. tavsiyeniz nedir plus lens miyop tedavisine faydasını olur mu şuan teknoloji kısıtlama yapıyoruz ( telefon bilgisayar. ..)
Good points, learning many new things with your videos, thank you Gemily. 👍
I love the music u play in the beginning .. kind of hypnosis or addiction for that tune
There's a link to the full music near the bottom of the description of my videos if you wanted it. :)
Gemily, thanks for the tips and you look younger than your older videos! Got to share all of your secrets!
Gem,
Great Video;
Close work, does us all in!
Myself included.
I needed this reminder. My habits have been slipping
That myopia app is interesting, the community will certainly benefit from you sharing that. So many times i have seen ppl ask fro stuff like that! Another great video 😁 hope your holiday is lovely.
Reannon! Don't disappoint our eye guru Jake! Give some updates. Jake is thinking that you quit!
@@jamesberg2226 thank your for your concern I am confident Jake knows I'm still at it but I have had some set backs including some health related stuff so no update at the moment. Hopefully Spring will bring a different story.
Getting rid of the close work, wearing a plus lens, is how you PREVENT ENTRY INTO MYOPIA.
When you can still read tje 20/60 line.
It is difficult, but science based.
Gemily thank you very much for your videos, this one in particular. I'd say it is very EM-lightening ;) ... I have been with EM for a year or more but it seems I haven't improved even a little, which is quite depressing and embarrassing in front of people around you who are non-believers about myopia reversal. I have seen your earlier videos where you talk about your own improved vision and systematic reductions that you have done. I'd like to know where are you in your journey - how long it has been and an overall reduction of how many diopters? I am a believer, but I'm sure I've been doing something wrong which is why I haven't improved at all. Kindly EM-lighten more if you can, what I may be doing wrong in the process. I will really appreciate any inputs from you. Thank you, once again! Cheers :) - Pritish
i have high myopia can i see sky wihout glasses.
Thank you so much for this video 😊☺️
You are welcome. Hope it is helpful!
I have a question. What is better: doing smth dynamic in close up at around 50-100 cms(like washing the dishes for ex.) or watching tv 3-4 meters away but when your eyes dont move much?
I have to go to school so does studying for too long is also bad? Also I can't wear differentials on some lessons cause I have to look arh the blackboard. Is this bad?
.....so when you say distance, you don't mean the leafy greens in the background in your video?
ok, don't mind me, I'm just been goofy, I need to place a distance object that I like looking at and I do like green plants :)
Hi Gemily ,what is your condition now? Are you better?
Hi, hope u ar great. I want to ask something. So a few days back I went to the eye doctor and asked to measure my eyesight. Though I couldn't see anything on the Snellen chart I still managed to read the 3 line ( one of the reason I think is I had cilliary spasm back then so I thought perhaps that's the reason I can't see better). Then the doctor game me -2 for both eyes which were previously -2.5 for right and -2 for left. Now after using this for a few month I saw that my previous glasses ar too sharp for me but gives me crystal clear vision wheareas this new glasses gives me a slightly blurry line. So I want to ask am I doing this right?
Sounds good! Make sure you are wearing lower correction for close up too (called 'Differential glasses' in Endamyopia).
Can you do endmyopia while wearing contacts?
Yes.
Better with none.
Hello sister I am a 16 year old boy plsss I need your help in 2021 July I started endmyopia active focusing to bring my eyesight to 20/20...I did rigorously for 10 days but then I started seeing 2 moons and difficulty while driving at night ...when I blink at night all the lights from the headlights are being projected into my eyes ...I have left endmyopia since then because it's impacting my studies...pls sister I trusted you because you were kind and upto the topic ...but now I realise that if I would have listened to opticians I would have not faced such difficulties...pls my condition is very bad I am taking rest and not applying pressure to my eyes and wearing 4.5 minus glasses on my eyes ...MY QUESTION IS ...
WILL MY DOUBLE VISION AND DIFFICULTY WHILE DRIVING GET CURED....PLSS ANSWER ANSWER ANSWER MY LIFE IS GETTING RUIN....😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😢
Same problem bro double vision reslove or not bro tell me pls🙏🙏🙏
Double vision is part of the improvement. It's gonna take years to eventually get to "perfect" eyesight. So don't just expect to get all the progress and improvement without putting some thinking effort into it and don't expect everybody to have all the answers for you. Plus, you're only doing it for 10 days and probably incorrectly, so give your eyes a bit of a break maybe and actually try to relax them, then it'll probably get better eventually
Hello Gemily! So recently I've been able to see things slightly clearer now after about a month of distance vision and active focusing. My left eye which is my weaker is able to see slightly clearer now while my right eye which has a -1 cylinder prescription is still the same. However, I still am unable to get reduced lenses by any means. My qn is, do I just go without my spectacles or do I still wear my full 20/20 prescription? Also what do I do about my non-lens induced astigmatism? It is in the eye with no spherical prescription. I read some articles on endmyopia and it can't can't reversed?
Hi. I'm new to your channel. How many diopters did you decreased with the EM Method? Hearing people's improvement motivates me
(I am already seeing improvement for me)
When I started I was wearing -3. Now wearing -2. I was down to -1.5, but then I plateaued, so I bumped the correction back up for a while to give my eyes a chance to work out whatever was holding them back. So only a diopter, but I have optometrist verified improvements, and I i have had some time off to write my Masters Thesis. It is such a big difference - I went from not being able to find my glasses without my glasses and having to put them on as soon as I woke up, to being able to function fine without them around the house if I want. The blur is no longer closing in on me. What is your starting point?
@@GemilyMez i am so happy for you. I started with -9.00 left eye and -10.00 right eye with glasses and -8.00/-9.00 with contact lenses. I literally gave up with my vision and thought that it would get worse and worse. But now I am wearing -8.50 left eye and -9.00 right eye glasses (my previous ones) and I see ok with both eyes and 20/20 with my left eye. I also ordered -8.50 contact lens for my right eye and I see alright. So I've made little improvements.
The bad thing is that I have too much floaters :( I don't know how to get rid of them.
@@karinag53this is really good. How is it going? I have similar myopia and really bad floaters, they get in my vision and make making changes difficult 😢
I want to heal my 4 years of myopia
Good Success to you!
mam I am seeing slight two moons after wearing spectacles...but I have difficulty while driving at night...pls I have consulted top eye doctor but everything is okay according to them...I just want to know will my eye get better if I rest my eyes...I have not practiced active focus since 3 months ....but I feel slight pain in my eye ...do you feel difficulty while driving at night as you are practicing active focus ...how long does it take to resolve...pls share your experience with me my life is ruining I am becoming abnormal....I am in 10th grade and very depressed
Hi . My dear, What is ciliary spasm?
@Gemily Mez sister I have left this active focus now will I regain my bad vision with few months or days....I am satisfied wearing spectacles...I just did active focus for try...now I am seeing rainbow around lights but as per ophthalmologist everything is fine....still a lot of complications...due to active focus...pls tell me will these complications resolve within few weeks or months as per your experience
Same problem bro double vision reslove or not tell me bro🙏🙏🙏
After doing 3 hours of closeup i do 1 hour distance time with my full prescription... Or should i do without glasses? 🤔 (my eyesight Left -2, Right -2.5)
Close up with differentials (about 1 to 1.5 diopters weaker than full correction). For the distance vision break, wear normalised (about 0.25 diopters less than full correction).
How long will it take for my bad vision to come again since I have stopped doing active focus plzzz telll....i stopped it in July 2021
There is no simple time frame - it depends on you: your habits, your biology.
Please look at these resources that I have looked up for you.
endmyopia.org/double-vision-dont-try-endmyopia/
How i can know if i need SPH correction or CYL correction? im from balkan so idk.
Hi Gem,
Close up work, wiped our my vision.
I hope that scientific truth, did not happen to you.
I do my best to get people to stop that devastating habit.
"Creeping forward", started wiping out our distance vision, aa soon as we started doing it.
hey gemily i wanted to know one thing- can hyperopia people also increase their power like people myopians over the year, i am actually asking this for my father as i am also worried about him, he has been wearing glasses for about 10 years and when we last time went for a check up- it was something +1.75, +1.75 in 10 years, so just wanted to ask about it
it is really nice that you are doing this for your father but realistically 1.75 in 10 years is super impressive and while hyperopia is different from myopia this is amazing. I personally went form 20/20 to -2.75 in 4 years
For myopia of 1.25 how much close up distance is good cuz there is no blur horizon at all
Just sit at a good comfortable distance. 70-80 cm would probably be good. Make sure you take breaks, since for you there isn't the same blur challenge for close up that higher myopes can use.
which type of phone screen display has least eye strain like HD HD+ FHD etc.?
The one that will make you want to look at it least. Rather than a better screen, how about trying to switch your existing phone screen to black and white? Much less attractive to look at then. I find it very helpful.
@@GemilyMez i hav grayscale mode. but myopia app not gives closer viewing warning in my current phone. so im going for new one with amoled display and bigger screen. its good if its too repulsive but still for urgent works we can go for soothing screens that may help
I'm in great need of ending my myopia. I've been very loosely following Jake for like 3 years (totally a back-burner thing, as I'm sure it is for many procrastinators), and the big question I've come to is this: when I get to the eye doctor for the new glasses that I need (current ones are 27 years old and I accidentally modified the shape when I had to resurface them), how do I ask for a second prescription for 3ft/1m glasses for working at the desk? Are optometrists willing to do this?
And the same question goes for reducing diopters gradually. Will the doctor look at me like I'm a nutter?
They think you are crazy.