So my glasses were necessary for me to work, but they were also contributing to
my poor eyesight!
It was a Catch 22
. But I found a solution.
I found an optician who was willing to ‘work with me’ during my healing adventure.
Just a quick note here – the first couple of opticians I spoke to were not at all
supportive and basically mocked my intention to help myself, telling me I was
wasting my time! If you get the same thing, keep looking. There are plenty of open
minded professionals who will help you.
I asked the optician to help me monitor the improvement in my vision, and as my
eyesight got better, to give me progressively weaker and weaker lenses.
Oh, one more thing… I asked him to always give me lenses that were at least a
half diopters too weak for me, so that my eyes were always being encouraged to
work a little bit, instead of get lazy!
Each month, I went for a quick eye test, and if my sight had got better, I
got new lenses.
By the way, a close friend of mine also did this with contact lenses. She
bought the daily lenses, and found an optician who would just keep giving her
weaker prescriptions, as her eyesight improved.
Now, if you can comfortably get around daily life without really needing your
lenses, and you just use them for convenience, then you can probably just go cold
turkey from day one.
Just use your own good judgment and common sense. Remember,
you
are taking
responsibility now.