The Secret of Perfect Vision: How You Can Prevent or Reverse Nearsightedness

I'm 31 years old and started wearing glasses for myopia when I was 9. My last contact lens prescription was -8.5 OD -7 OS. Now that I think back on it, I'm disgusted at myself for having allowed my vision to deteriorate so much, as well as at the motives and methods of all the venal opticians and ophthalmologists in the world who have told us that the only solution to myopia is a stronger pair of lenses.In July 2009 I got a pair of computer glasses to relieve eyestrain, without the intention of improving my vision. However, I accidentally experienced some improvement within a week of using them, became curious about what had caused the improvement, and stumbled upon this book as a result.After reading DeAngelis's book, I started doing the exercises religiously. Within the first few weeks, my contacts had become too strong and I needed to switch to an old pair that I'd fortunately kept. This happened again twice. Now I'm wearing a pair of -3.0 OD -4.0 OS glasses that I can see clearly out of up to 2/3 meters (in a darkened room looking at small print on a computer screen), from which I infer that I'm about -4.5 and -5.5. The change has been nothing short of amazing.One caveat is that my progress has seemed to slow down significantly, even though I'm still pushing myself hard. (I'm into weight-training, so DeAngelis's concept of stimulus-driven adaptation is very familiar to me.) I suspect that with eyes as bad as mine, it may not be possible to ever get to perfect vision. DeAngelis says that improving from any degree of myopia is possible and is just a matter of hard work, but he personally only recovered from -2 myopia. Obviously, neither of us has the final word right now, and I hope he is right and will continue practicing David's methods until I stop experiencing improvements for several months.Regardless of whether I can get to perfect vision, being significantly less nearsighted has made my quality of life a lot better in numerous small ways. Just one example is that when I go to the pool now to swim, i don't need to bother with switching out of my gas-permeable into disposable lenses, which was a major pain before. I now just dive in without any sort of correction. It feels so liberating.Side note: I've also been doing a lot of reading on the Bates method. The idea of "workouts" and "effort" may deter Bates purists, but it seems possible to reconcile the two methods. I've gradually come to realize that print-pushing is--essentially--central fixation and shifting at the far point. And it would seem to make sense that it's easier to practice shifting and central fixation right at the distance where things start to get blurry, rather than on an even more distant object, because it's not too much of a leap for our eyes to focus just a little bit farther. Also, the stretching workout that DeAngelis recommends feels like an aid to relaxing the extraocular muscles afterwards, which of course is a very desirable thing from the Bates point of view. For these reasons, DeAngelis's method seems to work well for me. Molte Grazie, David!

Seems like it would work to improve vision, but after awhile I got busy and didn't continue the program. I probably improved my nearsightedness by one diopter. My prescription currently says -7 in each eye. I currently use 3 pairs of glasses. A -6 prescription for when I'm in my apartment doing regular stuff and when I'm on the computer. I use a -5 for reading. For walking around outside, I use my -6.5, which gives me almost perfect vision. One thing I learned is not to use too different a change from my prescription, because my eye muscles start to hurt. I guess it shows the muscles are working, but too much work and they can be strained just like any other muscle being overworked. Inexpensive glasses can be ordered at online at sites like zenni.com, I can get a quality pair for around $20.Update for a year later. My vision didn't improve any more. Going to Wikipedia and searching eye accomodation, I looked at the chart for Duane's classical curves, and a younger person can accomodate 10 diopters or moer, while someone in their 50's (like me) eye accomodation is only about 2 diopters. Even though I'm healthy, maybe the fact of being middle aged has caused my eyes to lose their flexibility. Now I just use my correct prescription for outside, a prescription 1.5 diopters less for computer and paperwork, and a pair with 3 diopters less for reading. I think a younger person would heve better results.Update: I may have had more improvement if I used lenses with his recommendation of about 1 to 2 diopters weaker than my prescription, instead of the 0.5 to 1 diopter weaker lenses that I have been using.Good luck and be smart and you really can improve your vision.

I wish I had known about this book years ago. On the other hand, I am glad that I found out about it now and not later. I have been following David's methods for restoring my vision as outlined in his book for only 4 weeks now, and am already noticing dramatic improvements in my vision. I started with nearsightedness (myopia) of -3.25/-3.00 and now it is typically between -2.50 to -2.00 indoors.The real power of this book is in the simplicity of the training methods. The author offers sound explanations for the cause and progression of myopia which makes the training methods appear logical, effective and safe. This is important for the training since it will take a long time (several months to more than a year, depending on your level of refractive error) and you need to maintain your motivation, dedication and commitment throughout the training to succeed.If you are serious about restoring your own vision naturally, buy this book. You will not be disappointed by the results, if you follow the training course with commitment. David offers three levels of training, from basic (slower progress) to advanced (faster progress) depending on how motivated you are and how much time for training you are willing to allocate per week. Both myopia and hyperopia can be treated and eliminated by the methods outlined in the book. I recommend to read it at least two times, and the most pertinent sections three or four times, to get a sound understanding of the subject; that is what I did. With time, you will understand why the exercises are important and can tailor the training method to your needs. Having recovered from myopia himself, the author stands behind his work. He and many others who have restored or are in the progress of restoring their vision can be contacted on the discussion forum, should you have questions.Restoring your vision is about more than just throwing away your glasses forever. The feeling of first noticing the gradual (and, at times, sudden) improvement in your vision is hard to describe; you have to experience it.Highly recommended.

This book explain how can we do to get better eyesight, with simples exercises.

Did not notice any change after using it for 3 months.

Ok, so I've only been using it for a short while, and although I was aware of the Bates method, I did not practice it as much as I should have in the past. However the addition information about the opposite lenses (+ or -), when reading seemed to make sense.The problem with my eyes are that they've been deteriorating to -3.75 in left and -2.75 in right. I could feel my vision worsening about a month after I purchased my newest prescription. My eyes hurt for the first week... guess what everyone told me: "Thats natural, your eyes are getting adjusted to the new lenses" HAHAHAHA I got suckered in by the vision conspiracy and guess what, the pain was my vision worsening to adapt to the OVERstrong prescription. And then a month later already I was seeing a slight blur in distant objects. I got seriously pissed off and ordered this book, also ordered the bates method book. I bought the +1 bifocals from a cheap pharmacy and used them how the book described. I'm telling you, the distant blurs that were happening disappeared in a few days of hardcore training (reading with book just beyond distance and the opposite lenses). And as im writing this, my glasses are hurting again. THEY ARE TOO STRONG. It makes complete sense that as your eyes depend on crutches (glasses), they will deteriorate because why would they even waste energy. anyways, Im pissed at optometrists and their conspiracies, the billion dollar eye industry that basically poisons the well and then sells you the antidote at an expensive price and hooks you into a never-ending cycle of vision loss.

What can I say. I read the book and start doing it, although still new to the concept but completely believe it as I have the same experience as David the author had in his book. Always even taking care of my eyes increasing diopter was in my hand all the time from 0.25 to now 2.5 with astigmatism and always a red eye after a day of work. Logically the concept of + lens use instead of - is amazing and even doing only some practice from the book and not wearing my glass I feel good and no more red eye and pain in my eyes! recently I bought the plus lenses and I am going to try it. it looks that my eyes are getting into work while using the + lens which for me is a good sign and I will keep going ... thanks David for this nice piece of work and sharing it with all. it changed my preconditioned idea about visual system (eyes) which I knew it was wrong but I did not know how!

I came across this book from a recommendation in a forum. I have been short sighted since I was in my teens and I have worn glasses or contacts most of my adult life. I was a bit skeptical but I thought I would by the book and give it a try.The author goes into some depth about the anatomy of the eye and the theory behind his method. His method comes down to a series exercises that can be done in a few minutes combined with training your eyes to focus over longer distances while reading. He recommends using long sighted glasses to train the eyes.Six months ago I stopped using my glasses and started following the methods daily. When I started I could just make out words on the computer screen with my left eye from say 18 inches away. I needed about 9 inches distance to read with my right eye. Today I can read words on the screen from over 3 feet away with my left eye and from about 1 1/2 feet away from my right eye. I do not yet have perfect vision but I continue to follow the method and continue to make small but gradual progress. I should say that I did not use the long sighted glasses as recommended but tried to train my eyes to read at the limit of their range.As someone who lifts weights his methodology made intuitive sense to me and I felt from the outset that it could work. The muscles in the body can be trained to lift much more than a person's bodyweight. Why can't the muscles of the eye be similarly trained?It seems amazing to me that this method works but the information is not out there. I guess it comes down to the fact that the method is so simple - the exercises and training can be grasped in a few minutes - that it is hard to make money out of it and thus no incentive to market it. I would recommend anyone reading this to buy the book. What have you got to lose? The alternatives in contact lenses or laser surgery carry small but significant risks of infection or permanent impairment as well as being much more expensive.I am very grateful to the author for writing this book. My only regret is that I did not come across this information many years ago.