I'm leaving the Escapist.

[Use_Imagination_here]

Terrible news. Good luck with the condition mate.

 

[n00beffect]

It's a shame to see you go! (see what I did there?) Okay, bad humor aside - that sucks, and I captain obvious declare it to be so! (I thought we had ended with the bad humor already!) But no, seriously, aren't there any treatments or operations you can go through? Surely there must be something... If I was told I was going blind and had to stop watching Yahtzee I'D FUCKING GO INSANE! Just try anything, whatver you can, but don't give-up! But until then, maybe you're right, maybe you shouldn't stick around her too much. And if I were you, although I know it'll be ultra hard for you, I'd try to stick it under 6 hours a week. That way, maybe you'll help yourself faster and stuff... Ah, I am such a loser when it comes to prep talk! Just - get better soon, ok? That's an order, who-ever-yo-are!

 

[Taham]

Sorry to hear that. That's incredibly depressing. Get better quick, and tell us when you get back.

 

[geezah91]

Bye now, I know you'll be back soon.

 

[flatten_the_skyline]

Something doesn't seem right with OP's story. Either he is pulling our legs or his mom his pulling his leg.

definitely smells like troll in here, especially the "no post in three hours" rule.

Or maybe that's just me having lost all faith in mankind...

 

[TehCookie]

I would be blind if I didn't have glasses, I don't know what kind of blindness you have but if it's just really blurry vision glasses/contacts can fix that. Or surgery if eligible (my eyes are too bad to even attempt surgery).

 

[Dr. Pepper Unlimited]

definitely smells like troll in here, especially the "no post in three hours" rule.

Yeah. that was a little odd to say the least. I was sad to read the OP's post, but after reading the rest of the thread and his follow-up responses, I think there's some misinformation. Either he is lying, the optometrist is lying or his mother is lying, but someone is feeding someone else a load of BS. Hell, maybe all three are lying. I guess we'll never know...

 

[thethingthatlurks]

Not really true at all. Every single kind of light source has it's own spectrum.

for instance, a common bulb is a mixture of red green and yellow, with very little blue. A halogen has next to no blue light and an over abundance of red. The sun has a lot of blue light and so does a computer screen.

Now staring at the sun is a bad idea because of it's intensity, and by comparison, a screen is meant to be stared at and is nowhere near as intense. But the levels of colour in each light source present their own issues. And staring at something like a PC screen causes us to strain our ciliary muscles. It's not the light itself causing the damage. It's the strain of staying on one focal setting (sort of) for long periods of time.

All that said, I don't believe a word of the OP. Especially not when you look at his second post in the thread.

Just looks like someone attention whoring to me. Probably trying to get some sort of badge.

UV rays (and shorter wavelength) aside, it doesn't actually matter what the primary wavelength reflected or given off of a given source is. The interaction between visible light (~200-750nm) do not change a whole lot with respect to wavelength, and certainly not in the eye. Claiming that a given light source is composed of certain colors is a somewhat bad explanation of emission/absorption lines. For example, the sun produces a nearly continuous spectrum of light, while something like a sodium lamp will produce mostly yellow light at ~500nm with some bits of other lines thrown in. Both are yellow, yet according to you, the sun's light would be more hazardous due its chromatic composition (let's say we're looking at it through UV filtering glass). That's simply not true. Within the visible light region, the exact composition of the light doesn't matter in the slightest, nor does the "quantity" of light. In other words, neither brightness or (visible color) composition matters when it comes to permanent eye damage.

Oh yeah, there's actually only very little difference between common incandescent light bulbs and halogen lamps in terms of emission spectrum. Fluorescent lamps (=mercury vapor) on the other hand actually produce UV light (meaning 'bluer' than blue), but the pigments coating the inside "convert" it to visible light. Pretty cool, huh?

I didn't say the colour of light damaged your eyes. I said it presented it's own problems.

The lack of blue light most of us are faced with due to inadequate work or school lighting throws off our body clocks.

Non natural light such as that from a normal bulb lacks the necessary amount of blue that we require to align our body clocks.

And at the opposite end, a computer screen gives off a lot of bluelight. But we tend to use them at the wrong time and this further screws up our internal clock. A lot of insomnia is thought to be as a result of this.

And the difference between a common bulb and a halogen is the amount of red it emits.

Just look at an average tungsten halogen compared to anything else.

Before I write all the horrible things I plan to regarding that nonsense, I think I should clarify that we've moved quite far away from the original point. Just to reiterate: you went off on some tangent claiming that light composition presents its own problems.

Ok, you're going to have to come up with some major research on that circadian rhythm disruption you claim exists. I managed to find only a single paper on circadian rhythm disruption due to light composition (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21246176), and that had one group of 27 individuals transitioning from a perceived color temperature of 4000K (~720nm; red light) to 8000K (~360nm; blue-ish), while a control group of 27 individuals remained at 4000K. First of all, those are not continuous spectra, like you would see in incandescent bulbs or the sun. If they were, the experimental group would have had their eyes burned out from UV radiation. Furthermore, there is no mention of any insomnia or sleep disruption, just a somewhat vague statement on sleep synchronization with sunrise vs beginning of work. Keep in mind that this was a study of only 54 individuals, which is not going to convince anybody that something like monitor light is going to cause insomnia.

Now on to that halogen vs incandescent (aka common) bulb thing. You are aware that both use a tungsten filament, yes? Both have the same emission spectrum, albeit shifted slightly.
What is far, far more interesting are the emission spectra of the other light sources. Notice something, say only sharp peaks? That's the difference between the light sources. A tungsten filament is no different from the sun, just red-shifted to account for the roughly 3000K difference in temperature. I think one or both of us wanted to compare tungsten filament bulbs to fluorescent, LEDs, or Neon lighting...

 

[sniddy_v1legacy]

Well that's BS and we all know it

Seriously my job involves 40+ hours screen time a week so computers don't make you blind

You have been lied to, deceived or your mum is one of those cotton wool wrappers and/or misinformed by a shoddy Dc - or are a troll in which case congrats

You just need to take breaks - look away from the screen now and then, which you probably already did - stuff like that and computers are no problem

look what 2 seconds research can turn up [http://theeyedocblog.com/2008/07/01/is-computer-use-bad-for-my-eyes/]

 

[hazabaza1]

Shit, man.
I was going to come in to say the whole "kthxbai" thing but... shit dude. Hope your eyes get better soon.

 

[thethingthatlurks]

I stopped reading half way through. I don't have to come up with any research. I have enough research on my plate for my dissertation.

There's a quantity of research just at the other end of that search bar at the top right of your screen. If you're interested, go find it.

You're a year younger than me, which would also put us equal at the early years of our graduate school education. Unless you've managed to skip a few grades (in which case I would question your devotion to this pseudo-scientific nonsense despite your obvious intellect), you are in no position to write a dissertation just yet. And if some prof does allow it, kindly tell me how, as I've evidently picked the wrong university. And yes, it is absolutely your job to justify your claims with solid evidence. Shit, a single paper showing explicitly what you stated (varying degrees of red/blue light contribution to the overall emission spectrum of a light source have distinct physiological consequences, more specifically insomnia and similar sleep disruptions) would be sufficient to get me to shut up...

Yeah, I'll resume reading more those abstracts on sleep cycles. Before you complain, I'm not saying those aren't interesting observations. My problem the distinct establishment of causation over correlation, which is lacking thus far.

 

[Redlin5_v1legacy]

If he really is going to watch this thread until its conclusion, maybe we should let him go guys

Seriously though, good luck with what you've got man! Live long and Prosper.

 

[thethingthatlurks]

What are you talking about? Did you even check the flag? I live in the UK. I don't know how it works in America so I can't pass comment, but here.

I'm 21.

Most people go to university at the age of 18. A 3 year honours degree requires you do a dissertation in your third year. I'm in my third year of university now.

And if I were having a full on debate with you, I would source it. But I'm not going to go rounding up sources for something as unimportant as this. I've got enough to be doing.

Ah, gotcha. I've only heard dissertation refer to a doctoral thesis, not a simple bachelor thesis. Pardon my confusion here, but I hope you can see how outlandish your previous claims look from my point of view.

 

[TheRightToArmBears]

That sucks... I would hate for that to happen to me...

But good luck for the future Hope you get better!

Anyway, when my mother and the optometrist were talking to each other, I overheard the word "astigmatism" being thrown around. So is anyone's wondering what exactly I have, that's the best answer I can give you.

Now here's a fun fact: light from monitors is not different from other light sources, at all. If staring at the monitor is going to make you blind, so will staring at the sun, a lamp, car headlights, digital clocks, candles, etc.

Fix'd.

Make more sense now? And I'm pretty certain an Optometrist knows what he's talking about.

Maybe just turning to brightness down would do a lot of good.

 

[novixz]

Well so as the the internet ways go, people meet, only to never see them again. Well goodbye, have a good life, and live in peace.

 

[Blimey]

I have never seen a porno in my life, let alone masturbated to one.

That's probably one of the things you should try before going blind.

Oh my god, best reply of the day.

Also, sorry to hear about your eyes. Get better soon and all that.

 

[jaketaz]

Laser surgery is not extremely expensive,and many health insurance companies cover it.

 

[Levethian]

I guess you've already looked at:
http://www.howtogeek.com/54872/how-to-avoid-computer-eye-strain-and-keep-your-eyes-healthy/

Best of luck.

 

[twaddle]

When I say severely, I mean from 30 hours per week minimum to 6 hours per week maximum.

you could sped 15-30 mins a week on here. that's all you really need. It's just about time management mixed with priorities.3