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Eye Exercises
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Apparently it's medically proven that you can improve depth perception by practicing on the Magic Eye Stuff.
I was apparently borderline under the limit at MEPS, did the Magic Eye crap for like 2 weeks and did fine on the civilian administered retake. Of course, it could also have been that I wasn't taking the test on about 2 hours of sleep the second time around...
I was apparently borderline under the limit at MEPS, did the Magic Eye crap for like 2 weeks and did fine on the civilian administered retake. Of course, it could also have been that I wasn't taking the test on about 2 hours of sleep the second time around...
Don't spend money on that crap. The evidence of eye exercises working for distance vision is anecdotal. Usually exercises help with problems stemming from the eyes not working together, called amblyopia (lazy eye). If you want to give it a shot anyway without paying for it, go to i-see.org and check out what they have with some helpful links. You might also want to look into wearing + lenses as well. That seemed to work for me a bit.
AJB37
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I thought that the magic eye nonsense was about focus, but I'm worried about that too because I haven't been able to see the magic eye pictures since I was a kid.
I paid $15 for the civilian depth perception retake...the optometrist at an eyeglass shop had plenty of time that morning.
RANDOT is one of the tests the Navy will accept if you fail the MEPS depth perception test. It's a little booklet with 3-D glasses and you try to figure out which dot is sticking out in each cluster...it gets progressively harder to pick out.
It's a cheap test, and they can probably give you advice on treatment if it's needed.
Not sure about eye excercises but I heard if you lay off pleasing yourself, you won't go nearsighted. Not sure if it's scientifcally proven but I'm positive after my first deployment in 99, I had to wear my glasses a lot more often after cruise than before.
During my first flight physical in ROTC to see if I wa eligible for pilot I had to take the RANDOT test. I couldn't tell a difference in the 5 circle version in the machine, but could pass the RANDOT one fine.
No, but if you see the brown eye...you fail.
I've never gotten one of those damn things to work.
If you don't already wear glasses it really won't help you. All the exercises do is strengthen the muscles around the eye that get weaker as you wear glasses (the glasses make the muscles not have to work as hard to see so they get weaker so you need stronger glasses so the muscles get weaker and so on).
Don't spend $100 on that crap. All those things are based off the same book written half a century ago that doesn't work (at least not for me) called the Bates method. Google "Bates Method" and you will find everything you need to know about something that won't work. You can get the book for like $7 on Amazon and find out it doesn't work like I did.... Or spend $100 and learn that it doesn't work that way too....
Don't spend $100 on that crap. All those things are based off the same book written half a century ago that doesn't work (at least not for me) called the Bates method. Google "Bates Method" and you will find everything you need to know about something that won't work. You can get the book for like $7 on Amazon and find out it doesn't work like I did.... Or spend $100 and learn that it doesn't work that way too....
"You dumb bastard. It's not a schooner, it's a sailboat" :icon_tong
Long story short ... yes.
It was all about focusing. I eschewed glasses; the thinking was they make your eyes weaker, and I believe it. The results were temporary at first, and then my eyes "just got better" with repeated exercises ... I stopped after @ a year worth of focusing exercises.
If it helps, the NAMI eyechart at the end of the hallway used to read:
K-C-D-R-N Z-S-H-O-V
I lost a Boat School appointment on the physical -- 20/25 and 20/30 ... bad day ... no waivers in the old days. I went to an optometrist family friend and he put me on a derivative of the "Bates Method" ... 3 months later I qualed for an NROTC full-ride scholarship with a stong 20/20 and a shakey 20/20 in the other side. All you need is an eyechart and the protocol. Nothing expensive ... but then, what's it worth in the long run???
I think a lot of eye problems are "situational" ... and can be corrected in certain circumstances, i.e., are you tired, been hitting the books a lot, reading in less than satisfactory light ... or are you rested and have you been outside visually focusing on more or less distant objects??? I had to wear dime-store "cheaters" on the BOAT at night -- I quit smoking and the problem went away. I used "cheaters" occasionally in the airlines on a night approach ... always as a result of being tired, flying on the backside of the clock, and well into a 12-13 day international trip. Tired to the max.... :sleep_125
Bottom line: I was told by the "best" eye Doc available (then) that I would never fly so "give it up" .... but after the quack optometrist and a year of on again, off again focusing exercises ... I've flown for over 20K hours ... I still have my eyechart -- haven't used it for over 40 years.
And, on a good day, I can still read the date on my Rolex.
