I can't believe I'm wasting more time posting to this site but I feel I should at least say something about the response I got to a question I posted a few days ago. I wasn't asking if I should have an operation or take a certain medication or anything like that. The response I got was "ask your doctor." I asked if a doctor might actually over-correct for an astigmatism in some cases. I kind of expected an answer like, "some might, some might not... or as far as I know, it's never done." I was just curious. I'd like to know what kind of question would get a response other than "ask your doctor?" Obviously, as soon as my power wheelchair is repaired, I'll go to a doctor, "unarmed"... without the information I was looking for if I can't find it anywhere else online! I've already experimented with distorting things a bit more than happens with the glasses I have now, and I can read more on an eye chart when I do that.
Anyway, I was rather upset. I just wonder why this site even exists if I'm supposed to go and ask my doctor instead of... aaah forget it! :) Nuff said.
Also, it is not wise to refract through dilated eyes! Advising this...good way to get a prescription that doesn't work or just doesn't "feel right."
Yes...I am an optometrist, and yes, I train ophthalmologists!!!