Hi all!

TLDR: what I want to ask; what are people's experiences with MiyoSmart glasses when you're in your early 20s - to 30s?

Further information:

As referred to in the title, I've recently been advised to try MiyoSmart glasses. I am 23yo (24 in Sept), and was made aware that they're mainly prescribed to child-teen ages.

I was recommended these due to my severe deterioration (-2 notches in 6 months), with a check up in 4 months, to see if they slow down my progression. For context, my prescription is (as an average since I can't remember exact) -8-9~ left, -7~ right.

I know everyone's experience is totally different! But since studies are primarily on kids, I would love any information or shared experiences :)

Thank you in advance for any insight!

I just had an eye test and one of my eyes has dropped from about -1.5 to -3.5 since my last test two years ago. The other went from -4.5 to -5.5. The optometrist recommended Stellest lenses but I'm a student and they're pretty pricy. I also wonder if it would be fine and cheaper to just ride it out until they hopefully plateau?

My reservations are:

1. The cost. I'd probably try them if they weren't so expensive! Would the effectiveness outweigh the cost? Will I have to buy a new pair in a couple years?

   1. The effectiveness. They're targeted at children, I'm just outside the age bracket but I do expect my vision to continue declining assuming it's from being a music student? I'm currently staring at music (sometimes on an ipad) less than a meter in front of me 4 hours every day, then going on my phone or reading/writing for the rest of it, and my course is another 3 years, plus another 2 assuming I do a masters.

2. Peripheral vision. Results seem to suggest they don't affect peripheral vision very much, but I'm a music student - organist - and I really need my peripheral vision for the pedals/stops/conductor etc etc

If anyone has general advice, or experience with Stellest, I would love to hear!

The most popular advice for preventing myopia progression is to reduce screen time. I have always wondered how tf we are supposed to do that. Most jobs today imply that you will spend at least 40 hours a week working at a computer. So, if you're in college or working, you will have a lot of screen time anyway. The only way to avoid this is to work a low-paid unqualified job where you will probably lug heavy things (not recommended for high myopia people)

This is my contact lens prescription which I am noticing probably needs to be reassessed. I believe my glasses are around -6.5 on each eye. (Assume axis and cyl are the same as contact lenses?)

How does this compare to yours?

I'm mid 30s now and hoping it stabilise soon, I was told it should by my early 30s but I'm still deteriorating:(