Explainer talk:Why early improvements are so fast

Ciliary spasm and eye strain

When you use full strength glasses for close-up ... In addition to this ... manifesting as pseudomyopia. " I thought the official position was that psuedomyopia was before you ever got glasses. Can probably be resolved by reordering the text. Divenal (talk) 15:38, 11 June 2020 (UTC)

@Divenal: I feel as if I've clarified this with a change I've made. Feel free to open up discussion if needed. -NottNott (talk) 11:43, 13 June 2020 (UTC)

@NottNott: Thanks. I know you think I should do it myself, but (a) I don't think I believe in lens-induced myopia (as a distinct stimulus), which is probably heresy, so it's a bit hard to write convincingly about it. (b) I haven't really quite figured out how ciliary spasm and pseudomyopia work. And (c) don't forget that I'm still new here... I don't know enough about the teachings yet. That said, I have a vague feeling that perhaps the pseudomyopia bit belongs naturally in the overprescription section - after all, if you have pseudomyopia, and you get any kind of prescription at all, then by definition you are overprescribed :-) I may yet have a go at editing it.Divenal (talk)

@Divenal:

(a) Heresy detected

(b) That definitely wouldn't help

(c) You'll get it eventually, I'm sure

I like to separate overprescription and spasm. What's often the case is optometrists prescribe over what you need, even if your eyes are packing loads of ciliary spasm and pseudomyopia. Overprescription is lightning fast to get rid of, pseudomyopia relatively quick, axial elongation takes ages. -NottNott (talk) 15:32, 13 June 2020 (UTC)

@NottNott: Ah, I think I was wrong in the first place... I don't think psuedomyopia strictly means you're not really myopic at all. I think it means you have a temporary increase in myopia, which might be from 0 to some, for an emmotrope, but could still apply even if you already have axial elongation. Divenal (talk)