Problem with my eyes?

[Adam]

OK I don't know if this is the right forum for this discussion; but it's a starting place. When I read for a while on the Internet, and it is often forums like this one which don't let you change the colour scheme, my eyes get sore and the text starts to move from side to side and I find it hard to concentrate. I have had my eyes tested and wear glasses as I am longsighted. But this is worrying me. Does anyone know what it could be? Could it just be my eyes struggling to focus? Any help?

[Alcarinquë]

I would say you should probably just cut down your internet time.

[Adam]

ok its not just the internet, but at work as well. I write a lot of business documents and email stupid amounts (work) so cant avoid it.

[Alric]

Your probably straining your eyes from reading all the text. You should make sure your not sitting to close to the screen of your computer. Or have your face right in any paper work your doing. Also its probably a good to take a break every once in a while. Even if its just staring off at something else.

[Replicon]

Are you reading off an LCD monitor or an old CRT (big honking old school screens)? If it's a CRT, have a look at the refresh rate. most people have it set to the default 60Hz, and for some inexplicable reason, they don't notice that. So I yell at them to change it, and when they do, they just say "wow, it feels like it's crisper or something." That might be part of the problem. Another thing I do to help prevent strain on sites like these is to select the text I'm reading. It's nicer to read white on dark than dark on light. In addition, don't sit too close to your screen. If you can't read it from like 1m away, get glasses. Finally, make sure your screen isn't too high. The TOP of the screen should be horizontally aligned with your eyes (so you don't tire out your eyes by looking upwards while reading at anytime). Hope this helps a little.

[Snooze]

i changed it from 65 to 85 THANKS

[Replicon]

Hehe enjoy your new and improved life

[dodobird]

Eye strain is caused by many factors, for example if you tire your eyes watching TV, than later the same day it will be difficult to use a computer. In any case the suggestions above are good and also: try viewing everything using larger fonts. You can change the colors to any site using your browser's color settings, which you can set to overrule the original site colors. Use good LCD monitors instead of CRT monitors whenever possible. Take more breaks to rest the eyes. Im my experience, it's better to have the lights on in the room where you use the computer: Don't work in a dark room. If you read any printed material ( book, papers etc ), make sure there is a lot of light directed at it. Try to avoid watching TV, and if you do, than again the same rules applies: better watch LCD TV ( maybe plasma too ), don't watch in a dark room, take breaks etc.

[Merlock]

Most likely to be a lazy eye. The loss of focus comes when your eyes get tired from focusing during the day. So the lazy eye goes lazy and you lose focus, having to put effort into focusing your gaze.

[Ynot]

bright colour schemes on an LCD screen ain't good it's like staring at a light bulb

[Adam]

I have been wearing my glasses a lot more and this seems to have sorted out the problem. I was getting away with not wearing them all the time, but find it is helping more which is a pain because I dont like wearing them. But for the time it seems to have fixed the problem. Will hopefully end here, otherwise will be another trip to the opticians.