15M – Eye sight rapidly getting worse from 10+ hours of phone use. Text is blurry even at arm's length. What should I do?
Hey everyone,I’m 15 years old and I’m in a really bad situation with my eyesight. For a while now, I’ve been using my phone for over 10+ hours every single day.My eyesight started getting bad enough that I had to get glasses last year. But since then, my vision has just kept getting worse and worse. Right now, it is getting scary. I had to turn the text size on my phone up to MAX just to read it, but even at arm's length, the screen is still quite blurry.My last eye exam was about a year ago. I know I need to see a doctor, but I’m really stressed out.Is this permanent, or is it just extreme muscle fatigue/strain from the 10+ hours of screen time?Can my eyes still recover if I cut down my screen time right now?Are there treatments that can stop this from getting worse while my eyes are still growing? (Eventually, I want to get LASIK when I'm older, so I don't want my prescription to get too bad to qualify).I don't really have hobbies outside of my phone, so any advice on how to handle this or what to tell my parents would be heavily appreciated. Thank you.