What helps with accommodative insufficiency and eye strain during close work?

[GeorgeOB]

I’ve noticed my vision gets blurry and my eyes feel strained about an hour into reading or working on the computer, but it clears up after I look away for a while. My optometrist mentioned it could be related to my eyes having trouble focusing up close, a condition called accommodative insufficiency.

[Justin.G]

I get that blur after an hour too. I started using bigger text and took tiny breaks every 15 minutes, and the blur would fade when I looked at something farther away.

[EvelynMH]

I tried wearing reading glasses at work for a week and stuck to 25 minute blocks with quick, deliberate breaks; the fatigue still shows up in the late afternoon.

[Mila98]

Could this be more than strain?

[EmmaW]

Accommodative insufficiency sounds plausible, but day to day it’s hard to pin down what that means without tests.

[Ethan60]

I asked my optometrist about lenses for close work, and they suggested a few exercises, but I didn’t notice a clear win.

[NoraOH]

Sometimes I wonder if the real issue is how I’m sitting or the lighting, and not my eyes alone.