Thread: Foggy glasses or piss poor eyes

Check out just what is wrong with your eyes.
Has it changed - is it actually "failing" ? Did you used to be able to see better ?

Sounds like you're short sighted if things are actually sharp up close and your glasses make them sharp in the distance. That won't change unless you wear contacts or have laser surgery. Laser can fix astigmatism too (that's being more short sighted in one direction than the other. Shows up that a pinpoint light like a star is smeared out to a wide band rather than a round blob.)

Two things that do change as you get older are:
Ability to focus up close. You can still see fine further away. A lot of people here have described that. Needing reading glasses to see close for the phone or chainsaw sharpening.
Cataracts. These generally make everything blurry with less contrast. Sometimes its worse in dim light but more often worse in bright light, depending whether the cataract is in the centre of the lens or the edges. Surgery fixes it pretty good, if you can get it.
Other problems inside the eye that are much harder to deal with.

If you haven't done it recently, it would be worth seeing an optometrist.

Otherwise, using naked eyes through a side focus or adjustable objective scope, keeping glasses warm in a pocket and frequent cleaning with as dry chamois cloth or something can reduce problems a bit.