Have any of you gotten eye problems from iPhone/iPod/droid overuse?

[Lesrider]

iPhone 4 here. That's part of the reason I use it so much -- it's so easy to use and a pleasure. I can't stand my pc now lol. My typing on a full keyboard has actually gotten really bad -- I'm super-fast on my iPhone, tho.
I mean, if not for the eye thing, I think it's better for me than a pc -- doesn't have me bending forward or sitting at a desk for hours on end. But this eye thing is really bad

Also, I asked the doc if I got the surgery, would my continued use of the iPhone cause the same problem again, but she didn't think so.
Will have to see what the specialist says, though. This is all so bizarre for me. I never imagined getting an iPhone would do this to me. And yet I'm too attached/addicted to give it up, of course.

[Zeus]

iPhone 4 here. That's part of the reason I use it so much -- it's so easy to use and a pleasure. I can't stand my pc now lol. My typing on a full keyboard has actually gotten really bad -- I'm super-fast on my iPhone, tho.
I mean, if not for the eye thing, I think it's better for me than a pc -- doesn't have me bending forward or sitting at a desk for hours on end. But this eye thing is really bad

Also, I asked the doc if I got the surgery, would my continued use of the iPhone cause the same problem again, but she didn't think so.
Will have to see what the specialist says, though. This is all so bizarre for me. I never imagined getting an iPhone would do this to me. And yet I'm too attached/addicted to give it up, of course.

It's not the phone... I think it is a condition that was passed on but remained hidden until now. The reason why people have the myth going about electronic displays damaging your eyes is because screens used to have a really low refresh rate which did in fact damage your eyes... But... The new screen technology refreshes at a faster rate then our own eyes so you don't have to worry about a screen damaging your eyes.

[Lesrider]

It's not the phone... I think it is a condition that was passed on but remained hidden until now.

Yes, that may be, but if not for the iPhone, I might never have had the problem erupt.

[Lesrider]

It's not the phone... I think it is a condition that was passed on but remained hidden until now. The reason why people have the myth going about electronic displays damaging your eyes is because screens used to have a really low refresh rate which did in fact damage your eyes... But... The new screen technology refreshes at a faster rate then our own eyes so you don't have to worry about a screen damaging your eyes.

But in my situation, I don't think it's so much what's on the screen, as that I'm staring at a small thing right in front of me for hours a day. So my eyes are getting used to looking at only things right in front of my eyes. In fact, my iPhone right now is pretty much the only thing I could look at right now without seeing double -- which continues the cycle, bc it's uncomfortable for me to look at other screens, etc, that are farther from my face. So I keep doing it. Oh and my glasses make everything worse, so if I'm looking at something close up like my phone, book, or writing something, I take my glasses off. But can't do that for anything else, bc it'd be too blurry. I thought that was bc my glasses were designed for the way my eyes used to be positioned, and now they're not fitted properly for this condition.

That was my theory, anyway. Was surprised the doc didn't agree.