I'm in the same boat and just got a set of progressive tri-focals. But I've found that there are other things that help.
1) I got a bigger monitor (for times I'm not using the laptop's screen.
2) I sit about four feet away from the monitor now ... that's classified as intermediate distance and doesn't require your tired eye-muscles to work nearly as hard to focus.
3) Eye exercises ... the rule-of-thumb is to look at something 20 feet (or more) away for 20 seconds every 20 minutes.
Ergonomics can help too ... because the same guideline that helps you avoid neck strain will put the monitor in the sweet-spot of your eye-glasses (ignore this for contact wearers). Level vision should put your gaze one-third from the top of your monitor. Most people have their monitors too low!
1) I got a bigger monitor (for times I'm not using the laptop's screen.
2) I sit about four feet away from the monitor now ... that's classified as intermediate distance and doesn't require your tired eye-muscles to work nearly as hard to focus.
3) Eye exercises ... the rule-of-thumb is to look at something 20 feet (or more) away for 20 seconds every 20 minutes.
Ergonomics can help too ... because the same guideline that helps you avoid neck strain will put the monitor in the sweet-spot of your eye-glasses (ignore this for contact wearers). Level vision should put your gaze one-third from the top of your monitor. Most people have their monitors too low!
I hope this helps someone!