It may be getting a second opinion from a differrnt optometrist, and make certain you are visiting one who can scan the shape of your cornea. If that is slightly out of round (for instance, a condition called Keratoconus) you'll find that glasses can't completely correct it, but hard contact lenses can.
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Have your other senses heightened as your sight has deteriorated?
That's not as profoundly bad as I was, nor my nearsighted child, and I had a work colleague with -12 who got her vision corrected with Lasik.
I had the Lasik in my 20s for a -6 prescription and got, not perfect, but good enough vision to only need thin, light glasses.
When I was profoundly nearsighted I got really good correction with contacts, hard contacts gave me supernaturally good vision, but glasses never did. Even now I can't get perfect vision with glasses, it's just good enough.
You are farsighted? Two older ladies at my work had to get cataract surgery and in the process, their vision was corrected. Do get a second opinion, but it is true that you may not be able to see perfectly through glasses, I never could. Well enough to work, to read, and to not get headaches from squinting all the time, though, I don't feel disabled by my sight.
I don't think there's a guarantee you'll be blind. It looks like you have a pretty decent astigmatism in both eyes and are reasonably farsighted. Those values are however quite small relative to some of the folks (especially the elderly) I've passed in and out of the optometrist.
As for no glasses giving you perfect vision, it's hard to say without being an optometrist myself. I'd try hopping around to different optometrists to get different fittings and opinions. It is a bit of a gamble especially when eyes can change year to year.
Make sure to wear sunglasses when it's sunny and limit excessive screen time and hopefully that should limit the negative changes to your eyesight.
Your prescription may increase periodically throughout your life, but it doesn't necessarily mean you continue until you go blind.
Are you saying that the new prescription feels too strong? If so, discuss with your eye doctor.