So, I just ordered a couple of new pairs of prescription glasses. Made sure I had updated, accurate prescription info from my most recent visit.
Got them yesterday and when I put them on, I was kind of caught off guard.
I see clearly straight ahead just like with my old glasses, but closer stuff near the tops and bottoms seem distorted. The floor looks like it's curving up towards me if I look down and to the right. The top of my laptop looks slanted while I'm on it, the floor seems higher, and I feel like I am 3 feet tall.
The prescription is no different than my old pair - but the frames are taller. I am near-sighted, so they're for distance. I see fairly well up close - a little clearer with my glasses than without.
But the distortion around the edges is making me dizzy and the adjustment isn't there - my sensory system is expecting my feet to hit the floor a millisecond earlier than they are because the ground LOOKS higher when I wear them. So it's kind of bothering me and is a weird sensation.
I keep reading that I need to just keep wearing them for a few days until I adjust. I don't think the prescription is wrong because if I sit still and look straight ahead, I see clearly in the distance just like with my old pair.
But these just feel weird so far.
For what it's worth, I'm supposed to wear them for driving, watching TV, etc. but don't need to wear them all day. I'm trying to wear them a bit more to see if it'll help me adjust.
Stick with it for a few days and see if it gets better or is something just wrong with the lenses/needs to be changed?
Give your eyes a while to adjust, but make sure that the prescription is correct. Optometrists can fuck up making the glasses and give you the wrong prescription.
Give your eyes a while to adjust, but make sure that the prescription is correct. Optometrists can fuck up making the glasses and give you the wrong prescription.
I'm fairly certain the script is correct - I ordered 2 pairs with almost identical frame sizes and my sight is identical with each.
Nothing is blurry - my vision is definitely clear and crisp directly ahead of me, it's just this weird angular distortion where the floor looks curved/higher and certain things seem slanted or a bit misshapen.
I've been doing a bunch of reading on it and some people say it's totally normal, common, etc... and then there are other people who are like "they're definitely wrong, get them replaced immediately, etc."
I don't think they're wrong though. It sounds like I just need to stick it out but I wasn't sure. This is the first time I've replaced my frames in like 5 years.
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That happens to me all the time when I get a new pair with a new prescription, especially if the new frames are shaped differently than my previously glasses.
Give your eyes a while to adjust, but make sure that the prescription is correct. Optometrists can fuck up making the glasses and give you the wrong prescription.
I'm fairly certain the script is correct - I ordered 2 pairs with almost identical frame sizes and my sight is identical with each.
Nothing is blurry - my vision is definitely clear and crisp directly ahead of me, it's just this weird angular distortion where the floor looks curved/higher and certain things seem slanted or a bit misshapen.
I've been doing a bunch of reading on it and some people say it's totally normal, common, etc... and then there are other people who are like "they're definitely wrong, get them replaced immediately, etc."
I don't think they're wrong though. It sounds like I just need to stick it out but I wasn't sure. This is the first time I've replaced my frames in like 5 years.
What lens shape are your old and new glasses? And was there a big change in your eyesight, from your old to new script?
I wanted slightly larger frames because I felt like the old ones were constantly in my field of vision and they just didn't fit that comfortably - but I did see well out of them.
My script is the same. I still see very clearly out of my old frames.
I figured if the script was new, that would make sense - but since it's the same, I was wondering why my peripheral vision felt so distorted and off.
I think I remember this weird height sensation when I first started wearing my old pair where I felt like I was about 3 feet tall because the ground looked higher up, but it eventually went away. I just didn't remember the floor looking curved or things below me seeming slanted upwards.
Possibility?
Possibility?
I think that's a bit of a jump, Beez.
I was able to see perfectly fine with my old pair. I still am if I put them on. It's pretty clearly the new frames/lenses - not something that requires surgery.
Good luck!
I'm really just traditionally nearsighted. Nothing unusual or worrisome about my vision as far as I know.
Without glasses distance is just blurry and I can't read highway signs or clocks or anything unless I'm close to them, so I need to wear them when I drive. I also squint like crazy trying to watch a game without them, so I use them for TV too. Some days I will just wear them most of the day since they don't bug me or give me a headache and just allow my eyes to strain so much less.
But... that was my old pair.
I guess I'll give it until the end of the weekend with these and see if anything changes.
First had reading glasses, which I loved. The next year, went to progressives so I didn't have to take on/off my readers at work all the time.
When I first got them, hated them. Vision on the outer halves curved what I was looking at, figured I made a huge mistake.
Then my lens on my readers fell out and I was force to keep using the progressives.
Now......they feel totally normal. Give it time!
It's been a few weeks and it still very occasionally takes a noticeable time to switch. But the first few days it was very weird as my eyes got used to it.
It sounds like it is actually very normal. I am assuming it's the shape of the lens that my eyes haven't adjusted to. With my old pair, more of my peripheral sight was open and left to my eyes while straight ahead, up and down were viewed through my lenses.
It seems like my eyes aren't picking up the difference yet. I'm going to stick with them for a few days and see if there's improvement.
I just got thrown for a loop because every now and then I'd see people say that it's an indication something wrong with the lenses or prescription but I'm not sure I believe that if I can see so clearly straight ahead. My vision is undeniably clear and better with the glasses on - it's really the ground and stuff below my eye level - it appears weirdly slanted and the false impression I'm getting of the floor makes it feel a bit weird when I walk around.
Anyway - going to stick it out for the weekend and see if there's a difference.
Now if you’re wearing progressive lenses that’s something you need to get used to over the course of a while. But, it doesn’t sound to me like you’ve got progressives b/c a good eye doctor would have warned you all about the time it takes to adjust to progressive (which in my case was months).
It's tough because some people say it took 2-3 days, some say 2-3 weeks. But it's hard to stick it out that long if they're making you feel off and uncomfortable.
I'm trying to kind of work myself into them and wear them for a little bit and then take them back off. I'm tempted to just wear my old ones again, but apparently that'll just confuse my eyes more and make the adjustment more difficult.
I will report back in a few days!