View Full Version : ORg....opticians? (glasses question)
Dave20046
04-11-13, 09:33 PM
Okay, possibly pushing the vocational boundaries of the org here, but I'm hoping glasses wearers could help me here as I don't actually know many, I've found.
Eventually I'll have to move over to yahoo answers but I still have faith in you fine folk :)
I've been prescribed reading glasses...yep reading glasses in my 20s, I'm told that's unusual, any how that's not the query (really). They've finally arrived and I've worn them today for the first time and two questions/curious observations have arisen.
1) nothing yet (or as far as I can tell) is any clearer, although stuff is obviously magnified. I'm not a complete moron, I of course expected things to be magnified...but I thought they'd make it easier to see, as far as I can tell nothing is easier to see in the glasses (far away stuff is definitely worse in them but that's expected as they were sold to me for reading - though my prescription does say 'distance prescription which I find confusing).
Bigger , yes - Clearer to see? No.
2)wearing them hurts, more so than not wearing them.
3) Bonus question for people disinterested in my ailment; please could you post a picture of Nelson from the simpsons and the quote "four eyes", or similar.
If anyone could settle these as me being stupid and new to glasses or a genuine concern that definitely needs raising with the optician I'd really really appreciate it.
think you have the wrong prescription.
when you got the new glasses did the optician test them on you?
Specialone
04-11-13, 09:40 PM
Glasses do feel weird at first, but when I first got mine, I could read car number plates at much greater distances than without them.
I find them a pain though, my peripheral vision is reduced when I wear them.
They should enhance your vision and certainly not hurt your eyes, speak to your optician.
DarrenSV650S
04-11-13, 09:45 PM
Being blind 'n' all, did you perhaps visit your local binocular store, instead of the opticians?
Dave20046
04-11-13, 09:49 PM
think you have the wrong prescription.
when you got the new glasses did the optician test them on you?
The 'optical assistant' did. Put them on told me to look left, look right and then took them off and offered to tighten the arms.
She did ask if things were clear and I said "yes, this may sound stupid it's just as clear but I didn't expect everything to be so magnified" and she just laughed and said I'd get used to it.
To be fair my eyes hurt all the time hence having them tested. About mid afternoon the pain just snowballs, I picked up the glasses about 6pm so the pain was already onset. Will have a fresh go tomorrow.
Dave20046
04-11-13, 09:50 PM
Glasses do feel weird at first, but when I first got mine, I could read car number plates at much greater distances than without them.
I find them a pain though, my peripheral vision is reduced when I wear them.
They should enhance your vision and certainly not hurt your eyes, speak to your optician.
They're going to do my nut in! I find the restricted tunnel vision worse than a bike lid, and I hate relying on people/things as it is having to remember a set of glasses everytime I want to read something will cause some serious DaveRage
Darren - just the kind of response I was after. Have a brownie. Funnily enough I went into tesco in search of steak and doughnuts but after biting a woman's breast I was prescribed glasses.
...yep , after putting the demo glasses on I could confirm she was far more minging than expected.
you should see a difference and the optician should have asked you to read a card. if they are for reading then far away stuff should be fuzzy but text in a book should be crisp. and yes things do look magnified but only when reading.
go back and ask to see the optician as you might have had the wrong prescription.
DarrenSV650S
04-11-13, 10:13 PM
Darren - just the kind of response I was after. Have a brownie. Funnily enough I went into tesco in search of steak and doughnuts but after biting a woman's breast I was prescribed glasses.
Dude... I Fing love brownies. Nom
...yep , after putting the demo glasses on I could confirm she was far more minging than expected.
but still acceptable?
Dave20046
04-11-13, 10:14 PM
you should see a difference and the optician should have asked you to read a card. if they are for reading then far away stuff should be fuzzy but text in a book should be crisp. and yes things do look magnified but only when reading.
go back and ask to see the optician as you might have had the wrong prescription.
Cheers bib/everyone will def pop back then!
Littlepeahead
04-11-13, 10:16 PM
Not unheard of to get the wrong prescription. I had that happen earlier this year. Told them right away as one eye was fine and the other terrible and they said oh no give it a week. I went back a few days later with my other 2 pairs and they looked at those and retested my eyes. Turns out a typo meant they'd put totally the wrong prescription in one eye.
Dave20046
04-11-13, 10:16 PM
Dude... I Fing love brownies. Nom
but still acceptable?
Costco.. ' 2 bite brownies' -ironic name, delicious and only come in a box weighing nearly a kilo, add your own hash though
DarrenSV650S
04-11-13, 10:22 PM
Custard doughnuts are where it's at btw, if you can source them. Forget jam
Dicky Ticker
04-11-13, 11:07 PM
At your age you should move up to Girl Guides, you might get into trouble with Brownies.;)
Dave20046
04-11-13, 11:32 PM
Custard doughnuts are where it's at btw, if you can source them. Forget jam
Easy to get,anywhere north of Nottingham
MisterTommyH
05-11-13, 07:53 AM
They're going to do my nut in! I find the restricted tunnel vision worse than a bike lid, and I hate relying on people/things as it is having to remember a set of glasses everytime I want to read something will cause some serious DaveRage.
Maybe you could get some nice big bi-focals?
Clear in the top section, prescription in the bottom. That way you wont forget them and can wear them all the time and look like an old duffer.
Specialone
05-11-13, 08:35 AM
Easy to get,anywhere north of Nottingham
I've just done a dozen crispy cremes this weekend, two of them were custard donuts, very nice :)
Are you wearing them all the time? From your description it sounds like it.
If you are only meant to have reading glasses then, although it is a ball ache, you should be putting on and taking off as and when needing to read.
The distance thing is normal as all prescriptions are for distance regardless of short/long/reading/screen use etc.
They may have gotten the prescription wrong but it may be because of the misuse too. Try only using them when you are reading only. If you keep wearing them all the time it will make your sight worse and you will need to get full time specs.
Re comfort, if it's the first time wearing specs it will take a while to get used to it, more if only occasional use. The top of your ears and the side of your head at that point will hurt, as may the bridge of your nose.
Just stop reading stuff. No need for glasses.
I buy reading glasses from pound shop or similar. You can try them there and them and know if they work and it doesn't matter if you break them.
Opticians are robbers imho..
tigersaw
05-11-13, 02:17 PM
I got some glasses after the company offered to contribute to everyone who uses pc's or screens.
When i got them I remember going 'jesus feck' I could not believe how much better things became, i could see all the pixels on my iphone for instance instead of the normal smudge.
So I don't think yours are right, if you really need them then you should notice an improvement.
Dave20046
05-11-13, 09:54 PM
Are you wearing them all the time? From your description it sounds like it.
If you are only meant to have reading glasses then, although it is a ball ache, you should be putting on and taking off as and when needing to read.
The distance thing is normal as all prescriptions are for distance regardless of short/long/reading/screen use etc.
They may have gotten the prescription wrong but it may be because of the misuse too. Try only using them when you are reading only. If you keep wearing them all the time it will make your sight worse and you will need to get full time specs.
Re comfort, if it's the first time wearing specs it will take a while to get used to it, more if only occasional use. The top of your ears and the side of your head at that point will hurt, as may the bridge of your nose.
No I'm not, only for reading. Specifically on a 'VDU' (visual display unit) which I've taken to mean just computer screens/phone/tablets but no TV as that's further away.
The 'hurting' I'm referring to is optical pain, right round my eyeballs - strain. It definitely seems amplified when using them (for reading), had another crack with them today.
not being funny but have you been tested for diabetes?
my eyes get strain when using glasses as i don't use them much and only need them for very fine print.
Dave20046
05-11-13, 09:58 PM
I buy reading glasses from pound shop or similar. You can try them there and them and know if they work and it doesn't matter if you break them.
Opticians are robbers imho..That would have saved me many a knicker! £
dizzyblonde
05-11-13, 10:12 PM
Having been a speccy four eyes since the tender age before I even got to primary school, I'm quite well versed in New prescriptions.
Every time I need a prescription change because the axis of my eyes have changed, I feel like my eyeballs are going to fall out. Whenever I get the New prescription to correct this, I feel like my eyeballs are going to fall out.
This feeling, when receiving a new prescription set of specs does sometimes depend on the,size and shape of the frame, and the type of lense it is going to carry. Its no good just liking a pair of cool frames that suit, coz when you wear jam jars you need jam jar type frames.
Give them a chance for a few days of reading. If the feeling of being stabbed in the eyeballs doesn't subside, you won't be laughed at if you query it at your opticians.
Dave20046
05-11-13, 10:13 PM
not being funny but have you been tested for diabetes?
my eyes get strain when using glasses as i don't use them much and only need them for very fine print.
Keep meaning to...
Dave20046
05-11-13, 10:14 PM
Having been a speccy four eyes since the tender age before I even got to primary school, I'm quite well versed in New prescriptions.
Every time I need a prescription change because the axis of my eyes have changed, I feel like my eyeballs are going to fall out. Whenever I get the New prescription to correct this, I feel like my eyeballs are going to fall out.
This feeling, when receiving a new prescription set of specs does sometimes depend on the,size and shape of the frame, and the type of lense it is going to carry. Its no good just liking a pair of cool frames that suit, coz when you wear jam jars you need jam jar type frames.
Give them a chance for a few days of reading. If the feeling of being stabbed in the eyeballs doesn't subside, you won't be laughed at if you query it at your opticians.
cheers dizz :)
I'll give it another day. that said I'm using a PC without them now (and procrastinating on here) as I'm fedup I shouldn't still be working!
But I've been good all day earlier
Dicky Ticker
05-11-13, 10:31 PM
A good optician will tell you if you have diabetes as it shows in the examination.
Littlepeahead
05-11-13, 10:39 PM
This is true. Mine spotted scarring on my eyeball, from a dog bite when I was a kid, and cholesterol. He sent me to the doc to have my cholesterol levels checked as a precaution. The optician also found my 4 year old nephew has a cataract. So they do seem to be quite switched on normally.
dizzyblonde
05-11-13, 10:53 PM
I like it when they say.... You've had floaters for years, as you know they are harmless, but if you get any more than usual or headaches accompanying them.....it could be a sign of detached retinas
WTF :eek:
its a good job I'm used to being told this every couple of years :rolleyes:
andrewsmith
06-11-13, 08:05 AM
Welcome to my world Dave!!
I'm sure optitians call it Final year Syndrome, as most docotors also suffer from it.
My eyes went the year I left Uni, if its the first time give them a few days and if your getting headaches and eye strain go back.
Did you pay for the VDU/ anti-glare coating on the lenses?
Sir Trev
06-11-13, 09:39 AM
If you're a VDU user (sit in front of one for most of the day for your job) your company is required to pay for a proper sight test annually. Make sure you take this up. As LPH says a good test will spot all sorts of things.
Silly question - which optician did you go to? I had poor but elaborate-looking service with lots of machines and tests from a big chain outfit which did not care at all, whereas my local indie is about the same price but WAY better.
Dave20046
07-11-13, 09:24 PM
Yeah I got the coating! £££
It's absolutely that sort of thing that's brought it on andy, ill be working 12 hours straight in front of a PC with the only breaks taken to look at my phone for mail
Ha, work wouldn't even allow me to escape for a test!
As such I went to tesco as they offered a free test and were open late
Your employer should give you a voucher to have a free sight test at most opticians.
Then if you require specs soley for vdu use you can get a contribution from the company for it. Don't know if the amount is the same for all employers but mine is up to £50. But only if solely for vdu use. Sounds like your employer is shafting you there...
Littlepeahead
08-11-13, 09:15 AM
Usually smiling sweetly at the optician gets the box ticked that says solely for vdu. I also need mine for reading emails on my phone and the scoreboard so strictly speaking not just vdu but still work related.
The distinction is that the prescription mustn't be for "normal" distance use, ie full long or short sight that requires constant correction
Dave20046
30-05-14, 12:38 PM
To update; I pursued a bit with this and it looks like I'm having surgery.
DarrenSV650S
30-05-14, 01:13 PM
Since this was posted Dave I now have glasses too! Mine are for distance. I love being able to see peoples faces far away now. They are a PITA at work though getting all dusty and just in the way. I can't wait to get contact lenses.
How much is your surgery costing you? Long term I would really like surgery
Matt-EUC
30-05-14, 02:16 PM
If you get surgery you can't wear contacts once your eyes deteriorate.
Sent via the medium of interpretative dance.
Dave20046
30-05-14, 02:36 PM
Since this was posted Dave I now have glasses too! Mine are for distance. I love being able to see peoples faces far away now. They are a PITA at work though getting all dusty and just in the way. I can't wait to get contact lenses.
How much is your surgery costing you? Long term I would really like surgery
Haha four eyes!
Sorry I could have been clearer, it's not laser eye surgery. They want to mess about with the muscles in my eye (okay maybe that is laser eye surgery?!)
But it's essentially 'squint' treatment
I'm hoping it's on the nhs
DarrenSV650S
30-05-14, 02:39 PM
pm'd
Dave20046
30-05-14, 02:41 PM
Oh and Darren get surgery (research it I know nothing) before you get 'glasses eyes'
I know someone that wore glasses for years now he's had surgery and doesn't wear glasses... But looks like he should
Imagine hans mole man...
Specialone
30-05-14, 04:56 PM
Dave, you do realise Clair works in ophthalmology don't you? she could answer any queries you have regarding surgery etc.
Littlepeahead
30-05-14, 05:07 PM
Dave, you do realise Clair works in ophthalmology don't you? she could answer any queries you have regarding surgery etc.
Meaning she must have perfect vision and yet she still married you??? :smt119
Specialone
30-05-14, 06:04 PM
Err Clare, we'll have less of that from you, I may be attractively challenged but I'm beautiful on the inside :)
Littlepeahead
30-05-14, 06:06 PM
I'm a tall leggy blonde on the inside and not a ginger midget who needs glasses to find my glasses.
Dave20046
31-05-14, 08:04 AM
Dave, you do realise Clair works in ophthalmology don't you? she could answer any queries you have regarding surgery etc.
Awesome , I'll discuss with her over some blurry chilli :D
Mrs DJ Fridge
31-05-14, 09:43 PM
Has anyone noticed that Chris Evans still wears glasses even after having eye surgery, I think that sometimes we feel so used to wearing glasses that we see them as part of who are.
sumimasen
02-06-14, 06:30 AM
I still wear glasses sometimes even though I had laser eye surgery about 4 years ago. I've worn glasses since I was 8 so it feels reassuring with a protective layer.
Plus my wife says it makes me look intelligent.
Sent from my Nexus 4 using Tapatalk
EssexDave
02-06-14, 09:12 AM
Having just got glasses a few weeks okay, I found that on the first day of using them I got headaches.
Mine are for distance, and I can tell you now that as annoying as it is, they're great.
My eyesight wasn't that bad, but it has made a big difference in any case. If it's really that bad, perhaps you've been given the wrong prescription.
Dave20046
03-06-14, 01:41 PM
Having just got glasses a few weeks okay, I found that on the first day of using them I got headaches.
Mine are for distance, and I can tell you now that as annoying as it is, they're great.
My eyesight wasn't that bad, but it has made a big difference in any case. If it's really that bad, perhaps you've been given the wrong prescription.
The ophthalmologist said I shouldn't really have been sold them as they wouldn't have fixed the symptoms I had. They are for close work, it wasn't just headaches I was getting, it was eye strain/pain all over and tears. To be fair I get that without them too though - will see what comes, I'm happier the hospitals dealing with it now though.
Ho-hum I can wear them for interviews
DarrenSV650S
03-06-14, 03:57 PM
I'm happier the hospitals dealing with it now though.
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