Basically title; how long did it take you to get used to them?
For bonus info for me, how old were you when you started wearing them? How bad are your eyes?
I finally had to give in and get them. My eyes aren’t that bad (I think) but I’m almost 40. I’ve had them made a few times in the past because I have had a prescription all this time (since my mid 20s) but I never wore them. It was more work than my eyes were doing…… probably. Felt that way anyway…
But I can’t avoid it now and I got an additional pink tint added to maybe help with headaches (not directly related to my eyes, I’ve had the headaches most of my life; they run in the family, yay!)… and one eye has a stronger prescription than the other and it’s insanely nauseating. It’s my dominant eye no less. And maybe I shouldn’t have done all the vision changes at once.
How long am I gunna deal with this? I can’t just stop wearing them after a few days this time, because off is worse for reading and I know it and I notice it.
Edit: this is day one of wearing these. It sucks but it’s not like this is ongoing. This is new to me in that it’s physically uncomfortable, but my eyes are legit bad and I’ve known it and I think the prescription might be a bit off but they have been telling me for years if I just wear the damned things my eyes will relax and my prescription will probably change. I do not like the visual changes. They make me sick because I have neurological problems that both cause headaches and intense motion sickness. Like I can’t swing on swings without getting violently ill. -end edit
Ah, I tried contacts back in the day. My eyes are too dry for them. I got new gel eye drops prescribed when I went (it’s the VA, I have to accept treatment I would rather avoid to get treatment I want ;) I wanted eye drops that help and got glasses too! At least they are kinda cute. The lady (who also had plastic frames) said I looked like a diva. She was lying to make me feel good about my choice because she could tell I wanted someone to push me away from the black wire frames I’ve always gone with. But I like them :) they fit better than the ones with the weird nose bridge thing so I’m more likely to stick with them. And the pink of the frame goes well with the pink tint of the lense.
I enjoyed dealing with the discomfort for the backlight contacts for my starfire costume in my early 20s, but that lasted a whole like 2 hrs before I had to remove them. I can’t handle it. They hurt. I can’t deal with being uncomfortable. (I did also try regular contacts for a while but same thing plus I’m not responsible enough to remove them ever)
I appreciate the advice tho! Thanks for the reply!
Are you sure you haven’t cried enough? 😆
Seriously, I had to accustom myself to tiny “hard” contacts when I was a kid in the 80s. It was hell for a week or three. Wore those for many years.
First time an optometrist gave me soft contacts I nearly wept with relief. Had no idea contacts weren’t supposed to be a pain in the ass!
Joking aside, you’re not going to find contacts that are perfectly comfortable, not perfectly. But you can get close! The right doctor can really dial it in. Mine’s a cranky old man with bad breath who seems to hate his patients. Wouldn’t trade him for the world!
Thanks but no, really, I won’t remember to take them out if they are comfortable. And I hear that’s pretty bad for you.
Even when they weren’t that comfortable I couldn’t remember to take them out.
And I cry plenty thanks! I have a whole movie playlist for days I feel like catharsis. It’s mostly Disney and Pixar because the people working there now grew up with the traumas I did. Woof do they know how to hit the heartstrings. #Healthy or something
Just not in the ways my eyes apparently want… so like gushing intermittently and dry the rest of the time. Stoicism is hard man and we all have breaks don’t judge me. ;)