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
Dude, have your pupillary distance checked. I got a pair of glasses from warby parker and used their “hold a business card to your nose so we can guess at that measurement”. This pair was instant fucking headaches until I went into one of their brick and mortar stores and they checked things.
The focus point for my lenses was a good 5mm below where it should have been. My eyes are fucking bad and so I was basically looking through the distorted edge of high index lenses.
A quick trip back to the shop for the lenses to get redone and now I can wear them comfortably.
This is for anyone having issues with new glasses - if your prescription hasn’t changed that much from your prior year, but new glasses hurt or are severely uncomfortable, get that shit checked out. That shouldn’t be the case.
For you, @OP - if you’ve always had a script but never been able to use your glasses due to headaches/motion sickness, get a different eye doctor. Don’t just go to a mall lens crafters, try to find an optometrist whose name is on the door. Tell them your symptoms. They should check your eyes for a plethora of things - maybe you’ve got astigmatism, or something else.
It’s not normal to have a severe reaction to glasses if they’re the correct match for your eyes.
Ah, no, I never wore them because I “didn’t need them” and it was inconvenient. I’m very bad with forming new routines to do things I should do, and keeping routines that exist, so if I don’t need them, I won’t use them.
Now I’m realizing I need them and probably have for a while, but the light prescriptions I had in the past were to see if eye issues were contributing to my headaches.
They don’t cause them. That’s a whole other issue that’s being handled as best it can be. My prescription was always really mild. Still is, but it’s enough that I feel a need for it in daily life. Because I wanna play video games without eye strain.
My eye doc is through the VA and I’ve seen many over the years, and they have all said the same thing; you don’t really need them yet but we’ll give you a pair to try to see if it helps. They have checked for all the things because I see halos and stuff. But apparently nothing significant. Dry eye can apparently cause similar stuff and I’ve got some really unpleasant gel drops for that now :)