Is my eyeglass prescriptiion wrong?

[pseydtonne]

I picked up my new glasses on Thursday, but I haven't been at work (where I get my worst vision problems) until now. Everything looks surprisingly fuddup.

Is the world supposed to look as if I'm sitting in a fish bowl? Every long vertical line looks like it's trying to merge -- too many trapezoids. Text looks good on the screen, but I have to refocus just to look at the keyboard.

It feels weird. I think the woman behind the lens machine was breaking my babalones. She went so fast that i couldn't give her good answers, and slowing her down was a failure.

I'll give this a couple more hours, then I'm calling the eye doctor to schedule another sitting. This time I don't want to have the drops in when I get this done. The world looks broken -- and it twists when I tilt my head.

Comments

[bedfull-o-books.livejournal.com]

Definitely get a new fitting. There is something definitely wrong. Good luck.

[fangirl715.livejournal.com]

FWIW, a new glasses prescription (at least in my humble experience) tends to result in some rather messed-up perception, esp. depth perception (floors slanting, etc.), which goes away in a few days. However, you may want to see the eye doctor again, because it shouldn't be that bad if you're just sitting there.

[teddywolf.livejournal.com]

This does not go away for everyone. It happens to some people because the glasses shops prefer to use high-index plastic, and some of us always have a problem with it even after a week or longer.

I had this problem a number of years ago when I worked for A Telephone & Tomfoolery company. I got new glasses with polycarbonate (high-index plastic) lenses, which the doc swore up and down was the latest and greatest and worth the extra $50 or so. After a week or two of my vision was still off at the edges all around. I went back, asked for regular plastic and my vision was instantly better. "And I won't charge you extra for the new lenses," said the optometrist, so I never went back.

More recently I got new glasses from Costco. I again tried high-index with the same effects. So, when I went back in I said, "I want regular index plastic." They hemmed and hawed a little because it meant grinding the lenses down more than they were comfortable with but gave in. I put on my new glasses and poof! all better.

I am used to putting on glasses and my vision immediately clearing up. My uncle crafted several pairs of glasses for me when I was a teen and he told me a few tales; I will not settle for blurred or fuzzy peripherals.

[lightcastle.livejournal.com]

High index does tend to cause an issue around the peripheral. Depends often on the cut and size of the lens. (In my case, my vision is so bad I almost have to have SOME form of high index to keep them from being complete coke-bottles.)

So yeah, it could be that it's just one where the edge is too far into your peripheral vision and you're picking up lots of distortion/

[teddywolf.livejournal.com]

See, I'd rather have functional Coke-bottles than less-functional (but stylish) slender lenses. Personal preference, your mileage may (and probably does) vary.

The optometrists I have talked with have all said that high-index plastic is not for everybody. I am part of that Not category. *shrug* As for weight, well, my first few pairs of glasses had glass lenses. Everything else since has been nice and light by comparison.

[metahacker.livejournal.com]

Did you get progressives by accident?

[pseydtonne.livejournal.com]

What's a progressive?

[teddywolf.livejournal.com]

"It's some automobile insurance company with a lousy vision plan for its customers. But that's not important right now."

[tenshikurai9.livejournal.com]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progressive_lens

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