I don't think so - that's why people need bifocals - you're having a hard time both focusing near and far. Two different issues.
On Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 1:42 PM, Zaphod Beeblebrox wrote: > Last summer (2007) I went to an eye specialist to figure out why I had > an instance of double images. Long story short, they figured out that > I didn't have it when using contacts, but with did have it with > glasses and when not using anything. One of the things they also > figured out is that it's very hard to nail down my prescription as the > specialist said, "Your eyes are really strong and can focus well with > different prescriptions" > > After trying out their optometrist who kept insisting on putting me in > contacts with different focal depths, I quit going there. > > I went back to my local wal-mart optometrist that I've been using for > about 7 years now and told him the story. He told me that my > astigmatism is what causes the ghosting and that it made sense that my > contacts would clear it up. Anyway, during the examination, he > measured me out to be about 2 clicks worse in sight, -2.75 on one and > -3.25 on the other. > > I ended up getting some reading glasses as it was getting damn hard to > read some of these technical books and my eyes were getting very sore > without them. I started realizing that if I kept my reading glasses > on all day, aside from the pain of glasses, my eyes were feeling much > better. > > So the question is: > > If my vision is -2.75 and -3.25 and I've got some +1.5 reading > glasses...do they offset each other so that my real prescription > should be -1.25 and -1.75? > > zB > > -- > Green grass and high tides forever > Castles of stone souls and glory > Lost faces say we adore you > As kings and queens bow and play for you > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:274031 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
