Just got my new glasses, and I'm having some trouble with them. I'm going back to my optometrist to have the lab cut them (for the third time) because of a few reasons... so let's start with the history. FYI - I have a lazy eye, but it is corrected with exercises that I performed as a child. The Opthamalogist who guided me through these never issued me a prism, and I NEVER have had a prism put in my lenses since without returning them. Also, been wearing nearsighted glasses since 3rd grade. Been wearing my current pair of glasses for somewhere between two and four years (probably about 3 and a half)
Purchased glasses about a month ago, ordered Crizal, Transitions, Polycarb lenses for the reasons that make those options good... I love transitions, wanted to try an AR coat that wouldn't scratch, and Polycarb lenses for their scratch and shatter resistance. Plus, that's the lens material that I've had for as long as I can remember. When the Optician was measuring my pupillary distance, she had me look into the green dot box w/o my glasses. Upon seeing two dots, she asked me to try again with my glasses, and took a measurement. I asked her about this and she said that it was because I didn't have my "correction" on. Two weeks ago, received glasses, but Crizal was defective. Apparently, aside from a small "window" in the middle, the coating didn't take and had become cracked and looked a lot like a parking lot oil spill. So, we sent them back to be redone. Last Thursday, received re-done glasses. Crizal isn't defective this time, and prescription seems good--images are crystal clear. However, I feel the lenses pulling in a way that I have never before. It's not the prescription in either eye, individually, they look remarkably clear. When I put them together, however, it feels as though each eye is seeing something different, and they don't want to work together. It's almost like they're being pulled cross-eyed. But I left them on, planning on keeping them for the weekend and then we'd see. Friday, went back into work and using the computer screen just past arm's length made me dizzy and nauseous. After a while, nausea went away, but I was still disoreinted. Feels like looking thorugh a fish bowl. AFAIK, I've had the fish-bowl experience just about every time I get new lenses--it's the new power... but this is different. My power hasn't really changed that much, ± .25 sphere, and the angle of astigmatism in my left eye has changed. But I pressed on. Saturday was a good sunny day, so I set them outside, as the optician recommended, to "break in" the Transitions lenses... Left them out for 45 minutes, still clear as a bell. Decided then to go back to my old pair as these were bothering me too much anyway. Tested my current pair of transitions next to these to make sure they were getting enough sun (as a sanity check, they were obviously in full sun), and my current pair darkened in seconds. Sunday, left them out again for a few hours. Absolutely no difference. So, because of the transitions, I'm taking them back anyway, but... I wonder whether or not the optician measured my pupil distance wrong and caused the issues I'm having now. Is it normal to need your current glasses to get an accurate PD measurement? Would an improper one cause the symptoms I'm describing?? Thanks. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Check us out at the oft-updated http://www.glassyeyes.com! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "GlassyEyes" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/glassyeyes?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
