New to Eyeglasses, got a question.

[woodchucker]

I have been having problems with vertigo, so went to the DR because it's not going away. I am having problems with my vision, and they told me to go see my eye DR.
Well got the glasses, and things have been sharper, but still a little weird. Peripheral non existent, seeing clearly outside even the the center of my viewing area is off. Been wearing them almost a week.
The past 2 days have been worse vertigo wise, I was getting a little better, then bam.
Today my vision went total FUBAR, can't see without the glasses, and am having more problems than the previous days with the glasses.

Since I am new to glasses, is this a normal thing? When you got glasses, did you find it difficult at first to get used to them?

 

[JPMacG]

Sounds like you should check with an ophthalmologist or maybe a neurologist or ENT. In my personal experience wearing glasses, - no, - vertigo is not normal. Sometimes I get it for a day or two with a new lens prescription but it goes away quickly.

 

[woodchucker]

Sounds like you should check with an ophthalmologist or maybe a neurologist or ENT. In my personal experience wearing glasses, - no, - vertigo is not normal. Sometimes I get it for a day or two with a new lens prescription but it goes away quickly.

The vertigo was here before the glasses, the glasses came because I went to my ophthalmologist based on my Primaries recommendation.

 

[Asm109]

Been wearing glasses since I was 14. Only time I ever needed to "get used to them" was the first time I put on gradient bifocals.
Had to teach myself to move my head up and down to adjust distance. Took 15 minutes to adjust.
First time I put them on was a revelation. Wow! trees have leaves!, grass has blades!
You need to see your docs ASAP.

 

[Uglydog]

See a doc again about the vertigo.
There are many causes of vertigo, some are lethal others benign.

Daryl
MN

 

[EricB]

My wife was a career licensed optician. She would tell you to also have the glasses checked to see if they were made correctly. Depending in where you got them and how much you paid you could get skilled professional service or unskilled labor.

Eric

 

[RJSakowski]

For 78 years I functioned without prescription glasses. Two years ago, I decided it was time so I went with my ophthalmologist's prescription in hand to what I thought was an above average provider. My wife who has been wearing prescription glasses for most of her life, convinced me to go with the top of the line no line bifocals. Extra wide field of view for distance, progressive focus down to close up viewing. I got two identical pairs. When I picked the glasses up a week or so later, I walked out of the shop and drove to my next task. When I approached an intersection, I found that I couldn't see vehicles approaching from the left. Spinal injuries prevent me from turning my head more than 50º to the left and as a result anything to the far left was out of focus. The shop redid the glasses to no avail so I asked them to give me old fashioned bifocals instead. I went back in at the end of my 30 day trial and explained the problem. They adjusted the prescription and gave me another pair which were no better Not only was my field of view restricted from left to right but also up and down so that I couldn't even watch television. I asked that they replace them with straight distance vision glasses, which they did. I still have the pair of traditional bifocals but the next time I go for glasses, it will be one pair for vision and another for close up. I am scheduled for cataract surgery this Spring and will need a new prescription then so I'll wait until then for new glasses.

 

[woodchucker]

For 78 years I functioned without prescription glasses. Two years ago, I decided it was time so I went with my ophthalmologist's prescription in hand to what I thought was an above average provider. My wife who has been wearing prescription glasses for most of her life, convinced me to go with the top of the line no line bifocals. Extra wide field of view for distance, progressive focus down to close up viewing. I got two identical pairs. When I picked the glasses up a week or so later, I walked out of the shop and drove to my next task. When I approached an intersection, I found that I couldn't see vehicles approaching from the left. Spinal injuries prevent me from turning my head more than 50º to the left and as a result anything to the far left was out of focus. The shop redid the glasses to no avail so I asked them to give me old fashioned bifocals instead. I went back in at the end of my 30 day trial and explained the problem. They adjusted the prescription and gave me another pair which were no better Not only was my field of view restricted from left to right but also up and down so that I couldn't even watch television. I asked that they replace them with straight distance vision glasses, which they did. I still have the pair of traditional bifocals but the next time I go for glasses, it will be one pair for vision and another for close up. I am scheduled for cataract surgery this Spring and will need a new prescription then so I'll wait until then for new glasses.

I've already had cataract surgery. These are progressives. In my shop I was wearing safety glasses with 1.5 bifocals. The prescription he gave me was for 2.5 for close... which I can't use if I look through my wifes glasses (2.0) too blurry, but I can use 3.0 when doing very small work. I use them for jig saw and very fine.

But today, I am having problems even with the distance... And these have allowed me to see clearly at a distance, but not without some issues. It was nice to be able to see the volleyball scores on the TV.. I have been struggling for a while.. but didn't have problems walking or driving until hit with the vertigo, then everything went.

 

[Ken from ontario]

I have two pair of prescription glasses with progressive lens, got them 15 years ago ,tried them for a couple of days and that was it, never used them again, couldn't focus on an object without having to move my head up and down to find the sweet spot, felt like fool , so went back to the old reading glasses for everything from watching tv to computer monitor .

 

[Janderso]

I put on gradient bifocals.

Is that the same as progressive? Like playing a trombone, you have to dial it in?