New to Eyeglasses, got a question.

[rwdenney]

I couldn’t do progressives—my binocular vision is marginal at best and progressives made my eyes wander all over the place. I wear trifocals, and they are bad enough. For the shop, I have bifocals with no distance-vision correction. Same for computers and playing music.

I’ve been wearing glasses since the second grade so I can’t help with what it takes to get used to them.

Rick “needs the land lines” Denney

 

[EricB]

I mentioned this discussion to my optician wife and she had plenty to say. She even went all technical on me. In summary, glasses are a tool and like any tool they need to be proper for the job, properly adjusted, and you need to learn how to use them. They can cause all manner of vision problems from eyestrain and such if they are not made and adjusted right.

I started wearing progressives a few years ago from bifocals. I still wear bifocals for fixed focus work like typing this message. I still need to think about where to focus when wearing the progressives, and they distort everything, but that's part of the compromise in their design.

Eric

 

[Janderso]

I don't know what you guys are talking about. Glasses have been around for longer than you think. Ben Franklin...
I believe for one thousand years.. So while most did not have access, it's been available.

Yeah, old Ben invented Bifocals back in the late 1700's

 

[Janderso]

I've never had vertigo, but that's probably because I always wear a condom. You just can be too careful now day's. Mike

Reminds me of a cartoon I saw one time.
The guy had ten condoms, one on each finger, a large one on his head like a shower cap, one on his tongue, and one of course on his lower region.
The caption; the gal said, "you take this aids thing seriously don't you."

 

[extropic]

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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?

My first prescription eye glasses (about 30 years ago) were for close up. I soon got one prescription for computer (20"?) and another for reading (12"?). They were both single prescription and I took to them like a duck to water. They are another tool to help get the job done.

My Optometrist suggested that I could use some distance correction long before I had any distance complaints. When I picked them up, I drove around the block, went back to the office and told him NFW! No way I could accommodate the poor of peripheral vision when driving. About 5 years ago I got bifocals for driving. Now I appreciate the distance correction and can easily also read the instruments. I recently passed the eye test for a drivers license without glasses, but I wear them regularly for my comfort (including enhanced safety).

I also have bouts of vertigo. I have no idea what causes them or how to moderate the effects, except to be mindful, vigilant in my movements and wait for them to pass. Mostly the episodes are, IMO, minor with loss of balance when I get up from a reclined or seated position. I associate the loss of balance with too rapid movement of my head, so I try not to do that. I can accommodate the minor events by holding on to something stable for a moment. The episodes seem to pass in a couple days to a couple weeks.
Infrequently the events are more severe and I must sit down. A few times my eyes have oscillated rapidly left and right and I became nauseous. Getting old is not for the faint of heart.

 

[tghsmith]

search Epley maneuver for possible help with the vertigo,, as for progressive glasses make double sure the tech is eyeball to eyeball level with you when they are marking the height on the lenses,, my first pair 15 years back were marked wrong and unwearable.. they did new lenses marked correctly and all was fine,, the Dr. gave the tech a lecture on how to correctly mark them..

 

[woodchucker]

don't know what you mean by marked wrong. These days all the lenses are computer cut I believe. I don't think anyone does it manually any longer.

 

[coolidge]

Note to self...locate the 8 missing pair of reading glasses that did a Houdini.

 

[extropic]

don't know what you mean by marked wrong. These days all the lenses are computer cut I believe. I don't think anyone does it manually any longer.

AFAIK, the technician/fitter determines the dimensions for the placement of the transitions in the lenses according to the way the frame sits on your face relative to the position of your eyes.