Anyone here recently started to wear glasses??
Discussion
Found this quite interesting,last year i started to notice that when looking at my phone screen,type was very slightly blurry.
Instantly thought right old git,glasses time(52 years old).So off i trotted with my failing eyesight,and miraculously managed to find Specsavers all on my own.
Within a few weeks wearing the new glasses my eyes were sore,and when i wasn't wearing them while out and about my vision was similar to if you just slightly start to intentionally start to go cross-eyed.
Anyway all this started to piss me off,did i do the right thing buying glasses?,now my eyesight looking at my phone now 'without' glasses is now 'worse' than it originally was pre-glasses,'and' my sight is now worse while out and about???
What is the bloody point??So fast forward to yesterday afternoon,watching some random unwanted youtube recommended video and a random comment below it just said,"wearing glasses actually makes your eyes worse!",that's all she said!
This jolted me and i 100% agreed,to the point i instantly stopped wearing them,and hourly my sight is improving!!
I'm basically in the mindset right eyes,just work damnit!!and the typing on my phone is getting clearer!!by the hour,and when walking the dog slight double vision has gone??
There you go,some mildly interesting lockdown drivel. :-)
P.s i've typed all this on an android phone without my glasses!
Instantly thought right old git,glasses time(52 years old).So off i trotted with my failing eyesight,and miraculously managed to find Specsavers all on my own.
Within a few weeks wearing the new glasses my eyes were sore,and when i wasn't wearing them while out and about my vision was similar to if you just slightly start to intentionally start to go cross-eyed.
Anyway all this started to piss me off,did i do the right thing buying glasses?,now my eyesight looking at my phone now 'without' glasses is now 'worse' than it originally was pre-glasses,'and' my sight is now worse while out and about???
What is the bloody point??So fast forward to yesterday afternoon,watching some random unwanted youtube recommended video and a random comment below it just said,"wearing glasses actually makes your eyes worse!",that's all she said!
This jolted me and i 100% agreed,to the point i instantly stopped wearing them,and hourly my sight is improving!!
I'm basically in the mindset right eyes,just work damnit!!and the typing on my phone is getting clearer!!by the hour,and when walking the dog slight double vision has gone??
There you go,some mildly interesting lockdown drivel. :-)
P.s i've typed all this on an android phone without my glasses!
I've just completed my second week of wearing glasses whilst working (I spend 8 hours a day in front of screens) having previously been very proud of my consistently perfect eyesight.
I sort of agree with your observations. But, I think if I've worn my glasses all work day, my eyes are much less stressed at the end of the day... so I can sit on the sofa and happily read my phone without glasses all evening, BECAUSE I've been giving them a helping hand all day.
For me the jury is still out... I've had some very odd albeit fleeting eye pain since wearing my glasses... I guess there's an aspect of your eyes/brain getting used to them.
I sort of agree with your observations. But, I think if I've worn my glasses all work day, my eyes are much less stressed at the end of the day... so I can sit on the sofa and happily read my phone without glasses all evening, BECAUSE I've been giving them a helping hand all day.
For me the jury is still out... I've had some very odd albeit fleeting eye pain since wearing my glasses... I guess there's an aspect of your eyes/brain getting used to them.
I've been a short sighted speccy four eyes since school.
First started wearing them for just reading the blackboard, then full time since I started driving.
I've probably only ever had 6 pairs of specs in 25 years, as I only replace them when they're scratched etc (last pair I ruined whilst grinding (no, not that sort of grinding, the other)), rather than every couple of years regardless of how many letters Boots send me.
Each time my sight is only marginally worse than previous.
First started wearing them for just reading the blackboard, then full time since I started driving.
I've probably only ever had 6 pairs of specs in 25 years, as I only replace them when they're scratched etc (last pair I ruined whilst grinding (no, not that sort of grinding, the other)), rather than every couple of years regardless of how many letters Boots send me.
Each time my sight is only marginally worse than previous.
Yes. I don’t know why I didn’t do it sooner to be honest, I never realised how bad my eyesight was. I only need to wear them while watching tv/monitors etc but I just wear them all the time. It’s genuinely life changing.
I have no idea if it’s worth your while but everyone I spoke to said not to use specsavers. Now this may be a local issue, I don’t know but I used vision express and the whole service from start to finish couldn’t have been better. I’ve had no problems whatsoever over the few weeks I’ve had mine.
I have no idea if it’s worth your while but everyone I spoke to said not to use specsavers. Now this may be a local issue, I don’t know but I used vision express and the whole service from start to finish couldn’t have been better. I’ve had no problems whatsoever over the few weeks I’ve had mine.
It’s been a while now but started in 2016 so had grown up without them and lived some of my adult life without.
Before I got glasses I would get a headache and tired eyes, especially when driving. So I thought lets get my eyes tested and voila I needed a pair. At first I agree, it felt odd wearing them just as it did without. I think this was my brain getting used to a dramatic change in the visual input from my eyes. After a few weeks it became better and the tiredness and headaches went although it probably took a while as usage was intermittent at first.
Before I got glasses I would get a headache and tired eyes, especially when driving. So I thought lets get my eyes tested and voila I needed a pair. At first I agree, it felt odd wearing them just as it did without. I think this was my brain getting used to a dramatic change in the visual input from my eyes. After a few weeks it became better and the tiredness and headaches went although it probably took a while as usage was intermittent at first.
You're halfway through your life (if you're lucky) and your eyes aren't as good as they were.
Many, many folks take their eyesight for granted and wonder why they can't read as well as they could 40 years ago.
Yes, I imagine you'd struggle to do anything the same as you did 40 years ago, but seeing/reading doesn't appear to fall in the same category. I could banzai an army assault course when I was 20. Now? Not so much.
Why should your eyes be any different?
Let's put it into a 'car scenario' seeing as we're here on PH.
Your car is 45 years old and it has lost 10% of its engine power. Not only that - it will continue to lose another 5% of its engine power every year, because of worn components, etc.
(Anyone who doesn't understand that analogies are not always exact, please stop reading now and don't bother with comments such as 'I haven't got a 45 year old car! What are you on about?!' ...or... 'how can an engine lose 5% of it's power each year? Link, please' ...or... 'it's all Boris Johnson's fault that my car has lost 46% of it's ..oh, hang on...shinyness? Sorry, petrol. No - dammit. Power')
The situation is - your car is 10% down on its performance. Your garage can prescribe a correction that helps keep your car operating at 100%. Great! You pay for this and go back to normal life.
They ask you to come back in two years for a check up. During this period, your car has naturally lost another 10% of its power, so the garage will have to prescribe a stronger additive that your engine now needs.
Etcetera. Etcetera.
It wasn't the additive that made your engine lose power. It was the engine wearing out, naturally, from the outset. It'll keep deteriorating, regardless of the strength of the additive.
But, to improve the engine performance, the additive strength needs increasing, at regular intervals.
To conclude, it's not glasses that wreck your eyes (unless they've been prescribed and/or dispensed wrong).
Your eyes are always getting worse, just accept it. Specs give you the extra power that your eyes are constantly losing.
First person that says 'my engine hasn't got astigmatism' can get tae.
Many, many folks take their eyesight for granted and wonder why they can't read as well as they could 40 years ago.
Yes, I imagine you'd struggle to do anything the same as you did 40 years ago, but seeing/reading doesn't appear to fall in the same category. I could banzai an army assault course when I was 20. Now? Not so much.
Why should your eyes be any different?
Let's put it into a 'car scenario' seeing as we're here on PH.
Your car is 45 years old and it has lost 10% of its engine power. Not only that - it will continue to lose another 5% of its engine power every year, because of worn components, etc.
(Anyone who doesn't understand that analogies are not always exact, please stop reading now and don't bother with comments such as 'I haven't got a 45 year old car! What are you on about?!' ...or... 'how can an engine lose 5% of it's power each year? Link, please' ...or... 'it's all Boris Johnson's fault that my car has lost 46% of it's ..oh, hang on...shinyness? Sorry, petrol. No - dammit. Power')
The situation is - your car is 10% down on its performance. Your garage can prescribe a correction that helps keep your car operating at 100%. Great! You pay for this and go back to normal life.
They ask you to come back in two years for a check up. During this period, your car has naturally lost another 10% of its power, so the garage will have to prescribe a stronger additive that your engine now needs.
Etcetera. Etcetera.
It wasn't the additive that made your engine lose power. It was the engine wearing out, naturally, from the outset. It'll keep deteriorating, regardless of the strength of the additive.
But, to improve the engine performance, the additive strength needs increasing, at regular intervals.
To conclude, it's not glasses that wreck your eyes (unless they've been prescribed and/or dispensed wrong).
Your eyes are always getting worse, just accept it. Specs give you the extra power that your eyes are constantly losing.
First person that says 'my engine hasn't got astigmatism' can get tae.
OP, have you been back to your optician to ask why you're having these problems?
I would suggest you do and then come on here and moan about it.
I could tell you why 'EVERYONE' needs Spex for reading but I don't think I could do it in the written word. But, like Johnny says you're just getting older. If you got to 52 without Spex for near tasks you've done really well.
I would suggest you do and then come on here and moan about it.
I could tell you why 'EVERYONE' needs Spex for reading but I don't think I could do it in the written word. But, like Johnny says you're just getting older. If you got to 52 without Spex for near tasks you've done really well.
Short sighted - cannot read the registration of the bus coming round the corner.
Long sighted - cannot read the restaurant menu in your hand.
Second one is a sad feature of ageing, well done in getting to 52 - I barely made it to 40 before needing reading glasses.
Good luck in getting the prescription sorted.
Long sighted - cannot read the restaurant menu in your hand.
Second one is a sad feature of ageing, well done in getting to 52 - I barely made it to 40 before needing reading glasses.
Good luck in getting the prescription sorted.
I made it to 50 before I decided I either needed my arms lengthening or to get some glasses for reading.
I went to Vision Express and got some reading glasses. I lasted less than w week with them - terrible headaches and nausea when using them.
Went back and a different optician did a complete new eye test and found the first prescription was far too strong. New glasses made up and these are so much better.
I’m lucky in that the eyes are fairly similarly affected, so I also buy ‘easy readers’ of the right strength as spare pairs.
I really understand now why some people have their glasses on those string things now!
I guess the punchline is that if they are not working for you, go back, and see a different optician
I went to Vision Express and got some reading glasses. I lasted less than w week with them - terrible headaches and nausea when using them.
Went back and a different optician did a complete new eye test and found the first prescription was far too strong. New glasses made up and these are so much better.
I’m lucky in that the eyes are fairly similarly affected, so I also buy ‘easy readers’ of the right strength as spare pairs.
I really understand now why some people have their glasses on those string things now!
I guess the punchline is that if they are not working for you, go back, and see a different optician
Stuart70 said:
Short sighted - cannot read the registration of the bus coming round the corner.
Long sighted - cannot read the restaurant menu in your hand.
No idea what's up with my eyes then Long sighted - cannot read the restaurant menu in your hand.
. Can read long distance just fine - reg plates, motorway signs from half a mile away no problem. But have to increase the zoom to 110 or 120% on many websites to read them without getting eye strain and it's impossible for me to read small text without using my phone camera zoomed in or in macro mode. A couple of recent examples being the numbers on a phone sim card and the ingredients list on a bottle of ribena. Holding them further away doesn't help. The text on airliners.net forum gives me horrible eye pain after a short while, no idea why eg. https://www.airliners.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&.... No amount of increasing the text size improves it. Lemming Train said:
No idea what's up with my eyes then . Can read long distance just fine - reg plates, motorway signs from half a mile away no problem. But have to increase the zoom to 110 or 120% on many websites to read them without getting eye strain and it's impossible for me to read small text without using my phone camera zoomed in or in macro mode. A couple of recent examples being the numbers on a phone sim card and the ingredients list on a bottle of ribena. Holding them further away doesn't help. The text on airliners.net forum gives me horrible eye pain after a short while, no idea why eg. https://www.airliners.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&.... No amount of increasing the text size improves it.
Presbyopia. How old are you? Over 45?. Can read long distance just fine - reg plates, motorway signs from half a mile away no problem. But have to increase the zoom to 110 or 120% on many websites to read them without getting eye strain and it's impossible for me to read small text without using my phone camera zoomed in or in macro mode. A couple of recent examples being the numbers on a phone sim card and the ingredients list on a bottle of ribena. Holding them further away doesn't help. The text on airliners.net forum gives me horrible eye pain after a short while, no idea why eg. https://www.airliners.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&.... No amount of increasing the text size improves it. Stuart70 said:
Short sighted - cannot read the registration of the bus coming round the corner.
Long sighted - cannot read the restaurant menu in your hand.
Second one is a sad feature of ageing, well done in getting to 52 - I barely made it to 40 before needing reading glasses.
Good luck in getting the prescription sorted.
I have been short sighted and worn glasses since about the age of 14, only recently at 45 has my prescription seemed to steady out and start to plateau, as being long sighted tends to be an old person thing, could I well end up being long sighted or will I always remain short sighted? Long sighted - cannot read the restaurant menu in your hand.
Second one is a sad feature of ageing, well done in getting to 52 - I barely made it to 40 before needing reading glasses.
Good luck in getting the prescription sorted.
OP I think you are almost right but also not really
I needed glasses about 5 years ago due to awful headaches always about 3pm
Yes you can see clear enough without the glasses but you are subconsciously squinting/focusing to get the images or text readable, do this for enough hours and you'll start to get banging headaches from the strain
Glasses allow you to focus without that strain
I needed glasses about 5 years ago due to awful headaches always about 3pm
Yes you can see clear enough without the glasses but you are subconsciously squinting/focusing to get the images or text readable, do this for enough hours and you'll start to get banging headaches from the strain
Glasses allow you to focus without that strain
HTP99 said:
Stuart70 said:
Short sighted - cannot read the registration of the bus coming round the corner.
Long sighted - cannot read the restaurant menu in your hand.
Second one is a sad feature of ageing, well done in getting to 52 - I barely made it to 40 before needing reading glasses.
Good luck in getting the prescription sorted.
I have been short sighted and worn glasses since about the age of 14, only recently at 45 has my prescription seemed to steady out and start to plateau, as being long sighted tends to be an old person thing, could I well end up being long sighted or will I always remain short sighted? Long sighted - cannot read the restaurant menu in your hand.
Second one is a sad feature of ageing, well done in getting to 52 - I barely made it to 40 before needing reading glasses.
Good luck in getting the prescription sorted.
I wore contact lens for 35 years for shortsightedness and recently found that I have to carry reading glasses for longsightedness. I have admitted that I am a blind old codger and have gone for varifocal glasses now - genius and make life so much easier.
Does anyone have any experience of varifocal contact lens - how do they work? Are the effective?
I am different to the OP in that I am short sighted, so the benefit for me is that as I am getting older I won't need reading glasses but will still need them for distance vision. My optometrist has discussed the OP's complaint with me before and says that the glasses you are wearing now (presuming they are the right prescription) is now triggering your brain to start noticing how bad your up until now failing eyesight has been. You are triggering near perfect vision with an immediate contrast with failing vision by taking your glasses on and off. Hence your eyesight now "appears" to be failing quicker, in a sense you are training your brain again on what good vision looks like.
HTP99 said:
I have been short sighted and worn glasses since about the age of 14, only recently at 45 has my prescription seemed to steady out and start to plateau, as being long sighted tends to be an old person thing, could I well end up being long sighted or will I always remain short sighted?
You'll end up like my dad. Wearing glasses to see the tv and a 2nd set on bottom of his nose to see his phone lolThe bloke that used to do my MOT's went to the optician as his eyesight was getting worse, he collected his new glasses and within a couple of weeks they weren't working as they should. Back to the optician for a retest and new glasses with a stronger prescription, a few weeks later the new improved glasses weren't working as they should so back to the optician for a third time...
The optician sent him to the doctor for blood tests which confirmed type 1 diabetes!!
The optician sent him to the doctor for blood tests which confirmed type 1 diabetes!!
NBTBRV8 said:
I am different to the OP in that I am short sighted, so the benefit for me is that as I am getting older I won't need reading glasses but will still need them for distance vision.
Good luck with that - not my experience, nor my wife’s, nor families’. You may not end up long sighted, but it is not short sightedness that is “benefitting” you.Gassing Station | Health Matters | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff