Reading Glasses Advice

[AudiSport]

So at 48 I need reading glasses. I ve been prescribed some, and I m wearing them now. They help a lot, but don t feel very natural and I m not sure my eyes are less strained - they just make everything clearer directly in front of me.. but anything past my stretched arm is now blurred. And, when I take them off, for the first few minutes EVERYTHING is blurred - and I hate this bit..

Is what I m experiencing normal? Do I just need to man up, get used to the world being blurred when I take my glasses off, and except I now need to carry them with me everywhere I go?

Trivial questions in the grand scheme of things I know - but I m keen to hear the views of some more experienced wearers!

Thanks

Edited by AudiSport on Monday 1st December 11:57

[vixen1700]

Yes it's normal.

Got prescription reading glasses years ago and couldn't believe the difference they made to my sight looking at screens, most importantly looking at spreadsheets and the details in them. How on Earth had I been working without them???

Would always have to take them off when I went for a walk, as everything looked weird and blurry.

I also have normal prescription glasses for driving and watching telly.

Still have the same pair I got around eight years ago and would be lost without them.

[AudiSport]

Thank you… Yes, same experience here, I had forgotten what screen pixels looked like

[55palfers]

This is exactly how reading glasses work. They bring close things into sharp focus as your elderly (!) eye muscles are becoming less effective as time goes by.

I'd say that if it's taking minutes for your eyes to focus on distant objects a visit to your optician may be in order.

I am 70, very short sighted and wear contacts and use reading glasses for close work. My eyes snap into focus almost immediately when I remove my readers.

[AudiSport]

WOW - two very conflicting views on using reading glasses. My eyes definitely take time to readjust after I take them off. I wonder if this is to do with the strength of the lens, or certain conditions?

[Yaboo]

AudiSport said:

WOW - two very conflicting views on using reading glasses. My eyes definitely take time to readjust after I take them off. I wonder if this is to do with the strength of the lens, or certain conditions?

Your experience is fairly normal, ask your own optometrist if you’ve got any concerns.

The poster who is age 70 has none of their own focal capacity left (so their specs do all of the focal work), whereas at age 48 you do have some focal capacity left (so you’re still doing some of the focal work) - and it’s just taking a bit longer for your own intraocular lens to adjust.

[xx99xx]

AudiSport said:

WOW - two very conflicting views on using reading glasses. My eyes definitely take time to readjust after I take them off. I wonder if this is to do with the strength of the lens, or certain conditions?

Same here.

Mine are a +1 I think so fairly weak. So weak in fact that I rarely use the glasses, only really 1st thing in the morning if I'm struggling.

Without glasses it takes me about 5-8 seconds to adjust focus from near to far and back again. With glasses, it's about the same adjustment time when I take them off.

[Lincsls1]

Contacts maybe the way forward for you.
I have recently started wearing them. Can't get on with glasses. They feel unnatural and make me feel unbalanced.
I wear a lens for reading LHS and the other for distance RHS. So far so good. Feel very comfortable and I can see! There is no issue with wearing the 2 sorts of lens together, The brain sorts it all out without fuss.
I found getting them in and taking them out incredibly awkward for quite a while, but now its less than a 5 minute job. I dare say, with more time, it will be less than 2, I started in October.
I'm going to trail some multifocal lens soon, this means both eyes will be able to do both.