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Post by Delta Dawn on Jun 3, 2016 2:37:11 GMT
Hi I have been wearing contact lenses for all of 2 days now. Will my close up vision get better quickly? My distance vision is so nice now. I never knew I had an issue with it. (New eye doctor). I can't read and my eyes are blurry looking at the computer screen right now. Is it because my eyes are tired? (I got glasses a year ago that I never wore as the Rx was wrong despite being remade 2x).
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Post by ntsf on Jun 3, 2016 2:39:50 GMT
I would go back to eye doc. sometimes you can use reading glasses with contacts. it just depend what they are correcting for..and if there is a big distance between distance and close up ...you may need adjustment.
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Post by Delta Dawn on Jun 3, 2016 2:41:02 GMT
I will call tomorrow. He said I will need to get used to them, but they said that about the other glasses, too.
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Post by mlynn on Jun 3, 2016 2:43:29 GMT
When I have no corrective lenses in use, I can read just fine. When I wear contacts, I need to use cheaters to read. I have two pair of glasses. One is for distance (like my contacts) and one is for computer work. With the glasses I just look around the lens or remove them to read.
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Post by valincal on Jun 3, 2016 3:18:45 GMT
When I have no corrective lenses in use, I can read just fine. When I wear contacts, I need to use cheaters to read . Same here. At your age OP, you likely need reading glasses unless your contacts are supposed to correct for both. That type didn't work for me so I just went back to monovision lenses. |
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Post by beachbum on Jun 3, 2016 3:23:05 GMT
My contacts are two different strengths - my left eye is for distance and my right eye is for reading. It worked the minute I put them in. If your contacts are for distance only you'll need reading glasses. Ask your doctor about it.
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Post by Delta Dawn on Jun 3, 2016 3:50:39 GMT
When I have no corrective lenses in use, I can read just fine. When I wear contacts, I need to use cheaters to read . Same here. At your age OP, you likely need reading glasses unless your contacts are supposed to correct for both. That type didn't work for me so I just went back to monovision lenses. I do need reading glasses or for print on the salad dressing bottle to get made bigger. I can't read fine print on anything any longer. The new doctor is awesome. I really like him. His staff are really great, too. It is easy to get appointments, they have enough tables to wait on you and enough opticians (are they the glasses fitters?) The whole experience was very positive. I didn't mention that the place is 5 minutes from home. There is that aspect that I really liked. I ordered new glasses for the days I don't want to wear contacts and I have contacts for the other days. I may need cheats, though. I will ask about that. |
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Post by scrapaddie on Jun 3, 2016 9:17:52 GMT
Same here. At your age OP, you likely need reading glasses unless your contacts are supposed to correct for both. That type didn't work for me so I just went back to monovision lenses. I do need reading glasses or for print on the salad dressing bottle to get made bigger. I can't read fine print on anything any longer. The new doctor is awesome. I really like him. His staff are really great, too. It is easy to get appointments, they have enough tables to wait on you and enough opticians (are they the glasses fitters?) The whole experience was very positive. I didn't mention that the place is 5 minutes from home. There is that aspect that I really liked. I ordered new glasses for the days I don't want to wear contacts and I have contacts for the other days. I may need cheats, though. I will ask about that. Ask Monovision. It sounds like it might be difficult but it's really very easy. I've been using monovision for the past 20 years almost. Monovision was what another poster describe what to wear when Eye is designed to see Close up things, the other to say for things. I picked up mine on the way to the airport and several hours later was driving in the busy traffic of Houston Texas, accity I had never been in before. No problems seeing |
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Post by Patter on Jun 3, 2016 10:30:45 GMT
When I have no corrective lenses in use, I can read just fine. When I wear contacts, I need to use cheaters to read . Same here. At your age OP, you likely need reading glasses unless your contacts are supposed to correct for both. That type didn't work for me so I just went back to monovision lenses. Ditto. My brain could never get used to distance for one eye and close up for the other. I now wear contacts for distance and readers for close-up. I find I have to put the readers on a lot more though with my contacts. I don't like that. It makes my close-up vision worse which the eye doc said is normal.  |
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Post by gloryjoy on Jun 3, 2016 12:47:27 GMT
When I have no corrective lenses in use, I can read just fine. When I wear contacts, I need to use cheaters to read . Same here. At your age OP, you likely need reading glasses unless your contacts are supposed to correct for both. That type didn't work for me so I just went back to monovision lenses. Yep, me too. |
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Post by peasapie on Jun 3, 2016 12:47:56 GMT
As some said above, when my contacts are in, I need reading glasses. When they are out, I don't. The doctor said that in order to correct distance, it made my close-up vision blurry. My solution is that I wear only one contact, in my dominant eye. I adjusted to this very well. Some people do and others don't.
There is a bifocal contact lens you can try. That didn't work well for me, but it does work for some people.
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Post by debmast on Jun 3, 2016 12:53:53 GMT
My hubby started having that issue. He now has bifocal contacts. Solved his problem.
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Post by crimsoncat05 on Jun 3, 2016 14:41:43 GMT
I would also go back to your doctor-- but wanted to say that the prescription for your contacts might not be the EXACT Rx you need to correct your vision, either.
I wear disposable contacts and they only come in 'half' powers, i.e. -7.0, -7.5, -8.0. The contact lens I wear in my left eye (-7.5) is not quite strong enough to correct my vision perfectly but the next strength contact (-8.0) would be TOO strong, so it's never going to be corrected perfectly. (if that made sense, lol) This also means I have to keep the left and right contacts straight as to which is which, because if I mix them up then both eyes would be blurry.
Bottom line is, my left eye is always a bit blurry, no matter what-- I've gotten used to it over time. (I do still have to wear reading glasses for working at the computer, though-- so like others have said, you may need reading glasses too.) |
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Post by craftsbycarolyn on Jun 3, 2016 14:49:06 GMT
I wore contacts for 25 years until I had surgery on my eyes. If your contacts are for seeing far away (which mine were) you will have to wear cheaters for reading.
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Post by dockmaster on Jun 3, 2016 15:01:16 GMT
My contacts correct my nearsightedness. They are for distance, I wear cheaters for reading/closeup work. I have bifocals for non contact wearing times. I have tmb, too many birthdays.
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Post by STBC on Jun 3, 2016 15:08:44 GMT
I wear contacts for distance and was told by my eye doctor that given my age, I'm going to need readers at some point. He kept the contacts on the lowest possible power that would allow me to see distance and still be able to read things close up.
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Post by crimsoncat05 on Jun 3, 2016 15:25:33 GMT
I like the phrase "I have tmb" dockmaster-- lol!! (too many birthdays) I'm going to use that one, for sure!! |
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Post by Delta Dawn on Jun 3, 2016 16:42:11 GMT
Same here. At your age OP, you likely need reading glasses unless your contacts are supposed to correct for both. That type didn't work for me so I just went back to monovision lenses. Ditto. My brain could never get used to distance for one eye and close up for the other. I now wear contacts for distance and readers for close-up. I find I have to put the readers on a lot more though with my contacts. I don't like that. It makes my close-up vision worse which the eye doc said is normal. I think you are right Patter and everyone else. I will need something for reading because my distance vision was so much better yesterday, but i couldn't read anything without squinting or pushing the book far away from my face. I see the doctor again next week and will discuss with him the reading glasses idea. I don't know what else I can do really. Also does your vision come and go? Mine is fine in the AM but at night it is so blurry. It's not terrible or anything it just isn't as good. |
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Post by STBC on Jun 3, 2016 17:01:01 GMT
Make sure the contacts are properly fitted for your eyes too. A couple years ago, my new contacts seemed off to me - I had difficulty reading things up close and had overall problems with blurriness, particularly after I blinked. I went back for a recheck and found out they had given a larger diameter contact lens than what I needed.
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Post by crimsoncat05 on Jun 3, 2016 18:13:29 GMT
"Also does your vision come and go? Mine is fine in the AM but at night it is so blurry. It's not terrible or anything it just isn't as good."
^^^ yes-- my eyes definitely get tired and/or dried out during the day when I wear my contacts and my eyes do go somewhat blurry later in the evening. Like you said, it's not terrible, but my vision isn't as good later in the evening. After having a couple corneal ulcers that were caused in part by lack of oxygen to my eyes (I've worn contacts now for over 30 yrs), I try to take my contacts out very soon after I get home from work to rest my eyes and let them 'breathe'.
eta: I agree on 'make sure they're properly fitted to your eyes' too. I've only tried contacts once or twice that weren't the right size / shape, from trying to switch to a different brand. You're not supposed to be able to feel the contact lens in your eye, and the too-big contacts felt sort of like your foot would feel if you were wearing a sock that's too big, lol. It just sort of 'floated' around on my eye and I could feel it when I blinked.
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Post by peasapie on Jun 3, 2016 20:22:48 GMT
If they are worse at night due to dryness, make sure you ask your doctor which type of contact lens lubricating drops to use.
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Post by birukitty on Jun 3, 2016 23:39:31 GMT
My hubby started having that issue. He now has bifocal contacts. Solved his problem. Yes! They now make bifocal contact lenses including disposable bifocal contact lenses. It's like having the best of both worlds in a contact lens. I need contact lenses to correct my nearsightedness (I can't see things far away-they are blurry, and have been since the age of 20), but I also can't read things close up anymore once I have those contact lenses in, because I'm 56 and my reading vision has changed as I got older. If I wore glasses I'd be wearing bifocal glasses. But I hate glasses and have worn contact lenses since I was 22 years old. Enter-bifocal contact lenses. These are amazing! The reading part (like reading glasses-some people call them cheaters) is a tiny circle in the middle of the contact lens. Your brain learns to use that part of the lens for close up reading. The outer circle of the lens is for far away vision. Both lenses are usually identical depending on your vision and go in each eye. They are much easier to get used to then the old fashioned routine of one eye for reading and one eye for far away vision. I've been using these bifocal contact lenses for the past 3 years and each year they've gotten better and better. I would, if I were you, go back to your eye doctor and ask him about this option. Contact lenses do take getting used to in general. Disposables are the easiest to get used to because there is zero maintenance. You put in a fresh new pair every morning and throw away the used pair every night. Of course, they do cost more because of this. I love the bifocal contact lenses because I am no longer constantly searching for my reading glasses. Since you are new to contact lenses you may want to wait and get used to regular contact lenses first, but honestly these work just the same as regular lenses I think. Most eye doctors give you 4 or so pairs for free to try for a few days to see if you like them before ordering a whole pack-at least mine does. But I've been going to her for over 15 years, so I guess I'm really not sure what "most" eye doctors do. Debbie in MD. |
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Post by birukitty on Jun 3, 2016 23:43:22 GMT
PS I didn't answer your question clearly. Your close up vision won't get better with regular contact lenses at all. Normal contact lenses correct your distance vision only. Bifocal contact lenses correct both-distance vision and close up vision. Since you've only had your contacts 2 days now I would go back to your eye doctor ASAP and ask him about bifocal contact lenses and ask to be switched. My bifocal contact lenses allow me to read, see the computer screen clearly and my distance vision is 20/20.
He/She should be able to make the switch for free or charge you a very small fee to do so.
Debbie in MD.
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Post by Delta Dawn on Jun 4, 2016 2:41:21 GMT
My hubby started having that issue. He now has bifocal contacts. Solved his problem. Yes! They now make bifocal contact lenses including disposable bifocal contact lenses. It's like having the best of both worlds in a contact lens. I need contact lenses to correct my nearsightedness (I can't see things far away-they are blurry, and have been since the age of 20), but I also can't read things close up anymore once I have those contact lenses in, because I'm 56 and my reading vision has changed as I got older. If I wore glasses I'd be wearing bifocal glasses. But I hate glasses and have worn contact lenses since I was 22 years old. Enter-bifocal contact lenses. These are amazing! The reading part (like reading glasses-some people call them cheaters) is a tiny circle in the middle of the contact lens. Your brain learns to use that part of the lens for close up reading. The outer circle of the lens is for far away vision. Both lenses are usually identical depending on your vision and go in each eye. They are much easier to get used to then the old fashioned routine of one eye for reading and one eye for far away vision. I've been using these bifocal contact lenses for the past 3 years and each year they've gotten better and better. I would, if I were you, go back to your eye doctor and ask him about this option. Contact lenses do take getting used to in general. Disposables are the easiest to get used to because there is zero maintenance. You put in a fresh new pair every morning and throw away the used pair every night. Of course, they do cost more because of this. I love the bifocal contact lenses because I am no longer constantly searching for my reading glasses. Since you are new to contact lenses you may want to wait and get used to regular contact lenses first, but honestly these work just the same as regular lenses I think. Most eye doctors give you 4 or so pairs for free to try for a few days to see if you like them before ordering a whole pack-at least mine does. But I've been going to her for over 15 years, so I guess I'm really not sure what "most" eye doctors do. Debbie in MD. This really would be the best of both worlds!!! I will ask him about them tomorrow when I call to check in. (They said to call if I have any problems). |
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Post by Patter on Jun 4, 2016 10:28:02 GMT
One thing about the bifocal contact lenses--if you have astigmatism, you will not be able to use them. They don't make them yet for astigmatism. I have been waiting for at least 2 years for this option. My doctor keeps telling me I am the perfect candidate once they are available.
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