Basically title; how long did it take you to get used to them?

For bonus info for me, how old were you when you started wearing them? How bad are your eyes?

I finally had to give in and get them. My eyes aren’t that bad (I think) but I’m almost 40. I’ve had them made a few times in the past because I have had a prescription all this time (since my mid 20s) but I never wore them. It was more work than my eyes were doing…… probably. Felt that way anyway…

But I can’t avoid it now and I got an additional pink tint added to maybe help with headaches (not directly related to my eyes, I’ve had the headaches most of my life; they run in the family, yay!)… and one eye has a stronger prescription than the other and it’s insanely nauseating. It’s my dominant eye no less. And maybe I shouldn’t have done all the vision changes at once.

How long am I gunna deal with this? I can’t just stop wearing them after a few days this time, because off is worse for reading and I know it and I notice it.

Edit: this is day one of wearing these. It sucks but it’s not like this is ongoing. This is new to me in that it’s physically uncomfortable, but my eyes are legit bad and I’ve known it and I think the prescription might be a bit off but they have been telling me for years if I just wear the damned things my eyes will relax and my prescription will probably change. I do not like the visual changes. They make me sick because I have neurological problems that both cause headaches and intense motion sickness. Like I can’t swing on swings without getting violently ill. -end edit

  • Sciaphobia@sh.itjust.works
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    19 days ago

    I never had the experience you are describing. The closest I got was when I got a flexiframe that couldn’t be adjusted by hand - because that’s the whole point of those - and the nose bridge was set such that the edges of the lenses were in a different spot than I was used to. This resulted in the world swirling in a dizzying way when I moved my head because my peripheral vision was adjusting to the difference. That process took about a week, I think.

    I have also found that it hurts my eyes to try to wear glasses inconsistently. For me I need to wear them all the time, or not at all. So if you are being inconsistent you may be making it difficult for your eyes to get used to focusing differently.

    It might be worth talking with your optometrist though, in case something isn’t quite right. (S)he can test the lenses and verify the lenses are right - they could be wrong, and that would be a problem for sure.