Any Opticians In?

[agent006]

I've just had new glasses done, having worn my old ones for two years. Apparently my right eye astigmatism has got one whole thing (whatever they're measured as) worse.

I've got my new glasses now and they're, quite frankly, st. Left eye is fine, but the right is blurry on its own, and they're also affecting my spatial perception (my screen isn't square as i'm typing this). If i don't consciously try and focus, then everything blurrs and i get double vision.

I'm told this is to be expected with an astigmatism and my "brain needs time to get used to the new prescription". Is this correct, or am i wasting my time with these new bins?

[16VJay]

I had this many years ago. Went to the opticians and saw a subsitute for my regular guy who said I needed new bins. Fair enough, was in my teens, eyes still growing and all that.

When I got the new ones, I could hardly stand up my vision was that bad. Persisted with it for a day and gave up and used the old ones. Mum got me another appointment and when we got there it was the regular guy again.

He checked the new lenses and said the stand-in optician had ordered the lenses designed to correct all the astigmatism I had. The optician said he knew about this but my eyes were still able to correct for it unaided and I wouldn't need any help correcting it until I was much older - like retirement age!!

[DKL]

Sounds a bit iffy on the face of it.
Yes a new Rx will need some time to get used to but if you keep still you should be able to see quite happily, generally its only when you start to move around that it all seems a bit odd.
Yes you may see odd shapes - leaning door frames and oval plates but this will go as the distortion is caused by the shape of the new lenses themselves whilst you are used to the shape of the old ones. Your brain will win and as you know the door is straight then you will see it as such within a day or so.
New astigmatic prescriptions are often the worst to adapt to especially if they have gone up. I would suggest the following:

Go back and just get them to check there hasn't been some clerical error and the numbers are all back to front. We all make mistakes.

If there isn't take them and use them for 4 days or so. Don't go back to your old ones if you can help it. Either all will be well or it won't.

If it isn't book yourself in again and get the Rx checked - it may be that it is ok but that it will take you 6 months to get used to it in which case some compromises will have to be made.
Bear in mind these compromises may result in your vision not being quite as good as it could be but you have to be able to live with them.
The remainder of the change will have to be added at a later date so you will need new glasses again but sooner than you would have if you follow.

Or they may just be the wrong prescription in which case they should be fixed for you FOC.

Hope that helps.
David

[Parrot of Doom]

I've worn glasses for over 20 years, and I have a squint (not so bad after the op a few years back).

New bins are awkward, but only for the first hour or two - after that they should be perfect.

[agent006]

DKL said:

Or they may just be the wrong prescription in which case they should be fixed for you FOC.

Hope that helps.
David

That helps loads. I've been back today and they've checked that the lenses match the prescription. I think what i'll do is book an eye test elsewhere in the next few days if i can just to make sure the prescription's correct.

I presume i'm not doing any permanent damage by potentially wearing the wrong glasses?

[DKL]

agent006 said:

DKL said:

Or they may just be the wrong prescription in which case they should be fixed for you FOC.

Hope that helps.
David

That helps loads. I've been back today and they've checked that the lenses match the prescription. I think what i'll do is book an eye test elsewhere in the next few days if i can just to make sure the prescription's correct.

I presume i'm not doing any permanent damage by potentially wearing the wrong glasses?

You won't do any damage, a headache at most.
There shouldn't be any need to spend more money on another test elsewhere. If the practice is any good they will accept these things happen from time to time and should do all they can to fix it.
Bear in mind the nature of the test means that another will invariably give different numerical results. I can do one on the hour every hour (for the same person!) and the results will be slightly different but if I made them all up they may measure differently but you wouldn't be able to reliably choose a favourite pair.
In fact another test will just complicate things:
what will you do if they both come out the same but you still can't see?

if the first practice make up another pair to the new (different, from elsewhere)rx and you still can't see you could find yourself stuck between 2 places with glasses you can't use.

Just go back and see the same person if you can and explain and get them to fix it. It usually isn't a case of the right or the wrong prescription its more, vague, than that and it could be that the numbers are fine but that you aren't coping with how the new ones have been made up - lnes shapes/sizes etc. Take your old ones with you if you have to go back so they can check again what you are comfortable with even if you don't see as well.
Comfort and best vision, especially in new glasses, are not necessarily the same thing.