Do you have crap eyes... What are your numbers?
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I am -8.25 and -9.25 with an add of 1.5 for reading - aged 61.
Been that bad since I was 18 and not really changed apart from the reading add at 44.
Have to pay quite a bit more for the thinnest and lightest lenses
Can’t see much without specs on really
Your prescription is very very mild indeed
Been that bad since I was 18 and not really changed apart from the reading add at 44.
Have to pay quite a bit more for the thinnest and lightest lenses
Can’t see much without specs on really
Your prescription is very very mild indeed
My eyesight is around -5.0 on sph and maybe -0.5 cyl. For context that means if I want to use my phone without glasses I need it about 6 inches from my face.
I'm slightly younger than you, but most of my eyesight degradation was in puberty/teens. It's probably only gone -1 on sph in the last 20 years, most of that spent staring at computer screens which can't help.
Sounds like your eyes are in pretty good shape to be honest!
I'm slightly younger than you, but most of my eyesight degradation was in puberty/teens. It's probably only gone -1 on sph in the last 20 years, most of that spent staring at computer screens which can't help.
Sounds like your eyes are in pretty good shape to be honest!
dibbers006 said:
I've had an eye test (first time in about ten years) and the numbers are -0.75 / -0.25 on the Cyl and 0.25 on the Sph.
You have a pretty mild prescription - I was -8.00D in both eyes. What is your intermediate add? You might find a pair of intermediate glasses will help with computer work although it may be the prescription is too small to be viable. Edited by Mr Pointy on Thursday 23 December 18:03
With contact lenses on a good day I'm pretty much 6/6 (i.e. 20/20 in old money) in the right eye, slightly worse in the left.
Without my lenses in I can't tell how many fingers I'm holding up at arms length.
Can't wear glasses because my corneas are irregular. I consider myself lucky because I have a mild case of my condition, Keratoconus.
Without my lenses in I can't tell how many fingers I'm holding up at arms length.
Can't wear glasses because my corneas are irregular. I consider myself lucky because I have a mild case of my condition, Keratoconus.
Boringvolvodriver said:
I am -8.25 and -9.25 with an add of 1.5 for reading - aged 61.
Been that bad since I was 18 and not really changed apart from the reading add at 44.
Have to pay quite a bit more for the thinnest and lightest lenses
Can’t see much without specs on really
Your prescription is very very mild indeed
Very very close to my history and prescription - just add some prisms and I'm only just 50. Been wearing specs since I was 6, had progressively larger prisms (they got to 10in) until in 2018 I was encouraged to try botox to cure the squint. That kind of worked for a while but I'm now back at 3in prisms.Been that bad since I was 18 and not really changed apart from the reading add at 44.
Have to pay quite a bit more for the thinnest and lightest lenses
Can’t see much without specs on really
Your prescription is very very mild indeed
I was -6 and -6.5 with astigmatism in both eyes. Glasses since aged 4 (now 52).
I decided to have laser correction surgery this year in November and it's the best thing I've ever done.
Like many on here I needed to pay for the thinnest lenses, I needed different glasses for driving/reading and dark glasses so I was comfortably spending £1500 a year on specs.
I talked through Laser surgery with my Optician who I've known for years. He was pretty straight about the pro's and cons and realistically he sat on the fence about the whole thing- but did recommend one thing to me. If I decided to do it, go to Moorfields, no where else. At Moorfields you're seeing a very qualified Surgeon. At the commercial places you're just not sure how qualified or competant your consultant is.
So I went to Moorfields on 10th November and I now have no need for glasses except a cheap pair of supermarket readers for very close stuff - but my eyes are still changing daily (improving).
The procedure I had was PRK.
I decided to have laser correction surgery this year in November and it's the best thing I've ever done.
Like many on here I needed to pay for the thinnest lenses, I needed different glasses for driving/reading and dark glasses so I was comfortably spending £1500 a year on specs.
I talked through Laser surgery with my Optician who I've known for years. He was pretty straight about the pro's and cons and realistically he sat on the fence about the whole thing- but did recommend one thing to me. If I decided to do it, go to Moorfields, no where else. At Moorfields you're seeing a very qualified Surgeon. At the commercial places you're just not sure how qualified or competant your consultant is.
So I went to Moorfields on 10th November and I now have no need for glasses except a cheap pair of supermarket readers for very close stuff - but my eyes are still changing daily (improving).
The procedure I had was PRK.
I'm mid 40s, eyesight went seriously downhill as I hit puberty, then settled around where it is right now (it's closer to -9 / -9.5 for glasses) in my early 20s when I switched to wearing some daily disposable contact lenses.
This is your first post the way I see it without my glasses on:
Weirdly as I get older, my near reading is getting impossible with glasses on so I have to pop my glasses on top of my head to read nutritional labels on jars etc...
Edited by eltawater on Thursday 23 December 19:57
Interesting reading others experiences with similar prescriptions to me. Until i was in my early 30s I didn’t think I could wear contact lenses until I met someone who had a higher prescription than me that did.
Had to switch to varifocals and now don’t wear them as much as I used to as my eyes dry out more.
The lens implants sound interesting although a little reluctant.
Going back to the OP - I would love to be only -0.75! Have to put my specs on first thing and have to keep a spare pair (old pair) in both cars just in case.
Changing glasses when sun came out when driving was always fun but now have magnetic clip on sun glasses which I got from optician in Cyprus - great things
Had to switch to varifocals and now don’t wear them as much as I used to as my eyes dry out more.
The lens implants sound interesting although a little reluctant.
Going back to the OP - I would love to be only -0.75! Have to put my specs on first thing and have to keep a spare pair (old pair) in both cars just in case.
Changing glasses when sun came out when driving was always fun but now have magnetic clip on sun glasses which I got from optician in Cyprus - great things
lost in espace said:
-8.0 here, thanks to everyone posting it's not often I see higher figures than mine posted.
Asda do free thinner lenses if you are over -8.0 the frames are a bit rubbish though. My varifocals cost £120 for 2 pairs.
Mother in law was -15.... and went up to -19 due to complications. Used rigid contact lenses. She had new eye lenses installed and is now ~20/20. Asda do free thinner lenses if you are over -8.0 the frames are a bit rubbish though. My varifocals cost £120 for 2 pairs.
Edited by thebraketester on Thursday 23 December 21:41
I am +4, +4.5 and have CYL (for astigmatism) of 4/4.5.
I can play football, race go karts etc without glasses but I can’t see anyones face till close up without. Even with, I cannot read road signs until about half the distance away that my partner can. I can read ok, though not comfortably, without glasses, though I always wear them.
On a chart I cannot read past the second line without glasses.
Here is what text looks like for someone needing a CYL correction; of +2…
The biggest ball ache is driving at night, even with glasses, every single point of light has lines/star burst shapes originating from it.
For a long time I was mystified at the speed with which other people could drive through town centres at night. I didn’t realise it didn’t look like this for everyone!
I can play football, race go karts etc without glasses but I can’t see anyones face till close up without. Even with, I cannot read road signs until about half the distance away that my partner can. I can read ok, though not comfortably, without glasses, though I always wear them.
On a chart I cannot read past the second line without glasses.
Here is what text looks like for someone needing a CYL correction; of +2…
The biggest ball ache is driving at night, even with glasses, every single point of light has lines/star burst shapes originating from it.
For a long time I was mystified at the speed with which other people could drive through town centres at night. I didn’t realise it didn’t look like this for everyone!
I was about -8 in both eyes from about age of 21. I started wearing glasses at age 8. Always spent a fortune on glasses getting thinned lenses and varifocals.
In my mid 40's diagnosed with cataracts and had both eyes done. Now, my long vision is fine for driving without any correction/ glasses. Just wear reading glasses for up close work... Amazing really....
In my mid 40's diagnosed with cataracts and had both eyes done. Now, my long vision is fine for driving without any correction/ glasses. Just wear reading glasses for up close work... Amazing really....
LostM135idriver said:
For a long time I was mystified at the speed with which other people could drive through town centres at night. I didn’t realise it didn’t look like this for everyone!
I just assumed that everyone in school read off the person next to them, and only those at the front could read the board. I was about 11 when the eye test ladies came in AGAIN and said I was fine, but I couldn't read the test properly. Went for an opticians test and found out I absolutely needed glasses. Gassing Station | Health Matters | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff