Any opticians on here?

[cirian75]

Had my eye test today and they suggested glasses for distance, but might sight was 6/6 (20/20)

[lemansky]

Distance Acuity - usually referred to as VA, or Visual Acuity - is your corrected vision i.e. with your prescription applied (usually in the form of glasses).

[egomeister]

Not an optician, but are you sure they said glasses for distance? You have almost no prescription, but a larger reading add so from my uneducated read of it I would expect you to be recommended glasses for reading/computer work rather than distance

[lemansky]

Obviously I wasn't there but I expect the recommendation was for distance.
It's not a big prescription, granted, but there's enough going on there to warrant a correction.

I would guess the OP to be early-to-mid 40's-ish, judging by the +1.00 reading add and - being mildly myopic - is capable of reading without glasses.

[cirian75]

Everything in my eyesight now seems to be perfectly functional with no issues at all, no matter the distance.



I have not noticed a single issue until they use the eye test machine yesterday.

[cirian75]

I can still read number plates well beyond the required distance and reading books and paperwork presents. No issue.

[egomeister]

lemansky said:

Obviously I wasn't there but I expect the recommendation was for distance.
It's not a big prescription, granted, but there's enough going on there to warrant a correction.

I would guess the OP to be early-to-mid 40's-ish, judging by the +1.00 reading add and - being mildly myopic - is capable of reading without glasses.

Ah, looking at it again (not whilst having lunch this time) I see the cyl values are much more significant so yes that would make sense.

[lemansky]

egomeister said:

lemansky said:

Obviously I wasn't there but I expect the recommendation was for distance.
It's not a big prescription, granted, but there's enough going on there to warrant a correction.

I would guess the OP to be early-to-mid 40's-ish, judging by the +1.00 reading add and - being mildly myopic - is capable of reading without glasses.

Ah, looking at it again (not whilst having lunch this time) I see the cyl values are much more significant so yes that would make sense.

I'm used to working in 'plus-cyl form' and when transposed, the OP's distance prescription looks like this:

R) -1.00 / +0.75 x 150
L) -1.25 / +1.00 x 15

It's exactly the same prescription but looks completely different.

To the OP, I would say - if you're happy with all aspects of your vision, then just carry on as you are.