Maybe try Monovision

[croyde]

I rarely wear my daily contact lenses, I usually get through maybe 25 pairs in a year.

Just a quick, probably dumb question.

I wear +1.5 reading glasses in order to see close when I have my contact lenses in.

My dominant eye is my right, so is it just a simple matter of my optician taking my normal left eye prescription of -5.5 and taking 1.5 off the strength thus ending up with a -4.0 lens.

Or am I talking rubbish

and it's not as simple as that?

[ian996]

My optician suggested I went on monovision last year, and it has worked brilliantly for me. A distance lens in my dominant eye easily passes driving requirement, and no lense in my other eye allows close up work / reading etc. I've found it amazing how the brain adapts and uses whichever eye it needs for any given task. I'm only on -2, but I'd say give it a go.

Edited by ian996 on Wednesday 19th March 15:58

[Mr Pointy]

Does your prescription have values for intemediate & near add? It should do if it's been done correctly.

[MOBB]

Been using these for a couple of years now, very odd until your brain adapts, then it’s superb

You get reminded what’s going on when you pick up a drink and the tv goes blurry cos the other eye locks in on the drink

I highly recommend them

[croyde]

Mr Pointy said:

Does your prescription have values for intemediate & near add? It should do if it's been done correctly.

I can't find it, need to get an appointment.

My current contact lenses are just for short sightedness. 5.75 L and 5.5 R.

I just wondered if the optician just gives you a weaker lens in the non dominant eye, ie my left. Or is it more complicated than that?

Currently I see brilliantly with my single vision contacts but I can't deal with the inability to quickly take off my glasses, or look over them, or even use my varifocals, in order to read, look at stuff closely, see my Sat Nav or monitors at work.

Hence I only use them a few times a year, normally on holiday.

My multifocal glasses are a liability at dusk into nighttime, especially if I'm driving so I swap to single vision glasses.

Just all a bit of a faff.

[Mr Pointy]

croyde said:

Mr Pointy said:

Does your prescription have values for intemediate & near add? It should do if it's been done correctly.

I can't find it, need to get an appointment.

My current contact lenses are just for short sightedness. 5.75 L and 5.5 R.

I just wondered if the optician just gives you a weaker lens in the non dominant eye, ie my left. Or is it more complicated than that?

Currently I see brilliantly with my single vision contacts but I can't deal with the inability to quickly take off my glasses, or look over them, or even use my varifocals, in order to read, look at stuff closely, see my Sat Nav or monitors at work.

Hence I only use them a few times a year, normally on holiday.

My multifocal glasses are a liability at dusk into nighttime, especially if I'm driving so I swap to single vision glasses.

Just all a bit of a faff.

They should give you three values - your long distance value (which for you I think is -5.75L / -5.5R) & then two Add figures for intermediate/computing & reading - mine are +1.25 Inter & +2.50 Near. It's a linear calculation so I suspect you could try a -5.75+1.5 = -4.25 in the left eye.