[jyl]

In the last few months, I have really been feeling a lot of eyestrain.

I'm having trouble focusing close enough to read things closer than 18". But some small print is too hard to read at that distance, not ordinary print but little stuff like the characters in my Chinese-English dictionary, the damn things are 1/8" square at most, how am I supposed to count the effing strokes?

My eyes have also been watering when I work on the computer, which I do like 12 hours a day. I sit fairly far from my monitors, over 2 feet away.

I am extremely nearsighted with astigmatism, and wear glasses. I'm 45 y/o.

So, I obviously need to go to the opthamologist, but what's up. Is it simply time for bifocals? Are they hard to get used to? If I went to contacts (which I have worn in the past), can I put on reading glasses over the contacts, for when I need to focus close?