[charlesbahn]

Have the optician check them and make sure they are made right and that they are adjusted correctly. If they are off 1 mm in any direction they will be impossible to get used to.

If they are made and adjusted right, give them a week. Do not go back to other glasses, superglue them on.

If after a week you can't adjust, go back to the eye doc. Usually the Rx can be tweeked to make them easier to wear. It is the art of glasses- sometimes the perfect prescription optically is impossible to wear, and adjusting the astigmatism amount/direction or the add can make all the difference.

No one wants you to buy glasses that don't work, and most opticians will remake/replace glasses that don't work for free for1 month. Most Ophthalmologists will also do "glasses checks" at no charge to be sure you get the glasses that work best for you.

As stated above, there are different brands of progressives that are better than others. Varilux Physio Enhanced is, in my opinion the best, followed closely by Zeiss.

The most common problems with progressives are
1) Patient impatience and not understanding what to expect (not the patient's fault, the optician should spend a lot of time training you)
2) Optical center of lens off (not adjusted in frame properly)
3) A change in plastic types (polycarbonate instead of plastic)
4) Poor choice of lens manufacturer (cheaper generic knock off)
5) Prescription was made wrong by optician
6) Prescription was determined incorrectly by Doctor

Once you get used them they are wonderful and you will wonder how you ever got along without them. If you don't succeed you will be fighting the far/mid range/near vision battle for the rest of your life (changing separate pairs of glasses, bifocals then trifocals, etc)- so the effort is well worth it.

Hope this helps