Progressive Lenses

[stomachmonkey]

Please tell me our brain adjusts to these things.

8 hours in and I hate them.

Think they got the center too high, I need to point my nose down a little for driving which I don't like, feels uncomfortable.

And the distortion is killing me, I need to be able to look at things and know they are square/aligned. Right now everything that should look square looks trapezoidal.

I know you get distortion with regular glasses/prescription changes that you eventually adjust to so I'm hoping this will also go away.

[TimT]

I never did adjust...

Got reading and distance glassed made...

Put money into the distance glasses,

Buy cheaters for reading..

[stomachmonkey]

Can lenses be reground?

These things were f'n expensive?

[Hugh R]

I love mine, had them for years. Everything is mostly in focus with a slight tilt of the head if they're set up right. The DO should make them right, no extra charge.

[NY65912]

I've had them for years, love them, but there is a learning curve.

[Mark Henry]

Hate, I've had them for 4-5 years now, but in that time I also tried regular bifocals, hate them too. I can't even wear them for night driving.
I'm doing what Tim said when my plan is up for new ones. I'm also going to get them off the net, if you plan to do this you will also need your pupil distance (PD), many optometrists will try to omit this as they want you to buy their glasses.

[red-beard]

Shouldn't this be in PARF?

BTW, still stuck at convention...gonna go until after midnight...

[recycled sixtie]

I bought progressive glasses from Costco but hardly ever wear them. Just use them when I go to a restaurant! I like to see what I am eating! I buy those 2.5 strength reading glasses from Safeway(probably made in China) and wear them around the house perched half way down the nose. Much more comfortable. Long distance vision is good. I don't like wearing progressive glasses full time either. I guess it depends on how badly u need to wear progressives?

[Z-man]

Got mine earlier this year - got used to them within a day. Then again, there is only a slight difference between the three lenses in my case, and I think that makes a big difference. Except for very small print, I can read most everything through the middle 'lense.'

-Z-man.

[stomachmonkey]

Apparently I've got very severe astigmatism.

The doc that did my current exam and the place that did the lenses both made a point of bringing it up.

[Superman]

My astigmatism is not severe, but I wear progressives and I like them. They're like trifocals only better. The angle you tilt your head can determine the focus. It works once you've gotten used to them.

I too had a terrible time with them at first. Yes, your brain adjusts.

I did have one pair they messed up. I could get something in focus with one eye, then had to turn my head a tad to get it in focus with the other eye. They do have to get the lens centered perfectly with your pupils.

And yes, the magnification begins immediately under your straight ahead vision. I got me a regular, single vision pair for watching movies on my TV, since my head is tilted back slightly. As I say, the magnification starts immediately under your straight-ahead.

And again, yes, they take some serious getting used to. I like them very much.

[A930Rocket]

I've had them for a few years. Bought mine on-line.

I'd like to get contacts, but my astigmatism is so bad, the doc said it would be difficult and expensive.

[stomachmonkey]

Originally Posted by Superman

.....And yes, the magnification begins immediately under your straight ahead vision.....

I think that's an issue for me.

They asked me to look straight ahead but I normally keep my head high and sightline slightly above center, I prefer to look slightly down at things, so the progression starts too soon for my natural posture.

[Superman]

That's unsettling.

[jyl]

I had trouble with the latest set, but had them re-do until they were okay. The tech gave me the old lenses, which he probably was not spposed to do, so I took them to a different place and had them tinted into sunglasses - a little bonus.

If you spend all day in front of a monitor, consider having some mono visions made that are optimized for that usage and distance. Those can be your work glasses. The progressives would be for the rest of the time when you need to see near and far.

[Roy Hinkley]

I wore my first progressive glasses about one year ago. I could barely walk down the street. I read posts like this one and everybody cautioned that it takes time to adjust. It was about 3 weeks later when one moment I wondered what I did with my glasses and realized that I was wearing them. Just like that. My brain had adjusted. You just learn to look through the correct part of the lenses at the right time. Amazing, really.

[gchappel]

I have worn progressives for years.
They no longer made the exact type of progressive I was wearing. It took 3 attempts with different types of progressives and alignments before they were "right."
Talk to your ophthalmologist, they will likely work with you. Don't give up yet.
(After 10+ years still can not shoot pool in the dang things)
Gary

[Gretch]

I have had mine for a long time, maybe 20+ years. First several years i hatd them and just couldn't use them. I thought they were the worst idea ever.

Been wearing them for 15+ years now and yes, you get so use to them you can do anything with them, even drive.

I have my eyes checked annually and the prescription is so close to what I need that there is no point in getting new ones.

You will get use to them, but you have to wear them to make that happen.

[Jim Richards]

Originally Posted by Hugh R

I love mine, had them for years. Everything is mostly in focus with a slight tilt of the head if they're set up right. The DO should make them right, no extra charge.

I agree with Hugh. I ran into problems with the cheapo optical shops (Lenscrafters, et al). For some reason, I could never get adjusted to the lenses they made. I went to an optometrist that used better quality lenses (i.e., Ziess), and had no problem adjusting to the progressive lenses.

[imcarthur]

Agree that they are great. Once you & your eyes get tuned to them.

Ian