Prescription glasses?

[Razor X]

Handheld mirror or the one on the wall?

I'm having a lot of trouble with eyestrain and I'm pretty sure I need a new prescription. Unfortunately I won't be eligible for an eye exam until after the first of the year. I'm looking forward to getting the matter resolves d but also dreading the inevitable increase in the amount of equipment (glasses,  sunglasses, contacts] that I'll need.

[Mr Jules]

Handheld mirror or the one on the wall?

I'm having a lot of trouble with eyestrain and I'm pretty sure I need a new prescription. Unfortunately I won't be eligible for an eye exam until after the first of the year. I'm looking forward to getting the matter resolves d but also dreading the inevitable increase in the amount of equipment (glasses,  sunglasses, contacts] that I'll need.

At the barbers, it was the mirror on the wall. Are you far (plus prescription) or near sighted (minus prescription) ?

I have both distance (+1.75) and reading prescriptions (+3.25).

When getting a new prescription, why not consider keeping your existing frames and just changing the lenses. This service is available here in the UK, which is what I did last time around.

[Razor X]

Handheld mirror or the one on the wall?

I'm having a lot of trouble with eyestrain and I'm pretty sure I need a new prescription. Unfortunately I won't be eligible for an eye exam until after the first of the year. I'm looking forward to getting the matter resolves d but also dreading the inevitable increase in the amount of equipment (glasses,  sunglasses, contacts] that I'll need.

At the barbers, it was the mirror on the wall. Are you far (plus prescription) or near sighted (minus prescription) ?

I have both distance (+1.75) and reading prescriptions (+3.25).

When getting a new prescription, why not consider keeping your existing frames and just changing the lenses. This service is available here in the UK, which is what I did last time around.

Near-sighted.  -1.50 in the left eye and -1.25 in the right eye.

[Laser Man]

I'm nearsighted and have been wearing glasses since fourth grade (age 9).  One of the "benefits" of getting older is that my nearsightedness has been diminishing for the last ten or so years.  Now the bad news: my reading vision has deteriorated! 

What happens now is that about every two years, I need new glasses because the distance prescription has to be lessened and the close-up prescription has to be strengthened.  I first notice the need for a new prescription when fine print becomes hard to read. 

[Mr Jules]

What happens now is that about every two years, I need new glasses because the distance prescription has to be lessened and the close-up prescription has to be strengthened.  I first notice the need for a new prescription when fine print becomes hard to read.  

This is called presbyopia. As you reach your late 30s, your eyes start to lose their ability to focus between different distances - the lenses stiffen and the muscles weaken, too.

If you already near sighted, then you'll find it easier to read without your glasses. But then you'll need a separate reading prescription.

Then there others, like me, who never wore glasses. At first you notice reading becoming more difficult and you begin with reading glasses. Then the eyes loose their ability to focus clearly on distance objects, too. This why you can go from no glasses to separate distance/reading prescriptions in a few years.

[Laser Man]

My wife started wearing ready glasses about six years ago.  Now she has trouble with distance vision, too, particularly at night.  We'll be driving in the car and I'll read a sign and she'll say "how can you read the sign this far away?"  The answer she prefers to hear is that my glasses are good, not that her vision is bad!

[Mr Jules]

My wife started wearing ready glasses about six years ago.  Now she has trouble with distance vision, too, particularly at night. 

Same thing happened to me. After several years of reading glasses, I then noticed difficulty with reading stuff at night. I also noticed difficulty in reading the credits on the telly. I caved in, had an another eye test, and now wear distance glasses all the time. And switch to reading glasses as I need too.

My distance glasses react to sunlight and are the ones you see in my profile pic.

[D.A.L.U.I.]

Farsighted, +1.5 & +1.75--I use multifocal contact lenses that let me focus close for reading and far for driving or whatever--it just sort of happens, the lenses don't move.  The lenses focus both images on the retina and the brain separates out the view that I need.  I have some bifocals that I wear at night after I take the lenses out--but I'm usually only using my contacts.  I find the bifocals a pain in the a$$, except at night.  The contacts are sort of like having normal eyes, really. 

[Razor X]

I'm nearsighted and have been wearing glasses since fourth grade (age 9).  One of the "benefits" of getting older is that my nearsightedness has been diminishing for the last ten or so years.  Now the bad news: my reading vision has deteriorated! 

My nearsightedness is not diminishing but I'm having more trouble with reading fine print than I used to, and my eyes just don't adjust as quickly as they used to be when I switch from reading something up close to looking at something across the room, like the television.

[mrzed]

I like my vision very clear. Typically things get somewhat blurry at about 9 months. (frown). My appointment is Monday morning at 10.  Last Rx was December 2011.  The exam is not too expensive. We get a negotiated price, but  no cash payment from our insurance.  

I can't afford the eyedoctor's glasses. I get mine with ZenniOptical.com. That way I can afford several frames/lenses each year.  I've been satisfied with their products ... although they don't do trifocals, and I don't like progressives. So I typically get two bifocals. One distant and middle and one middle and close. That works.

[Mr Jules]

I like my vision very clear. Typically things get somewhat blurry at about 9 months. (frown). My appointment is Monday morning at 10.  Last Rx was December 2011.  The exam is not too expensive. We get a negotiated price, but  no cash payment from our insurance.  

I can't afford the eyedoctor's glasses. I get mine with ZenniOptical.com. That way I can afford several frames/lenses each year.  I've been satisfied with their products ... although they don't do trifocals, and I don't like progressives. So I typically get two bifocals. One distant and middle and one middle and close. That works.

In the States, how much is an eye test ? Here in the UK, we have a fixed rate of £27 for everybody (about $40 dollars).

Two sets of differing biofocals, Mr Zed ? That's impressive.

[mrzed]

The 'list' price at the doctor's office is $123! Yikes. 

I believe that our negotiated price is about $70.  I'll know tomorrow when I have to pay.

The mid and close glasses typically stay at work for when I'm on the computer all day.  The other pair is for daily living. I can read some things with the middle distance, or make the print larger on the computer.  The middle range works well for playing the piano and other mid-distance reading.

The close lens is for more serious reading or Rx bottles and the fine print. Did they always make the fine print so small?

The doctor's office glasses may be as much as $350!  Zenni optical starts at $6.96 for single vision. Add $17 for bi-focals. That includes frames!

[Razor X]

In the States, how much is an eye test ? Here in the UK, we have a fixed rate of £27 for everybody (about $40 dollars).

It would probably cost more than that just to walk through the door before they even started examining you.

[clarinetguy]

I find that sunglasses look even better being Sly and styles can ehance the look. As for prescriptions, I have to agree it is harder to settle on a style that works as easily when I had hair. I shy away from the look to be honest but have to weigh eye strain too. Give me shades any day.

[theman]

I am as blind as a bat.  So wear glass's or contacts.  But the I need reading glass's, and sunglass's,  at least I got up to the seeing eye dog.  But reeder's look good on a SLY scull cap.     Gives you the look.