What To Expect When You're Expecting Your First Glasses! It's A Brave Bold Sharp New World!
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The worst part by far is getting used to the cyl. Walking around feeling like your legs are underground is very bizarre. Vertical lines look skewed for a while too. But… Once you’re used to them, it’s fun to take off your glasses now and then because you feel a few feet taller 🤣 (assuming you have ‘with the rule’ astigmatism).
😂 it's been so long since I adapted to mine I forgot about the height thing 😂
So glad I'm not crazy lol I've been telling people I feel like a smurf lol
Literally me today when I put mines on😭
@@andrewcalhoun04 It'll last a week or so and then your brain will eventually get used to it. Hang on in there...
Need a Minecraft mod to patch it. 😂
Just tried my 1st pair yesterday, feels like I’m zoomed in. I can see more detail in the tree leaves. Everything seems closer than usual. Love not having to not be a master squinter anymore
Interesting way to put it, but also very awesome!! There’s something about the first time and trees having leaves again 😂
@@ThatGlassesGuy03 I’ve been needing glasses for years. Was ducking that smoke but glad to be a member of team 4 eyes now
No one at my eye doctor told me any of this and made me feel stupid when I went back in and told them I thought they got my prescription wrong x_x Thanks for being my fill in eye doctor lol. I will keep trying my glasses hopefully they feel less weird soon
It’s easy to get caught up on routine and skip over things for the new wearers. I fall victim all the time even with notes for when pickup happens 😂. I’m definitely glad you found this video and it’s helping you though! 😎
Did you get used to them?
@@Dustinthewind03it took some time but yes I did !
This video was super helpful. Got my first pair of glasses this week. Been having a headaches and feeling nauseous past two days. At first I thought it was the fit but good to know that’s expected in the beginning and understanding the astigmatism better.
🥂 it can be a process, but always so worth it. Good luck 🍀 😎
This is the first information I’ve found that may explain what I’m feeling with my new glasses. My left eye now feels slightly more blurry at a distance than without my glasses, but everything from about 10ft and closer is way sharper. Right eye has the astigmatism so is waaaaay sharper now. Left eye has been carrying the load for years.
Rx: OD +0.75/ -2.00/ 161
OS +0.75/ -0.25/ 4
My eyes are almost identical to yours, astigmatism in the right as well.
I just got glasses for the first time yesterday.. I have issues with both farsighted and nearsighted and I have an astigmatism in my left eye.. so I have my regular glasses and my reading glasses.. yesterday the regular glasses were great until I wore them for half the day and I had a headache.. then today they look extremely weird.. and I kept saying to my husband every time I put my reading glasses on I feel like maybe I messed up the test because they don’t feel right.. so I’m thinking I don’t need reading glasses…seeing your video makes me feel a lot better.. and it is spot on for how I have felt. Thank you!!!
Im 43 and a hyper +1 and astigmatism.... so its funny u say all of that about us. I have just started really getting the need to strain to see things. I am awful about wearing my glasses. I have needed them since I was 16, but im watching ur video so that I can get used to them.
🫣 the harsh realities 🤣.
Ur video really helped me make my choice if I should or shouldn’t wear glasses . I never liked wearing them not even when I was younger but my eyes are good but there’s a small problem so my eye doctor recommended them saying I can choose and wear my new glasses I can wear them whenever I want to In order to reduce stress and get my vision a little better I was worried but thanks to you I’m less worried and more confident I appreciate ur advice and glad I chose to watch ur video
Glad this helped you sort through it all! It’s a wild world out there with not a lot of information on this stuff!
im so glad i have glasses now as someone who does perspective drawing i never realized how hard i was straining my eyes. thought my vision was fine, lol no! near sighted with astigmatism over here
Amazing the difference it makes in eye strain alone! ✅🥂
Perfection
@That Glasses Guy - Thank you so much for this video! It was really the right information at the right time to give me the confidence to push forward with getting used to my new glasses (first glasses ever). I'm one of the latent hyperopes mentioned, with astigmatism in one eye. But my distance vision always was clear - the (mild) astigmatism is only in my non-dominant eye. Anyhow, I picked up my first glasses 4 days ago. Not an hour after getting home, I thought, "These are the wrong prescription! These are just outrageously-overpriced reading glasses - my near vision is sharp now, but my distance vision is softened and I can barely walk in them without tripping over myself. Am I only supposed to use these for reading?" I've been good - putting them on first thing in the morning - but my first day at work was unproductive... splitting headache all day, and my distance vision out my office window was still poor. Second day, less headaches, but I just plain took the glasses off for walking or anything further away than computer use. Third day, today, I went for a drive... I didn't wear my glasses, as I thought it was dangerous for my distance vision to be impacted by the glasses. Oddly enough - even without my glasses - my distance vision didn't seem as good as it usually is... got a headache not wearing glasses. My brain and my poor eyeballs are so confused right now. My prescription is very mild - practically non-existent in my left (dominant) eye - I wouldn't have thought it'd be so rough to get used to them. To be fair, I wasn't given any information about any of this by my optician (one of the big high-street vendors - probably my first rookie mistake). Watching this video, it's the first time anybody has actually described to me what I can expect as a first-timer with my type of prescription. And you were right - I am unhappy right now with my prescription. But at least I finally know the path forward is to "suck it up" and to "wear the glasses from first thing in the morning until I go to bed", and that plus-power prescrips are NOT just for closeup viewing. If I still can't see clearly into the distance with my glasses on in two weeks, then maybe I'd be more justified in going back to the opticians... but for now, I guess I'm still in the acclimation period. Thanks again for your helpful videos! Prescriptions Details, btw are (Age: 39) : SPH R +0.75, L +0.25 CYL R -0.50 AXIS R 150, BVD 12.00.
Ohh that's a fun one to get use to for sure 😂. Best to start now before you need the extra add for near in a few more years too though! I fully agree if things are still off in a few weeks to check back in with your doctor 🙂
The more expanded reasoning is due to the eyes natural ability to add plus, you've been providing your own power for decades, and as you near 40-50 you have less and less ability to do so until it finally becomes a problem. Then the brain has to totally retrain to learn it doesn't need to keep the eye in a constant state of accommodation. Such a struggle, but so worth the end result!
I just got my 1st pair of glasses yesterday. I hope I can adjust. I feel like a giant when I look down, parking spaces look ten feet wide & stairs are scary as hell. But I can make out the Mcdonald sign two miles away. Great, I have to find your other video. I'm near-sighted, far-sighted, with a stigmatism in each eye.
New plus power. Ahhh we always hate each other for awhile. 😂. Stick it out, you’re gonna love em when you get there! 😎
😂im also having same effect..its my 1st day...i look taller when looked down...How long did you adjust plz
@contagiousdoge3054 I never completed adjusted. I plan on going back to the doctor in a few months to ask if it really this is the best prescription for me. Driving is the hardest thing for me. Every vehicle looks bigger & closer. Narrow lanes look like normal size lanes & I think I have more space than I do. I've learned not to look down as much when using stairs, but curbs & other small steps still bother me. I get startled by cars turning right when I'm waiting at cross walks. Because they suddenly look bigger & closer when the start coming into view. About halfway through their turn. I can now read the signs sooner & better than before. The clarity & details of everything is much better. The indentions from them sitting on the bridge on my nose. Takes about three or four days of not wearing them to go away. They're a trade-off. But I also am 42 years old & very used to seeing without glasses. If I had gotten them when I was younger, I don't think it would be so difficult for me to adapt.
I am in the screwed group of hyperopia and astigmatism. It isn't completely side to side though it is mostly but slightly diagonal. I am really struggling with my first pair of glasses. They are only for medium and close distance, I can't wear them when I am walking around or driving. When I first got them it was so disturbing/disorienting I got them redone because there was no way it was meant to be like that. I have had 3 exams with 3 different doctors and 4 sets of glasses later I am convinced they are they way they are meant to be since they are basically the same.
I tried them for a day, it was horrible, it hurt, it made me sick and I actually had worse vision with them on. They allowed me to read on the computer stuff that I wouldn't have been able to see before but everything else was worse. It was like tunnel vision, and since I only need them to read on my computer it was easy to just give up on them. Few weeks later I tried again because I have to read a lot at medium range, I can't avoid it. I started to get use to it, I was wearing them all day while I worked except anytime I had to get up for something I take them off because they are worse at distance then without.
My eyes were a bit tired from getting use to it, I was getting comfortable with it and then out of nowhere it starting being all weird again. Now I am having trouble focusing with or without them on. I'll be looking at something and then all of the sudden they just decide to change focus for no apparent reason. They are sore from constantly readjusting. This freaked me out which only made it worse because I can't help but try and refocus and be normal again but it keeps changing on me. Last night I even took some left over pills the doctor gave me to help me relax on a plane, that helped for a while. They made me relax and so did my eyes and everything was cool. Next day its happening all over again though. I can't get to the optometrist until next week. If anyone has any advise on how to deal with that I would love to have it pls.
Thanx
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Great video! I only have astigmatism (R -1, 175⁰; L -1.5, 0⁰) , but it still messes me up some. Yesterday was great, but today I got super dizzy and nauseous.
I also noticed that I am sensitive to the nose pads. They are well fitted, and don't indent my nose, but cause some irritation nonetheless. I got super light frames and lenses (16g total, just weighed them), but still. Maybe it's the material I'm reacting to. I was told that I should give it some time, and maybe switch to a saddle. We'll see. I'm trying not to barf yet. 😂 But I am driving my wife insane, cuz I constantly ask her to read stuff far away and when she can't, I triumph, cuz I now can. Maybe she needs glasses too. 😅
I’ve seen more of a trend of people having irritation with traditional nose pads across the channel comments lately. Interesting. Generally if just irritation in general and we’ll fitted I recommend a swap to ceramic or real titanium pads.
@@ThatGlassesGuy03 Yeah, I swapped to clear plastic (PVC probably), and it's miles better, no flare ups. They don't do ceramic and titanium in Bulgaria, but I'm considering importing a pair at this point.
I am 43 and got my first glasses yesterday. Its reading glasses with plus 2 for near work. After wearing it I feel its strong and I am not able to look far with glasses. Books and mobile is crystal like a digital movie and bigger.
So as a first time user do I need plus two or plus 1 or 1.5. I feel plus two is strong for me.
You shouldn’t be looking far away in reading glasses. ☠️. If things are sharp at near why are you trying to change the power?
I just started wearing glasses a couple weeks ago and have been binging your videos. I'm the fun plus with astigmatism combo and literally yelled what the hell to my computer. No one has explained how glasses would affect my distance vision! Not even my eye doctor when I went to double check my glasses were right! I cannot express how grateful I am to you for making this video. At least now I can stop feeling crazy that my prescription is wonky.
You’re the optical nightmare. But nightmares can be fun. 😂 Glad you found this video for some peace of mind and resurrection of your sanity (part of it anyways, right?) 😱😎
@@ThatGlassesGuy03 Oh goodie for me. 😂 Things have started to settle, so yes, I've gotten some sanity back, thank god. Though I have to keep taking my glasses off for (non-prescription) polarized sunglasses because I'm so light sensitive. I only have regular eyeglasses currently and have contemplated Transitions, but I'm worried they won't get dark enough/block enough glare. The idea of constantly carrying both eye and sunglasses or finding a pair with clip-ons doesn't sound great to me, but I may have to. I don't want to keep slowing down my progress. Do you have any recommendations?
@@violet____chaos I always recommend a pair of proper sunglass and clear glasses first. Transitions are best as a separate pair when you just can’t have two. Or ten. Available. I generally keep an rx sun in each car, at home, and at the shop and several tint variations. 🫣. Don’t judge me. 😂. (I own 2 pairs of transitions and almost never use them).
Funny class over here, I've got my +1 like 10 years ago, I used them in very rare occasions, now I've got +1.5 on both eyes and I'm using them for work all day but taking them off outside and the struggle is real... we still hate each other.
😂😂 it happens! 🙈☠️
After 2 months i can say that we are going to understand each other in the future and the cycle of hate will come to and end, jokes apart, the new prescription is a little too much and my eyes can't accommodate anymore, my vision is night and day if i wear the glasses
That’s how it works when you actually stick with it 😎 most hyperopes fight it to the death 😂 Kudos!! Welcome to the party 😎
My reading glasses prescription is OD+1.25, -0.75, 102; and OS +1.00, -0.50, 098. And my full time General uses glasses OD +0.25, -0.75, 102; and OS PL, -0.50, 098. Waiting on the General uses glasses now.
Man you’re gonna love that new sharpness in lower light with the cylinder/astigmatism correction!!
@@ThatGlassesGuy03 yeah, I'm actually excited to get my first pair, especially as a General use/ Full time pair. Waiting to get the reading ones though, but I know they will take more time because of the +1.25 and +1.00, and a power boost was recommended for them. That's why I got the Full time with the OD: +0.25 and OS: PL first. But I will be ordering the readers soon to switch when I really need them. Thanks for the info and reply 👍🏼
I'm 50 and should have probably gotten glasses earlier. My eyes aren't that bad. Distances were a bit blurry and I had to hold my phone far away from my face and occasionally wear readers. Now that I have glasses I feel like I'm in a tunnel. Distances are sharper but there in between stuff seems blurry. I know I have to get used to them but they are awkward.
that awkward phase of adapting is probably the worst part. depending on lens design and powers it could be better, but that's always tough to say. regardless, good luck! Once you get through that hump it's usually much better on the other side! :)
Im 28 yrs old (1st timer wearing eyeglasses got mine today is nov.29 2023)suffer from astigmatism and being nearsighted i just walk like 30mins without realizing looking aroung the detailed and not getting photophobic because of light. The nausea is real and dizziness headache but my eyes are like camera auto focusing!!! Omg! My eyes can relaxed not i have to force it anymore and its feel weird to use my phone!!! I have to get closer before but now im using far away! Wow! Feels uncomfortable :) i'll be back on 3 weeks! Thankyou for huge information. My english is bad not my first language
The comfort gets better! It’s almost disorienting sometimes, I’ve heard of it before for sure! In about a week it will be much better! Enjoy the new HD world!!!! 🥂
Was recently told I needed glasses was surprised since I had always thought I had great vision. Doc told me to get an exam since I’ve been dealing with headaches. Prescription says +1.00 with -75 & 80 axis. Husband swears up and down I don’t need them all the time just to read (and even suggested not even getting them just getting readers) but optometrist said wear them all the time if I can tolerate it. (Prescription says full time wear) Thoughts? Ordered them last week but still stuck on if I really would need them all the time.
Two things here, the prescription written for full time wear means exactly that, is your husband in the optical field? Because that rx and OTC readers are VERY different. Second thing, these are gonna suck the first time you put them on and will take a week or so to adapt with this type of power and first time wear. If you go into it thinking negatively it’s as good as money down the toilet, but ultimately if you wear and go through the adaptation time your vision will be both sharper and more comfortable. Clarity in low light will be notably improved as well.
Not to sure why I came here when I've been wearing glasses since I was 10 but I did just get a stronger prescription after loosing my last pair for about a month and wow.. i feel like my eyes got used to not having them on haha
Sometimes after long time wearing the same pair, or after going without for awhile it’s like getting your first glasses all over again. The tips are definitely still in play in this case 😁
What do I expect from that first minus when at 20/40.
I expect my naked eye vision, will get a lot worse.
Thank you!
First time wearing minus glasses is usually the easiest adaptation of all. Things are instantly sharper and the world is just nicer. Getting use to having something in front of your eyes and always getting dirty is the only struggle here. Of course eventually you don’t even notice anymore and never clean your glasses. 🥶😂
These technically aren’t gonna be my first glasses, my second ones. But, until recently, I had no idea that you weren’t supposed to strain your eyes during the test so my results weren’t accurate the first time😂. My prescription is L- SPH- + 3.25, and CYL of -1.25. And R… SPH of +1.75 and CYL -0.75…. they said I didn’t have to wear them all the time and to just wear them “as needed”. I’m still debating what i’m gonna do, because I get some eye strain quite often to look at things at any distance. I’m also 20 BTW so my eyes are still able to accommodate for allot of the fuzziness in both eyes. But yeah..
At this stage in your life for sure, you really only “need” them in low light or to reduce strain for near work. But man, wearing and adapting now will make your life SO much easier a few years from now. It really depends on how much you value comfort of vision and if wearing glasses bothers you :). For sunglasses, I would highly advise doing the RX route (due to the whole low light improvement thing, particularly the cyl power on that left eye. Ouch! Regardless, yeah you definitely still have enough power in your eyes to seriously throw off a refraction at your age, but just outside of where they normally do a cycloplegic refraction (paralyzing the ciliary muscles and ability to push plus and increase the power of the eye). Fun age 😂. I got my first glasses at 22, BUT - prescription with lower cylinder. Different ball game for me. 😎
😂I feel scared especially because I'm getting my first pair tomorrow
No reason to be scared. It’s a whole new world ahead of you 😎
I am 41 year old and I was using protection glasses (without correction), just with filter to work in front of PC. I wanted to get a new one and decided to visit optic centre to check my eyes at the same time. Today I got my first correction glasses +0,75 left +0,50 right - It is really very weird feeling. I actually started to regret that I have visited optic centre at all.
I was using them to work today but when I took them off after few hours everything in front of me is blurry... is it normal? I haven't got a problem like that before. Is it possible that glasses are actually damaging my sight? It is a first day so maybe I have to just give it a try for a week or so?
Not at all unusual, nor is it damaging your site. The principles in this video are at play. The short version is you need that power to see, but up until now your eyes have been supplying it leaving you very little for work within arms length and increasing discomfort. Having the power in front of your eyes instead of being supplied by the eyes allows them to relax. Thus, glasses off the power isn’t and the eyes have to add it again. It’ll get easier with time to switch as the brain learns the difference but it can definitely take awhile. Also, should point out the obvious of glasses off won’t be as sharp as glasses on, because. Well. Vision correction is kind of the point? 😅💀
What if you got two prescriptions? I was given one for seeing far and one for seeing closer. I didn’t get them in the same lenses and have two pairs of glasses now. I wear one when I am driving and the other when I’m doing computer work and reading. Is it bad to interchange between them?
Nope. Perfectly fine. This is similiar to using a progressive lens :)
I really really appreciated that talk for farsighted people. It's so helpful, thank you. I'm 22 years old and have about a +1.00 prescription (and very slight astigmatism). I do have one question though-my optometrist never said anything about getting used to it and my distance vision getting better, they said something about my (better than) 20/20 vision making things a lot harder for me, distance-wise. And I was given a Zeiss office lens with a "field of vision" of 4m, but does that mean I should only be able to see up to 4m away? I'm super confused. Should I be wearing them at all times or just for office work within 4m? Thanks in advance!
That lens is a different ball game and yes would be tuned for a max use distance of 4M and closer (it’s a near variable focus lens, a form of progressive lens)
@@ThatGlassesGuy03 I see! But shouldn't somebody with hyperopia and not presbyopia have single vision lenses applicable to all distances? Does it make sense that I was prescribed these progressive lenses?
In general you’re correct. Sometimes places try to find a workaround for people that just don’t want to wear full time or haven’t comfortably been able to adapt to full time wear… even perhaps they’re just avoiding that fight all together (remember we hate each other I said 😂). But yes in general before presbyopia comes into play single vision should be enough, of course maximum comfort of wear through task specific glasses can ALWAYS be beneficial, and without knowing more of the full medical exam info I could be a bit off base here :) always best to discuss things like this with the prescriber
@@ThatGlassesGuy03 Haha right that makes so much sense, thank you. The optician was jokingly complaining about how my exceptional distance vision made things harder for him. And in some ways, it makes sense that he prescribed these office lenses because I'll wear glasses mostly at the desk or during lectures. Still, I feel I should've been given a chance to adjust to single vision lenses (which I could use in any situation!) with my full prescription instead of having these progressives with +0.25 at the top for long distance and an add of +0.50. When I asked if I couldn't have adjusted to single vision lenses (especially for distance vision), he responded with "that isn't always the case." Maybe I'll insist on single vision lenses for my next pair? Although I'm not sure how adjusting once again from progressives to single vision will be like...
I can see clearly now 🤓 👓
The best part of all. 🥂
I'm 38 years old with astigmatism, I believe my vision is FINE! though I am finding I'm starting to have more frequent foggy days so wife told me I need to get an eye exam. Turns out I'm "not too bad" but I need glasses. With that said, even with them saying it's "not too bad", the before and after lenses in the exam room made a HUGE difference! As much as I was dreading glasses, I'm a little bit excited for them now. I bought 2 pairs, one normal and one for sunglasses, I plan to dive in and wear them all day. I did get some HD TECH package on them, not sure if that's what you were referring to. I'm not too familiar with what it really does but I think they said it's similar to a progressive but it's not?
I get migraines religiously on Saturdays. Usually the day I change my coffee intake and step away from my desk job. I'm very curious to see how the migraines are affected. Also I have very dry eyes, constantly have to wear drops because my eyes are dry and red, probably from the manual focus straining?
Your video explanation of what I might expect was very informative! Thanks for that! Maybe I'll come back and report once I get my glasses in.
The dryness is likely separate entirely and contributing to the more foggy days recently. A good consistent tear film can mask a mild astigmatism VERY well :) dry eyes don’t allow for that.
I’m glad you found the video helpful!! I really appreciate that, as that’s the whole point of doing these :)
The hd tech usually means a compensated freeform lens design like what is very commonly used for most progressive lenses today. It doesn’t necessarily make a better lens depending on the underlying algorithm but in general it’s a good thing.
I remember my first time wearing glasses like it was yesterday almost two decades later. Very very mild RX “you don’t even need to wear glasses”. You couldn’t have pryed those things off of me with a claw hammer. 😂😂😂😎
@@ThatGlassesGuy03 yeah they did a dryness check and saw I have clogged pores so they recommended drops and a hot eye mask to help break open the clogged oils. Been using it daily. I’m looking forward to the changes.
@@ROMTHIRTY gonna be like a whole new world!! 😎
@@ThatGlassesGuy03 Are Tech glasses the same as "computer glasses" or "HD" glasses? I didn't get enough information about them and I can't find much on the "HD Tech" lenses online. Not sure if different lens manufacturers name the same thing differently. I'd love to get more information on it. I'm planning on getting more information from my eye place once I get my glasses in, but interested in learning more in the meantime. Can you point me to some information on this? Thanks!
Names are all over the place so it’s REALLY tough to say outside of saying it’s most likely a freeform surfaced design that’s possibly compensated. Without knowing exactly what they’re using that’s the best I can give you.
I feel like I can work. I just got my glasses today.
🥂
I am 48 and my left eye is perfect but my right eye has slight astigmatism and +0.5, its also my dominant eye, and when I am not wearing glasses it get strained sometimes very quickly. 20 yrs ago I had lasik to correct -5 on my both eyes but my right eye didnt heal perfectly and developed that cyl pretty quickly after op. Strange.
It’s pretty normal for that to happen believe it or not. Just the way the cornea heals after surgery. Usually happens within the first 6 weeks
@@ThatGlassesGuy03 I got those glasses (also sunglasses) with correction for one eye recently and I like the clear view now, but I am not totally dependent on those glasses, I mainly use them working with computer or reading, or being in a shopping mall where there are lots of details I want to see absolutely clearly. Sometimes also my right eye is tired, then also glasses help quickly. I have also discovered that in some situations where my eyes are not working much ((for example being in a public transportation) they are not getting tired and I can be easily without glasses.
I randomly did an eye test on myself a week ago and it turned out that my right eye really struggled to read anything from far away. Like.. reallyy struggled.
I find it difficult to believe my vision will improve after glasses because I can see fine thanks to my left eye. How wrong I think I'll be 😅
😂 welllllll it’s hard to say. When one eye manages vision depending on just how use to things the brain has gotten new glasses can be very difficult, especially if not properly adjusted for the imbalance between the eyes in this case. It could very well be you find new glasses to be worse ;)
My classmates think i look weird when i close my one eye to see at all the board and i sit at the fricking table longest away ;-; but i like being in peace behind there tho-
exactly the same for me!
Should i still wear if i get headaches? (Hard to adjust cyl)
Unfortunately yes. The alternative is sacrificing clarity in the name of comfort (which is totally acceptable) or having multiple rx updates ina. Relatively short period of time to ease into the new/stronger cyl.
Mine are
Right +0.5 sph, -0.5 cyl, 90.0 axis
Left +0.75 sph, -0.7t cyl, 90.0 axis.
What can i expect?
Low plus power and astigmatism. The information in the video is everything you need in this case. 😎 it’s “almost” no prescription.
Hyper with astigmatism wearing glasses for the first time. Day 6 today. So what prompted me to get my eyes checked was random dizziness and noticing my sight was blurring. The dizziness occurs when I am in motion, driving, walking etc. My sight up close is very clear now like you said in the video but I’m still getting this dizziness/ depth perception issue and a feeling like I’m in a video game (the best way for me to describe it). Is this normal? Am I just adjusting to the glasses still? I’m desperate for answers here.
Yeah especially with the astigmatism mixed in there you'll feel pretty whack for a good while. The hyper crating depth perception issues should be instant so I would have the prism rechecked at the least. They may be trying to walk you gradually into it, which is fine.. but should've been set in stone as a plan beforehand i.e. well do this prism now and adjust in x weeks/months.
@@ThatGlassesGuy03 thank you so much for such a fast reply. This has been the most disturbing thing to ever happen to me 😂
@@billygagliardo7730 I totally understand! You'll love it when you get on the other side though 😁
@@billygagliardo7730can we get an update ? How long did it take you to get used to them?😊
Jeezo chill with the intro music, nearly chat myself
😂 sorry! Finally learned how to dial it back and level it to the rest of the audio’ not an issue with the newest videos 😁. Thanks to the few like you that weren’t afraid to point out the issue!!’ 🥂
I just got new glasses I haven’t had a new pair in 2 years- i have a headache and it feels like I’m in a fish bowl. Can I wear my old glasses while my eyes take a break?
No. You will never adapt to the new changes going back to the old glasses, assuming all is correct with the new lenses.
They said to me that I need to get glasses because I can’t see small letters or writing from far away, is it still worth getting glasses or should I wait because I can still see words and stuff from far kinda but it’s just sometimes
tough to say, but generally the less you have to strain to see things, the better :) I like my world sharp and crisp everywhere, not just up close ;)
im just like you, and id say if you can get them for a good price theres no reason not to have them.
Is it normal on a computer reading glasses RT +75 Cylinder SPH & LT +75 Cylinder 0.25 Axis 120 to get headaches when wearing them?
Not at all. Quite the opposite is normally true.
@@ThatGlassesGuy03 Thank you. I went back to my eye doctor because of this response, and he prescribed a slightly different prescription which will hopefully help. I will know once I get them.
@@filmNYC25 🙌 yay!!! Sometimes weird things happen for sure, hopefully they've got you squared away now 😁
First rx ever, I decided to get one pair for distance and one pair for close because the dr said the progressive could cause motion sickness for me, and I didn't want bifocals at first until I become an actual glasses wearer who is used to wearing glasses. So, how do I get used to 2 different rx glasses? And yes I have astigmatism. I actually can read up close just fine, but she said I should still support my eyes since I won't always be able to. I need glasses though for driving, tv, and shopping.
In this case just actively switching amongst them and not really going without. Think if it like wearing a multifocal with manual switching 😂. Since the powers are the same and only the effective range and depth of field are different it still works for the adjustment period. Unless you were already sensitive to motion sickness I wouldn’t have really gone that direction though, but I’m sure they had their reasons to recommend it.
Thanks that is good to know I can switch. @@ThatGlassesGuy03 I thought maybe i would need to just get used to one before trying to get used to the other! Yes I get motion sickness whenever I'm not the one driving 😊
Just put on my first pair of glasses, at 40. I can see better but depth perception off. Vertical lines skewed in. Driving feels like I'm sitting on the ground. Been maybe an hour I'll update in a few days .
That first bit especially if you’re in a progressive lens too can be a wild ride. Hang in there! 🥂
@@ThatGlassesGuy03 So far walls and vertical lines are leaning away and scewed in at the bottom, and a little bit of chromatic apperation.
am 42 and first time wearing glasses, gives me headache and hopefully I'll get used to it!
Those first few days can be the worst! Good luck! The world on the other side is much sharper.
@@ThatGlassesGuy03 thanks!Hopefully I'll be better ...
Just got my first pair of glasses. The dr told me that I have good vision without them and can get to 20/20 vision but I have severe eye strain to get there. I was told to to wear them when I drive and when I’m reading or using technology. I do all of that all the time. So I wear my glasses almost all the time. My eyes are starting to adjust to my glasses, still having that terrible fishbowl effect some but not much. And the headache is gone. But now, I feel like when I take my glasses off and try to read anything, my eyes are slightly more blurry then I remember them being. Is this normal? Because I was really worried that my prescription was wrong and it was destroying my vision.
Totally normal and not destroying your vision. This is the affect of your brain slowly learning to dial back and relax the extra work it's been making your eyes do for SO LONG. You had your eyes in a constant state of accommodation basically providing your own prescription, now that's being taken away slowly 🙂. The fishbowl affect will get better once that's done completely, and so will the near accommodation with glasses off, as your brain is also having to learn its not already halfway there for the near work and needs to dial in a little more power than it did before with glasses off. It's a weird process, but you're on the right path 😁
Can glasses correct a lazy eye that’s never fully developed? My right eye is great and I see everything with both eyes open great but my left eye is nearly blind. My glasses help see through that eye when I close my good eye but man when I’m wearing my glasses, it’s almost like I am seeing a little worse because the left eye is doing some of the work now and I can’t see good with my glasses if I that makes sense.
Makes perfect sense. So this is a bit different ball game, and unfortunately there isn’t really anything that can be done in the glasses to correct that other eye well enough to have good binocular (both eyes) vision. Amblyopia is sort of its own animal.
OK I reread your comment. I get what you mean now. Well that sucks. So, even if I pass this test that I don’t have a restriction and I can drive outside of Ohio, they will want me to wear glasses that I can’t see it out of lol
@@Dustinthewind03 😂ironic I know, but in regards to comfort it should help some. What they’re trying to do is sharpen the good eye and give you enough vision in the left to have a little more depth perception bringing the other eye up as much as they can. (Guessing a little here without your medical info and rx but it’s a safe guess). Comfort will improve with wear time, and I’m a huge fan of wearing glasses when you only have one eye seeing well just for that little extra protection anyway :)
I had received my first pair of glasses with a prescription. I do have an astigmatism in my left eye. After I had the glasses replaced due to a scratched lens, my replacement has been giving me symptoms of dizziness, slanted feeling and falling forward. I just received my 3rd pair of replacements today and Very discouraged and don’t want to wear them. Been only wearing for driving to work and home at this point. Right Eye -0.25 & -.75 left eye Plano & -1.25. Please let me know if there are recommendations.
Should I have the prescription reduced?
This was a direct replacement for a scratch only, or a prescription change too?
@@ThatGlassesGuy03 direct replacement from Lenscrafter through Oakley. We went through a measurement and just received another pair today that I picked up.
Shouldn’t be having that problem with no changes, at least not for more than a day. Still shouldn’t be anything like when you first got the new glasses before the scratch happened. Sometimes the designs used under the hood change, and with your cylinder that would be my first guess. Just sounds pretty odd all around. Same frame same rx should just be easy and no adaptation issues.
I have on occasion seen cylinder power that passes production standards in the original pair barely on one end, then is replaced in the opposite standard making the new change several degrees off from what’s been worn. At over a diopter of cyl totally a possibility.
@@ThatGlassesGuy03 if the new set continues to give the same problems, any recommendations? Thank you for the quick response and information.
Really tough to say, someone would need to sit down with you and go over all of the technicals from the original lenses against what you’re picking up. There’s no guessing at it in that kind of a case
I am 22yo and have just been diagnosed with +0.75 hyperopia in both eyes, but I see particularly well at both close and far distances. I don't complain about headaches or eye strain, so I don't understand what the new glasses will improve or change.
Will I see even better?
Comfort only at that age and power TBH. Here’s the crack of the whip for you, and why opticians generally hate low hyperopes. Yours eyes have so much plus power to spare, you don’t need the glasses to get that +0.75 and STILL have power left over to get your 2-3 add needed to read within 12-16”. But your eyes are straining throughout the day to do this, not much now but enough. As you age and you lose that ability to generate the power you need naturally (especially approaching 40…. For all the hate towards hyperopes, we ESPECIALLY hate latent hyperopic presbyopes…. Miserable souls they are) then it becomes a problem. At this stage you will actually hate the glasses and see better further and complain about how you see in them and out them in a drawer and never wear them again until you’re the 40 year old above that we all run and hide form because nobody is gonna be happy. 😂😂🫣.
The alternative…. Know the glasses are gonna suck for a couple or few weeks. Suck it up. Wear the glasses. Enjoy the reduction in eye strain. And see beautifully once your brain learns to stop dialing in that extra power that it has been doing for SO LONG. It can take weeks. It’s up to you where you go from here, but at minimum I would grab some plus 50 readers for extended reading or low light (night time) driving for. Little extra comfort and benefit :) 🥂
@@ThatGlassesGuy03 Thank you for your very comprehensive and detailed reply!! :)
@@ThatGlassesGuy03 One last question. Just out of curiosity, you said that glasses for farsightedness can make distance vision blurry at first. I believe that's because the eye has to learn to relax if I understand well. However, what I don't understand is why it's the far vision that's blurred and not the near vision. Hyperopia makes squinting too hard at close range, but not at a distance, so why it's that way?
@iamnaudar because the lens in your eye can add plus power, basically your eye is already giving you the +0.75 you need to see sharply far away, you throw the needed +0.75 over the top of that and until the eye relaxes you’re basically wearing a +1.50 reader to walk around (shortened focal length) 😎
@@ThatGlassesGuy03 OK, thanks, that makes a lot more sense! I just didn't understand that we, as people with hyperopia, need plus power to see sharply at distance (and not at close range). :)
How easy or difficult it is and how long it takes to get used to wearing prescription glasses depends on the individual. Some people acclimate to wearing glasses easily and in a short period of time, whereas others may find it harder to acclimate and take weeks or months to get used to wearing prescription glasses.
In VERY generic terms that's correct. But this video isn't just about acclimation periods and breaks down into what each type of prescription faces 🙃
I feel so short when wearing them, does that stop?
Usually that gets much better in time :)
same lol
First time wearing glasses and things have an almost 3d look now. Only problem I have is flat surfaces like a table look like they are on an incline. I don't know if thats normal or not?
For new cylinder power (astigmatism correction) it absolutely can be, especially the first pair. Give it some time, that should be significantly improved in about a week :)
@@ThatGlassesGuy03 Thank you so much for the reply!
Anytime. 🥂
Just got mine that’s how it is for me did it ever go away for you ? And how long did it take if so
@@dannycano4242 Yes, this did go away for me after 3 or 4 weeks.
First time glasses wearer today . Let's say I'm wearing them and they're fine for distance, say 15, 20 feet away, then when I turn my head nearer objects like the coffee in front of me seem blurry. That normal?.
It can be for sure, especially later in life first pair. Could be a smidge overpowered or on the edge of needing a progressive where it’s taking you a little time to adjust between varying distances with the new power. Tough to say but these are some of the various circumstances that could be at play :)
@@ThatGlassesGuy03 thanks for the quick response. I guess give myself few days? I was given one pair for reading and for everyday. Have barely even used the reading ones yet. Trying to get used to the everyday ones. Everything seems to be bothering me.. like reflections, different light shades etc. That's normal right? Lol I'm almost 45, getting cranky in my old age..
Ahhh so your “everyday” pair is a progressive? That changes everything. You need to watch this video- czcams.com/video/ybu6uF9z6cg/video.html
Also Yup, it’s gonna suck for awhile. 🤐
@@ThatGlassesGuy03 na, they're both single vision lenses. I watched
your video about the progressive ones. . she did say something like start with these and in a year or so move to bifocal. You optician guys make things Complicated 😂😂😂, I'm going back to my magnifying glass 🤣. Only kidding
@@littlehawk299 😂😂 why in the world they did that to you I’ll never know. Yup you won’t be able to see up close on the distance glasses or far away in the near glasses. ☠️ that is distance pair 15+ft will be sharpest and you still have some magnification in your eyes left at your age so should cover you to about 2-3’ out depending on your eyes. Then the near glasses for fine print and small things closer than 2-3’. Good times. ☠️
I nearly slammed my arm thru a mirror in my manager’s office on the first day I wore glasses.
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I got my new glasses, I feel tall whenever i wear them, and I mostly can't walk with them lol
haha hopefully that's gotten better for you now!
@@ThatGlassesGuy03 haha yeah a little bit, im starting to like being taller lol
Funny, I feel shorter lol
Difference in powers and designated prism thinning in the lens designs 😎
I hated getting my eyes dilated
One of the worst parts for sure!
same my eyes stung and were really dry after
I see ghosting of things even with my glasses on..i have astigmatiam. I am woried about this and i dont know why i see like a astigmatism person with my glasses on..i am thinking to go to another medic to conault me one more time. My glasses are ok made
I’m not sure what you consider seeing like a person with astigmatism. But the ghosting could be a host of other things from the glasses or even the eye itself. You need to speak with your optician/optometrist about this.
@@ThatGlassesGuy03 tnx for makimg time for answering me! I see like i have astigmatism at those tests, those circle with lines. I don't know medical names for them! I'm in ajustment period with my glasses, and i understand the ajustment, but the fact that the glasses are not changeing a lot for me is frustrating! Tnx one more time for your replay! I'll visit another medic after New Year!
Gotcha! In that case yes to some degree. Just the nature of the shape of the cornea and how glasses correct for it. Contacts resolve more of the astigmatism issues up to a point, especially at lower powers. Some lens designs handle astigmatism MUCH better than others so there’s definitely a lot to keep in mind. The ghosting is the only thing I would be more concerned about :)
I've noticed ghosting in my vision and went for an eye test and they said I have astigmatism and gave me glasses the glasses have made my eyesight better but the ghosting is still ther with the glasses on and this is worrying me..! And stressing me out how did you get on please let me know.. Thanks
@@anwarlutfi885 i am in ajustment period.. 7 days with glasses on all time.. i still have qstigmatic vision with glasses.. and i am afraid that ghostig will never desapear. I'll wait another 7 days with hope that things will be better, if not i'll vjsit another medic! It doesent feel right to have the same vision even with glasses.....
Trust me it might seem great you have glasses you can see clearer, more easier no struggle but glasses are monsters, always falling down, ear irritation, nose irritation, glasses fogging up, losing your glasses, not wearing glasses
Most of those issues are with poorly made and ill fitting eyewear. Losing them, can’t help you there, they should be on your face. Pretty hard to lose there. 🤷♂️😂 (and I lose EVERYTHING, but not my glasses.)
Hilarious, KMSL
Why do I see weird shapes like when I’m washing my hands the sink feels like it’s slanted down or the ground to does it go away
Perception of power. This should get better with time.
your glasses are uneven
I don’t think we’re looking at the same pair of glasses here if you think that 🫣
what do you mean? they look fine too me