glasses question: do you have progressives?

[#2ontheway]

I'm reluctant to go this route, partly because of the cost, but also because I've heard anecdotally from people who just didn't get used to them, which makes me think I should hold off as long as possible (my readers are 1.25). Thinking it might be better to order my regular prescription, even if in a year or two I'm ready to try progressives. Your experience?

[WatchingThemGrow]

I wear them. I get by with them fine, but I read with (astigmatic, so also prescription) reading glasses when at home.

[hbridge]

I tried them... I wanted so much to have them work... I just could NOT! Nowhere seemed clear to me!

I ended up getting bifocals...

[gymnbomb]

My mom has them and loves them. She wears them as her “all day” glasses, but switches to readers at home if she is going to sit down and read for a long time.


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[klwa]

I have had them for 3 years now. The first glasses I got with them were a little too shallow for them to work well, and I had a few issues with that. But not enough that I didn't get them when I got new ones. I just got larger frames this time. My readers are about the same as yours.

Honestly, I had a lot more trouble adjusting to getting glasses when I first got them than I did adjusting to progressives. I ran into a lot of doorways and broke a lot of items because the glasses affected my depth perception. Nothing like that happened with the progressives!

[JBaxter]

Ive had them for a year a little bit of a learning curve with stairs for me but it was a pretty quick transition I think my readers were 1.25 or 1.5 I have sun glasses in just readers they are 1.5

[Gracemom]

I'm wearing some right now. There is definitely an adjustment period where things look wonky but after a few days I could see great.

[pinkmomagain]

No. I think I tried them once a while ago and couldn't get used to them. I just lift my glasses and prop them on my head when I am reading, doing close work.

[erosenst]

I've had them for quite a while and love them. But two suggestions:

* Get them fitted the day you pick them up, but then go back to your old glasses. Wait until you wake up the next morning, then put them on right away. Helps a ton with the adjustment. If still not great, wear as long as you can stand them and then try again the next day.

* The one place I've had trouble is with big, mounted, computer screens at work. I was very close to getting a separate pair of computer glasses, but then started working from home and have a setup here that works fine. My eye doctor said many are happier with that second pair.

Good luck!

[KpbS]

Getting them this week :crying::confused::nodno: Nervous.

[hillview]

I have them and after 2-3 days I didn't notice them at all (in a good way). I have worn glasses my entire life

[trales]

I have them and really like them. It took about 2 weeks for me to get used to. I LOVE that I can look out in the lecture hall and see everyones faces and still read my lecture notes. Computer work is great with them. Microscope not so much. I am really glad I went for them, did it about 2 years ago.

[wendibird22]

Following this thread. I'm currently rocking two different strength contacts so that I can better see distance and close up. My reading vision is completely fine but my old contacts and now my glasses, which correct my distance vision, make me unable to read with vision corrected for distance. So I'm constantly taking off my glasses or looking over/under them. The trick with my contacts works great. I hate the on/off with my glasses though, and I adore my glasses, so I want to be able to wear them once and a while. So my eye doc recommended progressives and said that they earlier you switch to them the easier it is to adapt to them.

[JElaineB]

My husband was one who didn't get used to them and it put me off on getting them for several years. Finally I caved after not having found a better solution and I regret not getting them when I first needed them. I love them, and it took me about 30 seconds to get used to them. I've worn glasses full-time since sixth grade (though I used contacts from mid-high school until I was about 30), so I'm used to not having "perfect vision", which is what threw my husband as he has never been a full time glasses wearer.

[dogmom]

Worn glasses since 3rd grade. Moved to progressives 4 years ago, took 24-48 to adjust. They are great. I do need to take my glasses off to look at the fine print on small medication bottles I deal with. The biggest problem I had was adjusting where I hold a boom to read.

My DH never had glasses, got progressives for his far sightedness. He was getting migraines. He has 2 kind, computer work and everything else.

[Kindra178]

I love mine! I got my first pair about three years ago. When I first put them on, I was dizzy but by the time I got home, it was great.

My distance vision is horrible and my readers are the same as yours. I have noticed that it’s extremely challenging for eye professionals to balance a severe myopic prescription and progressives. Put another way, it’s not the glasses that are messed up, it’s the actual script.

The other part where there can be error is converting glasses to contacts scripts.

Finally, places like Costco don’t work for me. Buying progressives from an independent place yields better results.


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[robinsmommy]

I got mine, oh, maybe 10 days ago....I’m still not used to them and kind of regret it. Nothing ever seems totally clear- it feels like my eyes are struggling to focus when I wear them.

[#2ontheway]

So my eye doc recommended progressives and said that they earlier you switch to them the easier it is to adapt to them.

This is an interesting point and I bet that's true.

Ugh, I don't know what to do! I guess I'll find out what the warranty/return options are, and if decent, give them a shot. I've mostly worn contacts since I was quite young but in the past year finding that I'm wearing glasses more because I am not tolerating contacts as well. And I have trouble reading etc. in my glasses, which makes me think I should give the progressives a try.

[Smillow]

i love mine, I started wearing glasses at 45 (8 years ago), i hate driving with single vision glasses because then I can't see anything inside the car clearly. I get mine from Zenni, so they are reasonably priced. I've learned not to wear them hiking or when going up & down lots of steps.

[dogmom]

I got mine, oh, maybe 10 days ago....I’m still not used to them and kind of regret it. Nothing ever seems totally clear- it feels like my eyes are struggling to focus when I wear them.

That sounds like a bad prescription to me. I never had problems like that. But I don’t know if you were wearing glasses to start with.

I agree you need to go to someone who knows what they are doing. I luckily have vision coverage so it brings down the cost. I get me regular progressives at a small mom and pop place that is excellent and buy my sunglasses through Zenni.

[hellokitty]

I got them 3 years ago and HATED it. I felt like there was a very tiny point in my glasses that I could see clearly and I would keep flipping my glasses off of my head to read. So, the next year, I told my eye doctor, nope I hate these. He had originally told me it would take about a month to get used to them, I felt like I was looking out of a fishbowl many times and reverted back to wearing my old glasses. So, last year I went with a single vision lense, which I LOVED for it's clarity, BUUUT I now have a furrow in on my forehead from squinting to read. I think that my near vision got a lot worse, so while I was able to compensate that first year, I couldn't do it. So, a few months ago when I got new glasses I got the progressives again and IDK what it is, maybe I got a bad pair or the processed is improved, I have had zero issues and I can read and see far vision fine too. I am kicking myself, bc I think that I gave myself that damn furrow and I should have pushed more about maybe something not being right with the original pair of progressive lenses. My husband got progressives for the first time and has loved them from the minute he got them. One of my friends struggled like I did and we both think that maybe the progressive part was too night up in the lense and that was why it was affecting the rest of our vision so much too.

[HannaAddict]

I have contacts and work perfectly and took no time to adjust. They are amazing. Glasses only wear at night or if resting eyes and they are awesome too.


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[carolinamama]

I have contacts and work perfectly and took no time to adjust. They are amazing. Glasses only wear at night or if resting eyes and they are awesome too.


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HannaAddict - do you have progressive contacts? I wear my contacts at least 95% of the time. I hate wearing glasses. Reading small writing is getting harder and harder and I need to give it up and get readers. I would love to have progressive contacts but worry how I'd adjust. Do you have dailies? I'm intrigued!

[citymama]

I do and I HATE HATE HATE them. I got them at the best research optometry hospital, paid quadruple to get the best lenses, repeat fittings etc. I can't see for cr@p long-distance, the worst vision since before I got glasses. I'm almost 47 so I guess there's no going back to single prescription lenses.

[robinsmommy]

That sounds like a bad prescription to me. I never had problems like that. But I don’t know if you were wearing glasses to start with.

I agree you need to go to someone who knows what they are doing. I luckily have vision coverage so it brings down the cost. I get me regular progressives at a small mom and pop place that is excellent and buy my sunglasses through Zenni.

I dunno. I think things have improved a little bit as time goes by. I find I have to keep them extra clean, too.

Part of it is that we have meh vision coverage, so I get glasses only every two years - so after discussion with my new eye doc, I opted to go ahead and get the Progressives slightly on the early side - that and the fact that I am pretty nearsighted - like -5 or more in one eye, almost as bad in the other - I think also hurts me.

Said eye doc won't be used again, regardless - what woke male doc grabs your knee multiple times and leans into your space for conversation when you are cornered in an eye exam chair? ugh! DH didn't get the same treatment from him, either. :irked:

I'll give it a little longer and see if I can live with them.

[jgenie]

Said eye doc won't be used again, regardless - what woke male doc grabs your knee multiple times and leans into your space for conversation when you are cornered in an eye exam chair? ugh! DH didn't get the same treatment from him, either. :irked:


I had an eye dr do this to me too. It was so annoying I never went back!

[HannaAddict]

HannaAddict - do you have progressive contacts? I wear my contacts at least 95% of the time. I hate wearing glasses. Reading small writing is getting harder and harder and I need to give it up and get readers. I would love to have progressive contacts but worry how I'd adjust. Do you have dailies? I'm intrigued!

Yes. Progressive contacts. They work great. There are a few different manufacturers and have different ways of correcting the same thing so make sure your eye doctor is up on it and you can try them. I wear mine for a month though I think they are the same lens rated for daily. I became near sighted in my teens and my Rx stayed stable for decades. Then dipped a bit post pregnancies and two years ago started needing a bit of correction for reading small print. I love them!


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[sweet_pea]

I've had them for about two years and am overall happy with them. Took me maybe a week or two to get fully used to them. The hardest part was going down stairs for the first little while. My reading prescription is only +1, but I constantly go between reading/computer work/distance throughout the day, so reading glasses would have been a big pain. Plus my optometrist said it's easier to get used to progressives if you start when your reading vision hasn't deteriorated too much, so I decided to take the plunge earlier rather than later. I think getting progressives from your optometrist is probably a good idea, as opposed to an eyewear chain.

OP, can you see if your optometrist has a money-back guarantee in case the progressives don't work out for you? That was what gave me some peace of mind when I got mine – having the option to get a refund and get something else if I ended up having a hard time with the new pair of glasses.

[ellies mom]

Yes. Progressive contacts. They work great. There are a few different manufacturers and have different ways of correcting the same thing so make sure your eye doctor is up on it and you can try them.


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This! The technology is in theory the same but what the manufacturer does with that technology varies and it makes a huge difference. I originally used some brand I don’t remember the name of and they were useless. I might as well have been wearing regular contacts. I still had to use readers. It was ridiculous. I recently switched to the Bioinfinity Multifocals. I am so thrilled. No more readers. My distance vision could be better but my near vision is so much better that I don’t care. Mine are monthlies as well.

As for progressive eyeglasses, with my first pair, the weirdness on the sides went away quickly but I couldn’t adjust to holding my head the “right” way for reading. My new pair are much better. I think it is because they upped the magnification of the lower lenses so it comes up higher on the lens. I can read how I want to read now. I still tend to take them off when I’m at home doing near work because my near vision is still excellent when I’m not looking through distance correction.


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[ahisma]

My 11 year old has them and loves them. They are the first pair of glasses that he has happily worn. They've been a huge game changer for him.