So I was told I needed progressive glasses after I had my eyes checked. I've noticed I need to hold things a little away from me to focus. I picked up my new glasses Yesterday and started to wear them today. Before I go any farther, I want to clarify that while I've never had progressives before, I've been wearing glasses for 30+ years, so I'm well aware that it takes time to adjust to new glasses, etc.
So far, the progressives are HORRIBLE. For instance, when I was cooking supper, I thought I saw a bug skittering across the floor. I couldn't just look down at it, because it was all blurry (not reading distance, I get it), so I had to basically contort my head and body until it came clear. I felt like a robot trying to move for the first time. Now here's the thing....I don't have to do that with my old glasses. Things at a distance, things nearby, they were all crystal clear. It was just things close up I needed to move back. So couldn't I just go with bifocals? Distance things aren't blurry. The while moving the entire head to bring something into focus seems wildly unnatural to me. I've never seen a person wearing progressives have to move so much to see. If I'm sitting down, looking at my phone, I have to lift my head so much to bring things into focus I'm just barely gazing over the bottom rim. If I want to watch my TV, 15 feet away from where I am, I practically have to jam my chin into my chest to read anything on the screen. When I tried to explain my trouble reading to the people (a different eyeglass place from where I got my perscription), by showing that the words weren't clear what I was trying to read, they pushed my hand down so it I was holding the paper a good 6 inches lower than normal, and asked if I could read it now. I replied, yes, but I don't normally hold things so low to read, it felt very unnatural.
Is it like this for everyone, or is something wrong? Is my prescription wrong, maybe, or the lenses too short to have any space for the three different levels of magnification? I'm tempted to just wear my old prescription and squint. Please help!
So far, the progressives are HORRIBLE. For instance, when I was cooking supper, I thought I saw a bug skittering across the floor. I couldn't just look down at it, because it was all blurry (not reading distance, I get it), so I had to basically contort my head and body until it came clear. I felt like a robot trying to move for the first time. Now here's the thing....I don't have to do that with my old glasses. Things at a distance, things nearby, they were all crystal clear. It was just things close up I needed to move back. So couldn't I just go with bifocals? Distance things aren't blurry. The while moving the entire head to bring something into focus seems wildly unnatural to me. I've never seen a person wearing progressives have to move so much to see. If I'm sitting down, looking at my phone, I have to lift my head so much to bring things into focus I'm just barely gazing over the bottom rim. If I want to watch my TV, 15 feet away from where I am, I practically have to jam my chin into my chest to read anything on the screen. When I tried to explain my trouble reading to the people (a different eyeglass place from where I got my perscription), by showing that the words weren't clear what I was trying to read, they pushed my hand down so it I was holding the paper a good 6 inches lower than normal, and asked if I could read it now. I replied, yes, but I don't normally hold things so low to read, it felt very unnatural.
Is it like this for everyone, or is something wrong? Is my prescription wrong, maybe, or the lenses too short to have any space for the three different levels of magnification? I'm tempted to just wear my old prescription and squint. Please help!