Where are my four eyed fellows at?

Swank Force One wrote:

mtn wrote:

Swank Force One wrote: Plus, the perception is way different with contacts vs. glasses. Everything looks tiny and far away with glasses.

Your prescription is wrong then.

Same prescription for both. I get both written on the same day. Glasses have always made things look smaller/farther away for me since well.... 2nd grade? The effect is lessened with Urkel-sized lenses.

Your prescription is still probably wrong. I've had 4 or 5 different prescriptions over the years, and only 2 times were the contacts and glasses the same script.

Or, your lenses were poorly manufactured.

(Chiming in with "you'll get used to them")....you'll get used to them.

Got mine the end of 9th grade just before I changed over to high school, so everyone junior high and before knew me without, everyone starting with high school to now knows me with glasses. I could never bring myself to stab myself in the eye so it's been 4-eyes since...I don't know...1982-3?

mtn wrote:

Swank Force One wrote:

mtn wrote:

Swank Force One wrote: Plus, the perception is way different with contacts vs. glasses. Everything looks tiny and far away with glasses.

Your prescription is wrong then.

Same prescription for both. I get both written on the same day. Glasses have always made things look smaller/farther away for me since well.... 2nd grade? The effect is lessened with Urkel-sized lenses.

Your prescription is still probably wrong. I've had 4 or 5 different prescriptions over the years, and only 2 times were the contacts and glasses the same script. Or, your lenses were poorly manufactured.

They're tiny lenses. This was a thing even before i had contacts. I wore glasses exclusively for over a decade before discovering contacts. I don't think it's super likely that every last pair was the wrong prescription and/or crappy lenses.

Perspective/distance/size never changed going from blind to contacts. Only changes going from blind or contacts to glasses. Has always been that way since 2nd grade a good.... 20 years ago?

I probably worded the "same script" thing wrong. I get them done on the same day, by the same doctor. I don't know if they're actually identical, i don't really pay attention. I just order what's on the sheet after he spends 45 minutes with me tracking down the right stuff. (I'm a little annoying because i have astigmatism that's right on the border of needing correction.)

KatieSuddard wrote:

neon4891 wrote: I was the last hold out in my family to get them at 21.

Yep! Everyone needs them and this winter, Tom got them. I was thinking, wow, I really got lucky. Then I started noticing a distinct and terrifying inability to read street signs. Now some of the people at the office mistake me for Margie if I've got my hair up, haha

since she's you Mom, it might not seem so … but it would be hard to have a nicer compliment

answer to your question … yep .. you'll get accustomed to them. I realize that doesn't help right now, but I'm sure you'll eventually stop hitting yourself in the face LOL

I'm pretty fortunate to be 48, and have only needed to wear sunglasses, and safety-glasses at work. Never had a problem with hitting myself in the face,but I do manage to poke myself in the eyeball a couple times a week, with the safety-glasses, of all things.

Lately, I've been having difficulty reading things with smaller font-sizes.so I got contacts.

But since I only need them for reading, I got flip-up lenses.

Been 'four eyes' since second grade. My mom asked me why I did bad on a test and I said it was because I couldn't see the blackboard. The jump from single vision to progressive lenses (okay dammit, they are bifocals) was a real weird one.

I wore contacts for several years but didn't really like them, they were a pain to take care of and dust/dirt made my eyes hurt like hell. So I went back to glasss.

Curmudgeon wrote: Been 'four eyes' since second grade. My mom asked me why I did bad on a test and I said it was because I couldn't see the blackboard. The jump from single vision to progressive lenses (okay dammit, they are bifocals) was a real weird one. I wore contacts for several years but didn't really like them, they were a pain to take care of and dust/dirt made my eyes hurt like hell. So I went back to glasss.

Second grade for me, too. I still remember that fall New England day when a kaleidoscope of pretty colors became something much, much more. My prescription was so strong I was using the proverbial coke-bottle glasses. Contacts were a blessing; the indentations on my nose disappeared.

After cataract surgery I went back to glasses because they're not a bother and certainly less expensive than contacts. I never had issues with sticking things in my eyes on purpose but glasses really help with the accidental stuff.

Katie, trust all the folks here who tell you that you'll get used to wearing glasses. They speak the truth.

I wore glasses from late in high school until a few years after college. Then they got broken at a concert, and I had to drive home an hour or so wearing my sunglasses. The next day I got contacts, and up until then I hated putting stuff in my eyes. I now have glasses as a backup. Or I wear them when I want to look smart.

I just got my first perscription reading glasses last year and I need to get new ones. I actually want larger lenses. There was a big difference in what I thought I needed and how they work in practice.

I've worn glasses for 20+ years. I'm 22. I don't know what it's like to NOT wake up and put them on.

I guess you'll get used to them?

thestig99 wrote: I've worn glasses for 20+ years. I'm 22. I don't know what it's like to NOT wake up and put them on. I guess you'll get used to them?

Youre the stig you dont even have a face

Contacts are the best, very much worth taking the effort to get used to.
Soft contacts specifically.

Held out till I was 40 and had to go straight to tri-focals. Tried contacts (wife wears them) but I couldn't stand them. Been wearing glasses for 30 years now so, Yes, you will get used to them.

JG Pasterjak wrote: Five years from now you'll have the opposite problem. You'll be not wearing them and constantly moving your hand up to your face to adjust them.

This was me when I switched to contacts a couple years ago.

akamcfly wrote:

JG Pasterjak wrote: Five years from now you'll have the opposite problem. You'll be not wearing them and constantly moving your hand up to your face to adjust them.

This was me when I switched to contacts a couple years ago.

Yeah, that's me right now, although the fact that I have dry eyes and live in the desert means I can only wear contacts for a limited time.

That said, it's my third time trying contacts and I love the improved field of vision, plus it does seem like I just see that little better.

Mind you, sitting at the computer with reading glasses sucks. I need better reading glasses...

I made it to 26 before I needed glasses, then it took a while to get used to them. I didn't have a choice because the thought of contacts made me queasy. I still only need one for my right eye but the wife won't let me have a monocle. She said I'd look like Mr Peanut with a thyroid problem.

Wally wrote: I made it to 26 before I needed glasses, then it took a while to get used to them. I didn't have a choice because the thought of contacts made me queasy. I still only need one for my right eye but the wife won't let me have a monocle. She said I'd look like Mr Peanut with a thyroid problem.

That would make you "Mr. Peanut Allergy", right?

I've worn them since about 4th grade. You get used to it. I deal with the same thing as Ben(SF1) on my current glasses, never noticed it before I wore contacts though. Just started wearing those about 5-ish years ago, I HATE taking them out when I have to wear glasses, and it's usually when they burn and make my eyes hurt. So I deal with the weird perception thing, burning/irritated/dry eyes, and looking like a hipster(dem ray bans yo!) for a few days.

I'd save up for lasik, but I work at Lowe's and am on this forum, which equals being constantly broke.

I've worn glasses since I was 18 …. (65 now, for prospective)

you get used to them

about 20 yrs ago I went to bifocals, then trifocals … then I got Lasik surgery … didn't work out quite as well as hoped … since I was already in bi/trifocals I ended up with what's called mono-vision … one for close and one eye for far

I also had astigmatisms, which is the least successfully corrected problem when it comes to Lasik surgery ( near sighted, then far sighted, then astigmatisms)

10 - 15 yrs later I can still pass my drivers test without corrective lenses … but it's always been hard to read road signs (until I'm right up close to them)

so I now have, computer glasses, driving glasses (especially for night time/rain/fog .. any low visibility situation) reading/TV (bifocals), and one pair that I used at work, where everything was very close (12" and closer)

In reply to wbjones:

You've made me very thankful for my good eyes.

A good friend had lasik done because (like me) he didn't like wearing glasses or contacts while riding dirt bikes. (If you ride with contacts and get sand in your goggles, you'll understand why. Glasses fog like a bitch too.) Anyway, his was a good deal less than successful; not only did he still have to wear glasses (seems there is a limit to just how much correction is possible) his night vision crashed and he says he sees rainbow rings around streetlights etc. He did say the doc warned him of these possible side effects beforehand, they are not very common but they do happen. Me, I don't want to live the rest of my life with my eyes more screwed up than they are so I will gladly be 'four eyes'.

From third grade till thirty I needed corrective lenses. It was glasses till 20 or so then contacts (with occasional stupid problems).

At thirty I got Lasik done and it's been a dozen years since. I honestly can't reccoment it highly enough, just fantastic. My vision is nearly perfect and the ease of life without lenses.....priceless.

edit for Curmudgeon: Heavy corrections take a long time to fully heal (mine was nearly a year because my eyes were E36 M3)

If you don't know about Zenni Optical, you should look them up now. For the same $ you spend on a set of glasses at your local vision place you can order up 8-10 pairs of cheap glasses for specialty use. Once a year or so I'll order half a dozen pair of prescription sunglasses or safety glasses or funky frames. Then I can just leave sunglasses in the cars or safety goggles by the welder or motorcycle and just have them when I need them.

I already have some haloing and glare issues at night and if they got worse, and since they are potential side effects of Lasik they could, I would be completely unable to drive at night. I'm not comfortable with the risk.

Curmudgeon wrote: Me, I don't want to live the rest of my life with my eyes more screwed up than they are so I will gladly be 'four eyes'.

A friend of a friend killed himself because of severe side effects from lasik. I understand it's very rare, but still...

Duke wrote:

Curmudgeon wrote: Me, I don't want to live the rest of my life with my eyes more screwed up than they are so I will gladly be 'four eyes'.

A friend of a friend killed himself because of severe side effects from lasik. I understand it's very rare, but still...

What were they?