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How can I tell if a prescription is too strong? Just went to a lesser prescription, but not as effective.?
I was recently prescribed reading glasses. Wore them off and on at a meeting that night for a couple of hours and again off and on the next morning at work --- both time, my head pounded and my eyes felt as if someone was pushing down on them. I felt terrible and thought that my prescription was too strong. Went back to the doctor, who slightly lowered the prescription and added for a slight astigmatism in my left eye. The reading prescription isn't as big or clear as before, and I'm trying to adjust to progressive bifocals for the astigmatism, which makes working at the computer difficult. Still have a headache, but not as great. How does one know if prescription is too strong and how can I tell if the current prescription is the right one? Any hints for getting used to progressive lenses?
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- Anonymous1 decade ago
It seems rather strange to me that your optician wouldn't have prescribed the correct strength for your reading glasses the first time you saw him. He should have prescribed for your astigmatism in your original Rx. That having been said, sometimes it does take a while to adjust to a new Rx, and part of that adjustment could involve headaches as your eyes readjust. But, if you continue to experience headaches after a week, I would go back and tell your optician.
As for adjusting to progressive bifocals, it's important that your doctor measure carefully the distance between your eyes and that he determines how far away and at what level you generally hold your reading materials so that he can place the near and far vision correctly in your lenses. If he has measured incorrectly, or didn't measure at all, this could pose a real problem for you. I had this happen to me when I went to Sears to get my new Rx filled and they made the lenses incorrectly, even though my optician had given me the correct Rx.
You can find more info on adjusting to progressive bifocals by clicking the link below: