Contact lens prescription too strong?

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My contacts Rx seems to increase a little each year, although every now and then I'll go back a quarter.  Last year I think I was prescribed -3.00 in R and -2.75 in L, but I might be off by +0.25 in memory.  I'm a 29 year old female.  This week my eyes were actually dilated, which hasn't been done for a few years.  This doctor put me in Acuvue Oasis instead of Advance b/c they seem to be more dirt-resistant than Advance.  Anyway, he cut my prescription down to -1.75 in R & -1.50 in L and said he thinks I may have been overprescribed in the past.  He also said most females' eyes stop changing around the age of 17, which surprised me given that my Rx hasn't STOPPED changing since then.  

Could the fact that I was dilated explain how he was able to notice my Rx was too strong?  I'm still noticing some eye strain today when I'm reading, but I just got these contacts yesterday.  What gives?  The more I think about it, the more irritated I am at the thought that it's been wrong all this time.

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i can't answer your question because I'm not an optometrist but can only say that these things happen. As an example, a few years ago my prescription was diagnosed as -3.50 which was a huge leap from -1.50. After I said I was uncomfortable with it it was reduced to -2.25 and -3, no explanation. The only reason it was changed was because I said I felt it couldn't be right.  I don't know how they got it so wrong although someone said it must have been from the answers that I gave. 

I've not had a dilated exam before, although it was suggested when I had alot of problems with the prescription in one eye. I would think that it could be helpful in determining your true prescription. Are you still getting the eyestrain with the reduced prescription - do you think its as a result of under or over correction?

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