Problems and pain with different brand contacts?

I have worn contacts for about 20 years and never had this happen. I recently switched to a new brand my doctor said would be better because the lens is "actually impregnated with a chemical moisture agent" - whatever that means. Other than twice the price. I suffer from mild allergies and occasionally have a bit of dry eyes from the allergy medication, so I thought this would be a way to avoid the rather mild occasional irritation from the dry eyes easily.

Today, I placed the contact in my eye as usual and felt a small amount of discomfort such as I would normally sometimes get when first putting on lenses after a few days of taking allergy medication due to dry eyes. The normal cure is to remove and rinse lens. Usually there is a little evidence of thick mucus on the lens when I remove it. Normally no trouble removing it. I rinse the eye with rewetting drops, rinse the lens before putting it back in. Normally this is easy to do and everything is fine for a good while after. Usually later in the day my eyes feel a bit dry and irritated a couple times, and I have put drops in. I hate putting drops in out in public, so I had hoped these lenses would eliminate some of that, and the doctor said he thought they would.

I went to remove the lens and as soon as I tried to slide the lens slightly so I could remove it from my eye, I felt a stabbing pain. My eye continued to hurt under the contact and I had a very difficult time opening my now reddened and visibly swollen eye such that I could remove the contact. I finally got it out, and my eye was sore, red, and light sensitive for a couple of hours. This is the second time this has happened. For the second time, I went to my eye doctor and he found nothing wrong with the eye. By the time he could see me, it was an hour or so after the redness, soreness, and light sensitivity had gone away. Today he made some crack about me poking myself in the eye, so I guess he thinks I am doing something. If I am, it is sure weird I managed to wear contacts over 20 years without ever having had this problem previously.

The first time this happened, I was just shocked and in pain and that was about all I could tell. This time, having experienced it before and got through it, I was able to more calmly evaluate what I was feeling. What I think is happening is that the contact is suctioning to my eye strongly enough my attempt to dislodge it to remove it is painful, but is not causing any permanent damage. Is this possible? Thanks in advance for any answers.