New Glasses today - How do I determine nothing is wrong with the eyeglasses?

[gclinsd]

Hi Everyone,

I just picked up my first new pair of eyeglasses to replace my 15 year old glasses. I am very myopic and my vision went from about -12 to -16 in 15 years. I'm normally a contact lens wearer but decided to get a nice pair of glasses. Naturally, I purchased frames with a 1.74 high index lenses (essilor) and in the frame (42mm diameter), they look pretty good!

Now, I have some questions/possible problems which I also asked the guy in the store dispensing and of course he said just wear them a few days and see what happens. After dropping nearly $600 I want things to be right!!

1) As soon I put on the glasses, things didn't seem quite right. Compared to my old glasses, things were sharper, however, I also noticed some more distortion and light abberrations (maybe this is just the nature of the lens and abbe value).

2) My eyes seems to strain a little more. As soon as I put my old glasses on, they relaxed again.

3) Movement is kind of jarring and takes my eyes/brain to get used to... get slight headache due to strain.

4) I noticed with the glasses sitting right on the bridge of my nose, my eyes had a some trouble focussing on the subject in front of me. As soon as I pull the glasses about an inch away from my eyes, things get much sharper and the distortion decreases... also eyes feel more relaxed and less strained. Is this a sign that the glasses are too strong?

5) When I switch back to my old glasses, vision seems to be worse than before.

6) After wearing the glasses all day today, I seemed to adjust a little better, but there is still a nagging feeling that something is not right.

I don't want my eyes to adjust to a wrong prescription and have my eyes get worse. Am I being paranoid? Do I need more time to adjust?

Thanks so much for your response!!

George

[Judy Canty]

If you have concerns about your eyewear, you need to return to the ECP who provided them.

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