Bifocals..... you who have them....

[lyn_j]

This is the first time I have ever had bifocals and I must say it was easier being blind and NOT seeing the ground rolling in front of me! When do you get used to where you should look and how to hold your head???

WHEW!

Lyn

 

[Jill]

I just wear "regular" eye glasses and have for about 4 years. However, I remember when I first started wearing them, I felt dizzy / ill and it seemed like everything was all rolling and rippling when I would turn my head. It stopped seeming that way after a day or two.

 

[Relic]

l've had mine for about 2 years the first couple of weeks l had to take them of to use stairs or l'd go flying because they just all ran together when l looked down and it was weird when reading l could only see with the tops and they gave me headaches watching TV l did take them back complaining and found that they didn't grind the bottoms right but once they were redone l learned to do real good with them in a few days and just couldn't see life without them now. But l still can't see color like other people. :lol:

 

[Bluebell]

Oh yes they do take a while to get used to. I always had trouble with mine outside. Took me a long time to adjust to the rolling ground. Watch your step when walking outside and down those steps too.

 

[shminifancier]

I was so excited in getting bifocals that I got use to them in just a few days. And you will too, they are nice I sometimes still get a stiff neck when looking at the computer screen for "long" periods of time. but not so much now as I did. I have a monitor now that I can adjust up or down to almost table top level~!

So normal viewing now put most of the screen in the lower portion of my glasses. Cool.

And another thing that has also helped was getting a 20.1 Widescreen LCD Monitor~! Just got this a few weeks ago :aktion033: Those are so clear and easy to use and so bright I had to turn the Brightness down, as the TV then would look darker as I would look from one to another. :new_shocked:

 

[paintnthings]

I have the lineless kind, and it took a few days to get the hang of it, but once in awhile I will still try to look out the wrong part, and I quit in a hurry, because it is just toooo wierd. You'll be fine in a few days.

Teresa

 

[Hosscrazy]

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When do you get used to where you should look and how to hold your head

I've had mine for over 6 months and the only way I get used to them is by taking them off!!!

Liz R.

 

[yankee_minis]

I've had them for a couple years, but it took me about 2 weeks to get used to them. I would get nauseous!

But once I adjusted I was fine.

It is annoying sometimes to have to move my head up or down to see better.

I also have trouble just reading a book because I can't figure out how to hold the right. I see best when I hold it at an angle rather than flat on the table.

I think it's great that you're seeing sooo much better!

 

[minih]

I guess it is different for everyone, I just recently had to get the no line bifocals for work and reading only. I have major eye stress from being on a computer all day, and then I run home to get on one here at the house or else I am reading in the winter alot. I only have a very small prescription on my glasses while looking up so I can walk around with out taking them off and on all day at work. It took about a week before I didn't get swimmy headed. I even called to make sure they didn't make a mistake Hopefully things will be better for you soon.

 

[sedeh]

It took me a couple of weeks to get use to the progressive no-line ones. I did have them adjust them a few times because the level I keep my head when driving I was always looking out the far-sighted part......talk about whoozy!

 

[susanne]

I've had mine for about three years and have NEVER gotten used to them.

For one thing, bifocals and computer work are a horrible combination -- I forever have a crick in my neck looking up to read through the lower part of my glasses. Then, try being a musician and reading sheet music -- as a saxophonist, I can't simply raise my head and look down my nose without messing up my embouchere...and with complex symphonic music, I frequently lose my place...I had to quit the wind symphony with whom I had played for years, as I didn't feel I was doing them justice.

I really need two separate pairs of glasses, but insurance companies don't see it that way...

 

[wcr]

Lyn, I just have to say I am thrilled you can see again. Congrates!!!!!

I never got used to my bifocals and finally gave up and just bought cheapy reading glasses. Like you, I have had both lens replaced and I have a fixed focal point and see just fine for long distances. My focal point is at the end of my arm extension so reading glases work just fine.

 

[lyn_j]

Thanks Kathi, I think Im going back to get tris, so I dont keep looking over the top of these... I wanted to clarify tho that I have not had lenses replaced, they are just healed.

Lyn

 

[user 488]

For what it's worth...........

Most of the time they make the bottom thing for reading and that made everything else blurry if I am walking or looking at the instrument panel in the car, etc.

So what I did is have them make me new bifocals that allowed to see further .......not just for reading..........where things further away were more in focus when I look down...............(like my feet)

I have no idea if I am making any sense.

The nearsighted part......the large part on top stayed the same.......but the bifocal part I just adjusted it differently. Don't know if it will work for you but it is the only way I could wear them.

And I don't wear the seemless bifocals either as they are altogether awful.

I also take my glasses off to read and to look at the computer screen as I can't stand holding my head up.

For that I suggest just a cheap pair of magnifying glasses from the drug store.

 

[lyn_j]

Carol thats what I have the seamless graduating lens.... im thinking that I want the other ones tho. I have 30 days to decide what to do. I hate to keep taking these off to see farther away.... that was the whole point of getting them.... I kept laying the reading glasses down and losing them and I refuse to wear that ole lady gold chain around my neck with the glasses dangling!

Lyn

 

[user 488]

Carol thats what I have the seamless graduating lens.... im thinking that I want the other ones tho

Lyn, everyone I know that has those.....well almost everyone...HATES them.

Another trick is to get the bifocal part (lower part) made lower than normal because I need the glasses to see distance more than anything else. And like I said, I had the farsighted part (lower part) made so I could see my feet clearly. The eye doctor looked at me like I was a bit nuts......but he wasn't the one wearing the glasses and it really worked for me and another good friend of mine that had the same problem.

Also when I am on a horse their front end below me is clear and not blurry. You have to get them adjusted the best for YOU or it will continually drive you crazy. I cannot sit on a horse, look down and see a blur in front of me. Same for driving..........I want to see the ground clearly.

 

[miniapp]

I have them, too... it took me about two weeks to get used to the change. I found that if I closed my eyes for a few seconds then opened them, it seemed to help my eyes adjust. BUT, I still take them off to walk or to negotiate stairs.

Lyn, I am so happy that your eyes are healing... what a wonderful Christmas gift! :aktion033:

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