Yeah, looking at the way you have your prescription written, that number
should be the cylinder value. That's astigmatism.
Usually it'd be written as you have it, and then "ADD +1.00."
This isn't something you want to be unsure of... Call your doctor, and have
him explain it to you, please. Don't make assumptions.
-- Chuck Knight
On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 9:22 AM, Firewalker <[email protected]>wrote:
>
> > [RE pe +075 x032 ; LE -100 +075 x030]
>
> Are you *sure* that is an add power?
> The way you have it written in your original post, the second number
> should be the cylinder (not the ADD).
> The first is the sphere, second is cylinder, third is axis. The ADD
> power should usually come after these three.
>
> -=# Firewalker #=-
>
>
> On Mar 3, 11:50 pm, optomem <[email protected]> wrote:
> > +0.75 DS is a low Add (which generally means that you are just
> > starting to need to wear something to make reading or close work
> > clearer). The Add is the magnification Added on to your distance
> > prescription to make the correct prescription for near work. In a
> > progressive lens normally the bottom portion is the part devoted to
> > reading (it isn't called the Add). If you use the Add of +1.00 then
> > you will be increasing the magnification of your glasses by a quarter
> > of a dioptre - which can mean that you have to hold things a little
> > closer for a period of time. I hope this helps.
> >
> > On Mar 4, 11:33 am, les_b <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > > Have a progressive prescription with an ADD of +075 [RE pe +075
> > > x032 ; LE -100 +075 x030]
> >
> > > Zenni and others only provide progressives with 1.0 and above.
> >
> > > What to do? Is the ADD magnification? I don't want to increase the
> > > reading strength.
> >
> > > One source told me the ADD was the area of the lens devoted to
> > > reading. Correct?- Hide quoted text -
> >
> > - Show quoted text -
> >
>
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