My prescription is not as strong as yours, -5.50 and ADD of 1.75, so this may not work as well for you as it does for me, but, like Paul, I also have multiple pairs of single vision glasses. I have one pair of progressive bifocals that I don't like wearing, but work for a few situations (like a classroom).
My everyday pair, that I can wear for about 80% of what I do, is a "monovision" pair that has slightly weak distance correction in the left eye and medium (like for PC monitor) correction in the right eye. I use them for daylight driving, work (lots of time looking at a PC monitor), casual reading (maybe pulled down a smidge on my nose), watching TV, going to movies. I don't mind the slight under-correction for distance and, in fact, it feels less stressful on my eyes than my full prescription. [I've been wearing under corrected lenses for at least 10 years now and my distance vision stopped deteriorating and has, in fact, improved a bit in the last 10 years, but that's another discussion.] I do wear my full strength distance prescription pair when driving at night. I was introduced to the monovision concept by a great optomotrist who prescribed them for my contact lenses. (I don't wear contact lnses anymore). Apparently, most people prefer having the stronger correction on their dominent eye, but I actully much prefer the weaker lens on my right (dominant) eye. (Easy to try both ways with contacts) For concentrated reading and closeup work I have several pairs of closeup glasses. I have been experimenting with different degrees of correction and it looks like I'll end up with one reading pair and an even weaker pair for closeup crafts/electronic assembly/hobby work. These aren't monovison, both eyes are corrected for the same distance. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Check us out at the oft-updated http://glassyeyes.blogspot.com! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "GlassyEyes" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/glassyeyes?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
