Irene and Chuck Knight both make excellent points. I currently have a -9.00 correction, have ordered many pairs online, and deal with the various issues the same way that they do. My computer glasses are, as you estimated for yourself, less one diopter. That optimizes them for a working distance of 30 - 36 inches. In my case, reading glasses for holding a book at 18 inches is less 1.50 diopters.
If you have not already done so, you might find it worth your while to do some research on the subject of vision. Vision, as with all human faculties, is rich, complex, and fluid; much of it is not at all as cut-and-dried as the eye care profession would have you believe. The better informed you are, the better able you will be, to judge the quality of your eye care, advice, and accuracy and appropriateness of your prescriptions. I'm inferring from your initial post that you question whether or not the new prescription is an over-correction, and whether or not to force your eyes and brain to adjust to it. I don't have the answer to that. I do think it's a good thing to question authority, and not to follow it blindly. :-)) One possibility is that you were tired on the day of your last eye exam. Vision can vary a good deal, naturally, from hour to hour, and day to day. They're your eyes, and it's your life. If you are more comfortable with your old prescription, are not having headaches, can do everything you need to do without strain, and can still pass the test for your driver's license, perhaps you are right. You can always go get a second, or even a third opinion. On Jun 8, 9:01 pm, namalion <[email protected]> wrote: > Thank you both for taking the time to respond! The info is very > helpful. > > A question for Irene-- are computer glasses different from reading > glasses? How do you modify your prescription for computer/reading > glasses (e.g. just subtract a diopter? More?)? > > On Jun 6, 5:28 pm, Irene <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Sure. I do it all the time with Zenni, sometimes ordering two > > strengths in the same order. In my case, that's to get both distance > > and "computer" glasses. The only time I was asked for a prescription > > was when Zenni thought I might be filling in the prescription > > information incorrectly. (I wasn't--I have an extreme prescription > > and it made sense for them to question it.) In the unlikely case > > anyone does ask, tell them you're ordering reading glasses. > > > On Jun 4, 4:42 pm, namalion <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Hi; I'm new to the website and forum. I just got new glasses 3 weeks > > > ago ("only" $145 after insurance), and they still feel too strong. > > > I'm correctable to 20/15 vision, but I'd really like a pair that > > > corrects me to something like 20/40 since I'm mostly just wearing them > > > around the house in the mornings and evenings when I don't wear my > > > contact lenses. So my question is, can I order a new pair from an > > > online glasses maker and just manually input about a diopter less or > > > so on each lens (I do have a strong Rx, around 8.25 for each eye), > > > keeping all other numbers the same (I do have a little astigmitism)? > > > Is this legal? Would the online company ever require me to fax or > > > mail the original prescription? BTW, I did ask my opthamologist who > > > wrote the Rx if he could reduce the power but he just tried to > > > convince me that if I kept wearing the glasses he prescribed, I'd > > > eventually get used to it. Actually, I'm just using my old glasses > > > now (at 6 diopters), which are much more comfortable than the new > > > ones. Any help would be appreciated, as I'm very new to online > > > glasses ordering! -- 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
