I do think opthamologists tend to over correct a little. I never got my last "full-strength" prescription filled. They were trying to put me in something stronger and I didn't feel I needed it. I have ordered what I want (just slightly weaker) from Zenni. (Yes, I can pass a driving test). I've also ordered mono-vision variations (left eye corrected for distance and right eye corrected for near vision) as an alternative to bifocals.
I tried doing the Bates exercises some years ago. I think I got some improvement initially, maybe 1 diopter, but no further improvement after that. There's a yahoo group that discusses Bates ( if they are still active). I really do believe a small percentage of people are able to get major improvement, but it seems either too dificult or not applicable for the majority. On Jun 16, 2:15 pm, namalion <[email protected]> wrote: > Thank you all for the advice. I don't have an official "ADD" value, > but I went ahead and ordered a pair at +1.25 from the original > prescription from Zenni (first online glasses order ever!); we will > see how they turn out. > > Sagecamel, I appreciate your comments. I actually have a good deal > of bioscience background and did start looking into the topic of > vision... I was interested to discover the work of William Bates, MD, > in the 1920's or so, who worked on improving patients' vision > naturally. He was a well-respected eye surgeon until he proposed his > research and patient-based ideas on natural vision improvement. > Amazon seems to have positive comments on some of the books in this > area... Perhaps this is a topic for another discussion! (I would be > interested to know if anyone has tried it and if it has worked... It > may be relevant to this discussion group since as people apparently > improve their sight, they need reduced power glasses...) > > I have been using my old pair of glasses (-6.0 or so) but they are a > bit weak. So I use reading glasses (+1.0?) over my overcorrecting > contact lenses... A hassle, for sure. The opthamologist who > prescribed my original glasses at -8.0 or so seems unwilling to change > the lenses, so the new glasses are just not being used... Does anyone > know if this is a common attitude among the optometrists/ > opthamologists? Since any more visits from here out would be out of > pocket, I am not sure if seeing another eye health professional will > be productive. > > Thanks for the input. > > On Jun 9, 1:17 pm, "[email protected]" > > > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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!- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- Check us out at the oft-updated http://glassyeyes.blogspot.com! 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