Stronger Contact Prescription?!


Question:

Stronger Contact Prescription?

If my vision gets worse every year, should my perscription for contacts be stronger or on the same level, b/c i ask the optometrist to upgrade it and he says yes but thinks im ignorant and that i wont check so he gives me the same prescription.

Also, is there a point where you can't get any higher perscriptions?

Additional Details

3 weeks ago
It is stated wrong above sorry. My optomestrist ASKED me if i wanted a higher prescription and I said yes. I didn't ask him so i was just wondering why he offered and then did nothing., b/c maybe he realized it would be a bad thing, i dont know.


Answers:

there is not a point where your prescription could get "too high". that doesnt exist.

glasses & contact lens prescriptions are pretty complicated. refraction and prescribing for contacts & glasses is much, much more difficult and complicated than most patients and even most health care professionals think. you need to trust your eye doctor. if you dont trust him, find a new one.

asking for a specific prescription (stronger or weaker or whatever) is not a very good idea. even if you and your doc both know that you are probably going to "get worse" later, prescribing something that is "too strong" right now (but that you think may be "just right" later) can cause all sorts of problems ranging from blurry vision to headaches and eyestrain to SPEEDING UP your myopia progression and actually worsening your vision.

find an eye doctor that you trust and let them make the decisions about your prescriptions...




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