Can't get adjusted to a specific pair of eyeglasses.?!
Question:
Can't get adjusted to a specific pair of eyeglasses.?
I have a trouble of adjusting to specific eyeglasses. I'm 40, nearsighted since childhood. Have changed many eyeglasses in my life. Never had trouble adjusting, usually within several hours I'm OK. Bought this pair a couple of years ago. Quite expensive ones, Armani metal semi-rimless frame, plastic single vision lenses, -9.25 both eyes. Tried several times to start wearing them and gave up each time after several hours. Get headache, sore eyes, the sharpness/distance is worse as compared with several other pairs I have (same single vision -9.25 lenses, just plactic frames). Glasses were checked once by ophtalmologist and several times by various optometrists - nothing wrong found. Lenses are correct, distance between centers is correct. Don't know what to do. Decided to seek advice. The only thing I can add is that it is the only metal rim pair I own, I always liked the plastic frames more. And never experienced any problem. Billion thanks in advance.
Answers:
Do you have any astigmatism correction as well as your spherical correction? If you have astigmatism correction, the axis may be off, which given your spherical prescription, the tolerance is very slim for axis. The slightest bit off, and it will throw your eyes into haywire!
Also, are the lenses in your plastic frames plastic lenses too? You mentioned the new lenses are plastic single vision lenses, I can imagine how thick those must be! If your other glasses have polycarbonate or high-index plastic, there will be a different index of refraction through your lenses, which will cause blurrinexx/distortion.
Lastly, with a semi-rimless frame and a prescription as strong as yours, you may be getting edge reflection from the lenses, which of course you didn't have in your full-frame plastic glasses.
If you cannot adapt to these, take them back! Every place should stand behind their product, and these don't seem to be working for you....