Can I wear glasses with contacts? please read!?!


Question: I have contacts that I wear everyday but I feel like my vision had gotten worse. I just went to the eye doctor in January and he changed my perscription from -1.00 and -1.25 to -1.75 in both eyes. That was just for my glasses perscription I didn't get new glasses */c I don't usually wear mine. The contacts people left my contacts perscription at -1.00 and -1.25, I am not really sure why. I notice that it is hard to see when I am driving to read signs especially at night but some during the day. Last week I decided to try to put my glasses on over my contacts when I was driving, the glasses are from about 6 years ago. I don't know the perscription but it probably is way less than my contacts. When I did this I could see amazing. It still wasn't perfect but it definately helped. Is it ok to do this just when I am driving at night? It is a pain but I feel like it is my only option. I dont want to do it if it will make my eyes worse. So do you think this is ok or will it be a problem?


Answers: I have contacts that I wear everyday but I feel like my vision had gotten worse. I just went to the eye doctor in January and he changed my perscription from -1.00 and -1.25 to -1.75 in both eyes. That was just for my glasses perscription I didn't get new glasses */c I don't usually wear mine. The contacts people left my contacts perscription at -1.00 and -1.25, I am not really sure why. I notice that it is hard to see when I am driving to read signs especially at night but some during the day. Last week I decided to try to put my glasses on over my contacts when I was driving, the glasses are from about 6 years ago. I don't know the perscription but it probably is way less than my contacts. When I did this I could see amazing. It still wasn't perfect but it definately helped. Is it ok to do this just when I am driving at night? It is a pain but I feel like it is my only option. I dont want to do it if it will make my eyes worse. So do you think this is ok or will it be a problem?

When your spectacle prescription changes, your contact lens prescription changes, as well.

Since most doctors charge extra for contact lens prescriptions due to fitting and follow-up care, you probably only received an exam for glasses. Thus, your new prescription may not have been valid for obtaining CLs in the new power. Did you receive a contact lens exam, too?

At your mild prescription, the contact lens and glasses prescription powers are identical. (They begin to differ at higher powers due to the distance of the lens from the eye.)

How old was your previous contact lens prescription? If it was more than a year old, you should not have been given the -1.00/-1.25 lenses. Even if it was less than a year old, it's disconcerting that there was a disconnect between the old and new powers. Your prescription should have been verified, and the doctor's office didn't provide good service to ignore a prescription change. Someone did you a disservice, and whoever that was wouldn't get my repeat business.

As for driving with lenses and old glasses, I'd recommend driving however you see best. Your 6-year-old glasses are likely below -1 and very close (although possibly slightly too strong) to your new prescription. No harm either way. The difference you note in vision is likely either due to a slight overcorrection or from imbalance in the combined prescription (you need -1.75 in each eye and are wearing something like -1.00(CL)+-0.75(glasses)=-1.75 in one eye and -1.25+-1.00=-2.25 in the other eye).

I don't see why not I think it would be fine.To make sure you should call an eye Doctor though.

I don't think it is good for your eyes to do that, I rember always being told to not do that because it messes with your vision, anyways you shouldn't be driving if your vision isn't that good and you don't have proper contacts or glasses, if you got pulled over or got in an accident it wouldn't be good because that could get you in trouble

This is one of the most retarded questions I've ever seen. Your contact prescription is the same as your glasses prescription. You need new contacts, duh. It doesn't matter what your "contacts people" said. Good grief.

If you like your vision while wearing both, the worst it could do is give you a headache.

The better solution may be to get the right power contact lenses. The powers in a contact lens prescription don't always match the glasses prescription, but in your case, they really should. Either your glasses prescription is wrong, or your contact lens power is wrong. Since you complain about your vision with the contacts, they are the likely culprit.

You should go back and complain about your vision with the contact lenses. If you just got them recently, the doctor's office should replace them. If you waited a few months, then maybe not.

It is terrible for your eyes! If you have bad eye sight now, that will make it worse!

Sound like your contact lenses are under-corrected. Contacts that are minus in power (for short-sighted prescriptions) like yours are usually the same or very slightly weaker than your glasses prescription.
Your glasses are probably just making up your prescription to what it should be. Even if they give you a little too much power you can quite easily cope with it (this is called accommodating- focusing your eyes)
I recommend you go back to your contact lens optician and explain your observations, I'm sure when they re-check they'll end up giving you slightly stronger lenses.

I did this briefly before I could go to the eye doctor. It worked fine for me but I would definately try to go the the doctor about it asap. If you are like me you have contacts for a reason so you shouldn't have to wear your glasses with them!





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