Rec specs?!
Question: Okay so I just got these rec specs for sports (glasses for sports) and when I went in to get my eyes checked I told her I don't know what my prescription is for these glasses I wear all the time everyday is, but I want to make sure they're the same prescription as the rec specs so I don't have to adjust so much. She said ok and when the exam was done said it was the same as the glasses I had on. Now I go and get the rec specs today and I tried them on and they seemed strong. It made my stomach feel woosey and make me want to be sick. Could they be too strong or do I just need awhile to adjust? Because I truly don't want two different prescriptions and screw up my eyes. Thanks.
Answers: Okay so I just got these rec specs for sports (glasses for sports) and when I went in to get my eyes checked I told her I don't know what my prescription is for these glasses I wear all the time everyday is, but I want to make sure they're the same prescription as the rec specs so I don't have to adjust so much. She said ok and when the exam was done said it was the same as the glasses I had on. Now I go and get the rec specs today and I tried them on and they seemed strong. It made my stomach feel woosey and make me want to be sick. Could they be too strong or do I just need awhile to adjust? Because I truly don't want two different prescriptions and screw up my eyes. Thanks.
Hard to say, it could be a combination of things going on.
The Rec specs usually fit much closer to the eye . ...so that can take a bit of getting used to...the angle that the lenses are sitting in front of your eyes is probably quite different also, the tilt I mean...glasses usually are at a 10 to 15 degree angle, but most rec spec models will be very straight....then the fact that they are most likely polycarbonate can cause a problem also . A lot of people have trouble with polycarb....I think they are crappy lenses , as far as optical quality goes, but they are the safest for sports.
So there are 3 reasons why they might not feel good at first...but that feeling should only last a couple of minutes, at the most.
If you still feel like that after several minutes, then I think somebody goofed on the Rx....or there is a distorsion in the lenses...that happens fairly often with polycarb.
Depending on the prescritpiton it could be that your rec specs sit further away from your eye than your street glasses. They also might have larger lenses. Both of those things can happen when there are symptoms that you describe. Polycarbonate is not an inferior lense and most people do not have trouble tih them any longer as they did in years past becuase the manufacturing has changed so much. Another thin you might have them check for you is where the Optical Center is. It might be in a different place on your rec specs than on your regular glasses and that can cause an issue too. It really does not sound like a prescriptive difference as much as it sounds ike a positioning problem to me. Even so, having two slightly different corrections will not screw up your eyes. Just have them re check a few things and ask them if it could be these and see what they say.
Are they a lot bigger than you regular glasses? Some of the trendy styles now are smaller, and most rec specs have a larger lens. This can also contribute to the problem of adjusting from one pair to the next,as well as what footprintz told you. Probably not the polycarbonate. I'm willing to bet your regular glasses are poly as well. Since the creation of DVD's and CD's, polycarbonate, which those things are made of, has been refined so well that it has become a very good lens for vision compared to it's original state many years ago.