Can you buy glasses without a prescription (not reading glasses)?!

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One site you can check out is www.replacementlensexpress.com. They are based in the states but ship all over the world. They have a very extensive selection of lenses, which start at $25. I find that if you go for the cheapo sites like zenni or elsewhere where they only cost $8 or so, then you really get a cheap product and the customer service sucks. And of course, they can put plano (plain) lenses in there for you.

They don't show their frames online (well they show two lines - Ray-Ban and Sama Eyewear) but they can really get you whatever you want. All you need to do is e-mail their optician at info@replacementlensexpress.com and ask to give you a price quote. Or if you already have frames that you want to keep, just send in your frames and have them pop in your new lenses.

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In most states, if you pay for an eye exam, they must give you the prescription. Go back and ask for it. Then go to one of the online sites and buy glasses, they start at $8 for prescription lenses. They might help.

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It's amazing! I found this. http://u96.info/291385/reading-glass

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Really low value for .25.Glasses can be wore temporarily but why don't you start exercising and taking supplements because buddy;eye matters a lot.

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It might be worth having a second exam elsewhere. For example, a - or +.25 may not seem like a lot to the doctor,but it is all subjective to the wearer. You may notice a difference.... or you may not, and that is where the doctor may feel like he is not doing you a service by suggesting glasses. No one wants to spend money on something that isn't making a difference. Since you are having a problem with distance though, it would be worth getting a new exam, and perhaps a dilated one if the O.D didn't do that. It could make a difference.

The Rx the doctor came up with should be noted in your chart, even though he didn't give you an Rx. You could ask him to write it out for you and take chance on using it for glasses, but you might be better off getting a second opinion.

Off the shelf reading glasses have both lenses the same strength, no cylinder correction and all made in one PD spacing so only parameters to choose are lens power and style. Not everybody can use them.

They don't sell distance glasses off the shelf because there are so many possible combinations with the different specifications of sphere power, cylinder power, cylinder axis, (usually each eye needing different specs*), also there are different pupilary distances for different people and then, the zillions of frame styles. A place would have to have an insane number of distance glasses in stock if they were pre-made. Of course, could you imagine being able to pick out the correct ones from all the different ones.

* I know, bad pun.

Some of the on-line glasses sites don't seem to ask for any kind of documentation that the prescription you enter is legitimate, however, the probability of you guessing your correct prescription is pretty slim.

I would suggest going to a different eye doctor and, before they start the test, let them know you you are not satisfied with your distance vision and would like a prescription even if it is very weak. Most eye doctors presume that people DON'T WANT glasses, so if the defect is slight, they say "it isn't enough to bother with".

No . Nearsightedness perscriptions ( you can't see things far away), are a lot more complex than long sighted perscriptions ( reading glasses) so they don't make them in off the shelf glasses.

With a .25 perscription you shouldn't really be having problems seeing the board. Either your vision has got worse or the optiican came up with the wrong perscription. This can happen particularly if the optiican doesn't change the eye chart often enough when they test. Its incredibly easy to remember the letters on teh chart even if you think you aren't. You should really go back to teh optician or go to someone more helpful and get a new test. Getting more sleep helps some eye problems but not what you can actually see at a distance so I'd be inclined to go to someone else, but of course that can be expensive. You need to discuss with your parents as this can affect your education as you have found.