Im having trouble with my contacts?!


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Im having trouble with my contacts?

I have worn contacts for years , but now im 44. They say ur eyes change ????? I am having trouble with getting the right contact lense...
1) very near sighted.....Glasses are thicker than coke bottle bottoms :(
2) dr is giving me one lense weaker and one lense stronger....I DONT LIKE THEM... I cant seem to adjust to the change.
3) I tried bifocals and they worked for a day but then they got worse.
4) I DONT WANT TO WEAR READING GLASSES w/contacts.
5) L IS -7.5 AND R IS -6.5
6) What are my options??


Answers:

What you are experiencing is called Presbyopia! This is when the crystalline lens inside of our eye that usually helps us focus on things at near becomes more rigid and looses it ability to flex. When it begins to loose its ability to flex we start to loose our ability for focusing on objects at near! This is completely normal and happens to everyone! This typically becomes noticeable around age 40+.
I see that you have already tried monovision contacts (one eye corrected for distance and one corrected for near) and bifocal contact lenses. Fitting bifocal/multifocal contact lenses is more difficult then fitting regular contact lenses and is typically a trial and error process.
The most important factor for successful correction of presbyopia with contact lenses is patient motivation. The success rate among motivated patients is well above 80 percent. It is possible the contacts you have already tried needed some adjusting in order for them to work correctly or maybe that particular type was not suited to you.
Do not get discouraged so easily... it is very common when fitting a presbyopic patient with contacts that it may take a few different tries for success.
There are a few different types of bifocal contact lens each having their own advantages and drawbacks such as: concentric or annular, segmented, aspheric (progressive or multifocal), diffractive and combination designs. Also there is a modified monovision where one eye is corrected with a single vision contact lens and the other is corrected with a bifocal contact lens.
Your eye doctor will have to determine what the next course of action will be....whether you try the monovison/bifocal contacts again or take a different approach by trying a different type of bifocal contact lens.
My best advice to you would be to just hang in there and when you finally find what works well for you it will be well worth it!!
It would be a good idea to discuss this with your eye doctor!!!
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