Are my contacts the right prescription?!

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Contact lenses do have an adaption period. There is a difference between having the lenses directly on your eyes (contacts) or having them 10 to 14 millimeters in front of your eyes (glasses). Because this was your very first time wearing them, I would not be concerned yet.

However, if over the next several days you do not notice a difference, then something may need to be tweaked in your prescription. Because you do have toric lenses, your contacts need to sit in a certain direction to correct your astigmatism. But when you blink, your eyelids could cause the lens to tilt and shift if it is not the perfect fit for you (all contact lenses are different). However, if you weren't experiencing lens movement like this, you'd notice blurry vision at all distances right after you blink that may clear if you wait just a moment as the lens settles back into place.

I am assuming since this is the first time you have contact lenses that this is just a trial pair of lenses and you need to go back to your doctor next week to have them checked out, right? If so, just keep wearing the lenses as you have been told to do and see if that blurry middle area gets any better or worse. Then at your follow-up be sure to tell your doctor what you are telling us.

Also, how old are you? If you are nearing the dreaded age where reading glasses are a must ... that can change things too.

Either way, wear your trial contacts as prescribed and tell your thought to your eye doctor. You original fitting fee will pay for you to try any other types of lenses that the doctor might think would work better for you, with the problems you are having. They will have you keep trying lenses until you find the ones that work!!

Things sometimes look perfect when you wear brand new trial lenses in the doctors office ... rather than how they are going to actually sit on your eyes when you start wearing them every day. So that is why you always wear your contact in when you go to see the doctor on your follow-up so that they can see what is "normal" for that lens to be doing on your eye.

I am an optometry intern.

keep trying them out for a few days. the first few days you wear contacts, your eyes may need to adjust. also, did you clean them properly?

if after a week or so they're still blurry, go to your eye doc.

i wear contacts for astigmatism just like you :)