But what you can read looks sharper/clearer! That’s not always the case - you might be saying “oh, I like that one better” but it turns out you really can’t read anything extra.
Nice, crisp, maybe bolder, what’s not to love?Įxcept that a skilled and patient optometrist will make sure that you can actually read more letters than before with those larger minus lenses. This is the first number on the prescription, and you’d be getting larger numbers with a minus in front of them. Here’s my assumption: He was saying that your previous eye doctor went “too negative” - nearsighted people tend to (when sitting in the chair reading the chart) love the super-sharp correction that very strong minus lenses can provide. As it happens, we’re taking my daughter to see him next week, so I’ll see if I can get him to clarify his use of the words. He was contrite but his voice had an edge that suggested to me a higher-up in his company had gotten wind of the episode and forced him to make it right for PR purposes. Then, funnily enough I got a call from him a couple of days later where he admitted he had been wrong and asked for an address to mail my refund to. I called the first guy and read my new prescription to him and told him what the second guy said about his having over-corrected for astigmatism and he still refused to refund his fee. I got lenses made from that prescription and as soon as I put them on it was like “Ahhhh…now I can breathe”. So I went to another eye doc who said the previous guy had way over-corrected for astigmatism and wrote me a new prescription. I told him there was no question about that and that I’d be happy to go elsewhere provided he’d refund the money he’d charged me, which he refused to do.
I said no and told him that what I really wanted was a pair of glasses that made my vision better, not worse.Īt that point he suggested that perhaps I’d be happier with another eye doctor. He got lippy with me and asked if I wanted a lesson in optics. I told him that I’d never before had glasses that were so far off and that any other time I’d bought glasses they were fine as soon as I put them on. I went back and the guy reexamined me and said my prescription was correct. I got them at a mall store and could hardly navigate my way out of the place - this was after being told by the optometrist that this was normal and I’d adjust in time. I got a pair of glasses about 15 years ago that were wonky as hell. Sometimes optometrists can simply get it wrong. They are not all created equal, nor do they all share the same opinion of what the best lenses for you are. And if you’re still not happy, try another optometrist. So, if you’re not happy, take them back to your optometrist. I now find that I don’t have eyeaches or headaches at the end of the day because my eyes are tired, which was a problem I’ve had with the last few glasses, and one of the things he attributed to “too much power”. I did have a few headaches the first three days, but then that settled down. My last exam was with a slightly crazy but very good doc, who looked at my last lenses and exclaimed, “Too much power! Too much power! Why are you nearsighted folks always given too much power?!” Now, I have no idea what “power” really means, but as he was flipping his little flippy lenses, there were some I really liked better that he said had “too much power” and, indeed, the lenses he ultimately gave me are better long term than any “too powerful” glasses I’d gotten from other optometrists. If it persists more than three days, go back to your optometrist, or to another one, and get it changed. All of the answers above are correct, even the ones that disagree.
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