The last two times I got a new prescription the first try was way off. Could this be due to the eye drops? Or is it just communications?
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posted by lodurr
on May 16, 2013 -
17 answers
I walked away from my last visit to the optometrist with a prescription for bifocals. All for the low low price of $20. The bruises on my ego were free.
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posted by jason's_planet
on Oct 7, 2012 -
22 answers
I am very nearsighted, and have an astigmatism in both eyes. I checked out LASIK 10 years ago, and was told that it hadn't developed enough to make it safe/effective for a person with my conditions. Has the state of the art improved with regard to laser correction of severe nearsightedness with astigmatism? Are there new techniques that could work better than LASIK?
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posted by seventyfour
on Jun 19, 2012 -
17 answers
For a while now, I've had about 5 minutes of double vision in one eye, but only in the mornings. Is this normal?
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posted by cozenedindigo
on May 19, 2012 -
11 answers
I'm worried about pursuing my dream job as a graphic novelist because of worsening vision. Can any severely nearsighted artists or others in vision-intensive careers speak to this?
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posted by iadacanavon
on Jan 19, 2012 -
19 answers
Why are there two different methods (positive and negative) for recording astigmatism?
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posted by dmd
on Jan 6, 2012 -
3 answers
Can I have a glasses store put near-sighted lenses in cheap reading glasses? Is there another way to get cheap glasses for my small face?
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posted by ramenopres
on Dec 15, 2011 -
20 answers
Is there a 21st century hi-tech optometry system that will give me both more accurate eyeglass prescription and more precise corrective lenses?
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posted by Jamesonian
on Aug 14, 2011 -
6 answers
I have a bifocals prescription, but what I want are two separate pairs of glasses. Which bits of my prescription should I give Zenni to produce reading glasses that will actually work?
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posted by SMPA
on Jul 30, 2011 -
7 answers
An optical illusion based on retinal fatigue allowing you to "see" an "impossible color"?
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posted by darkstar
on Jul 5, 2011 -
10 answers
Four years ago the axis number for my left eye (I have astigmatism) was 52º, now it's 48º. Is this normal? I thought those numbers were supposed to always go up with age.
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posted by Omon Ra
on Jun 4, 2011 -
4 answers
1. How old were you when you got bifocal lenses? 2. How difficult was it to adjust to them, particularly if you got contact lenses? 3. How many different pairs or combinations of lenses did you have to try before finding something that worked? 4. Are there new options in recent years that a near-sighted person with worsening close-up vision should know about? Thanks for helping me go to my eye doctor with good questions ready.
posted by mediareport
on May 23, 2011 -
29 answers
What would happen if you practiced focusing your vision in and out? Would you strain your eyes?
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posted by bleary
on Nov 23, 2010 -
8 answers
Often, when I view repeating high-contrast patterns in blinds, clothes, floors, escalators, or other objects I find them to be disconcerting verging on painful. You aren't my doctor, but does this sound familiar at all? Googling has turned up nothing useful.
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posted by TimeDoctor
on Jan 12, 2010 -
21 answers
Should I be worried about this? I went to the doctor this morning to get checked out for cold/flu symptoms; I didn't think it was serious -- I just wanted to check that I didn't have H1N1, but the doctor told me that the treatment I'd been getting for prostatitis was "highly unusual for someone in their 20s", and he said I should immediately stop taking the antibiotic I'm on (Septra/Bactrim) because I might be having an allergic reaction to it, or possibly an autoimmune reaction.
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posted by anonymous
on Sep 5, 2009 -
20 answers
While descending in a plane, I saw strange swimming lights. What's the deal?
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posted by Rinku
on Jan 31, 2009 -
6 answers
I woke up this morning and noticed a darkish, donut-shaped spot almost in the middle of the field of view of my left eye.
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posted by bonobothegreat
on Oct 25, 2008 -
16 answers
How do you judge large horizontal or vertical distances visually, with no (or few) other objects around to compare as a reference?
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posted by brain cloud
on Jan 16, 2008 -
14 answers
I once saw/heard something on horses that were used underground in (coal?) mines... the reference was short and was phrased as something like this "... it's like those horses used in the (coal?) mines, they are underground in the dark for so long (years?) that when they are brought up from the mines and get to see far away into the horizon they die of shock."
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posted by MrBCID
on Apr 7, 2007 -
12 answers
Should I get glasses? My eyes have been bothering me as of late -- light sensitivity, eyelid flutters -- so I went to an optometrist and got checked out. I am very slightly nearsighted, with a slight astigmatism -- should I drop the cash for glasses?
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posted by buddha9090
on Nov 22, 2006 -
13 answers
Two months ago, I switched to contacts after 20 years of wearing glasses. Ever since I started wearing them, I'm always tired. Related? Have you had this problem? Is there a solution?
posted by panoptican
on Nov 17, 2005 -
23 answers
