headache from new glasses!?

Question

if your new glasses gives u headache for 2 days (till now) continually......does it mean there is something wrong with them....or are the eyes just taking longer than usual to adjust to the new lens.????

i have been wearing glasses for the past 10 years ...since i was 7......and this has never happened before

Answer 1

You may still be adapting to the new glasses, although with your history of glasses, I suspect that there is something incorrect about the glasses or the prescription. There are so many ways that the new glasses could cause your headaches and a list of them would just boggle you with a lot of shop talk. If the headaches do not START to improve within the next 3 or 4 days, then return to the place where you purchased the glasses. Hopefully you still have the previous lenses handy, and you can bring them along when you return. Besides double checking the accuracy of the new lenses, there are a couple of physical measurements that the dispenser can compare between the old and the new lenses.

If all is "well" with the new lenses, then you will probably be returned to the eye doctor to double check the prescription.

Answer 2

It is natural to get a headache from a new pair of glasses. Since I've had to wear glasses since the third grade, I know how it feels. I recently had to change my prescription. Every day after I wore them, my head would hurt, just like yours. So just don't worry because that is very normal.

Answer 3

Hi,
Opticians, and Ophthalmologists occasionally make mistakes.
If your lens are progressive, with a correction at the base for reading, etc., your problem can be from your Cervical Vertebrae in your neck.
Time to have the lenses checked to see if they are accurate with your Eye Doctors Rx, from there, you need to return to have him/her re-check their original exam records against the Rx. And, possibly at their expense, another eye exam. A little chat with your Doctor on length of use in the beginning etc. Not something to read, but some real insight about corrective lenses.
I had a pair of over corrective lenses once, and it felt like they were sucking my brains from my head....eek You shouldn't have to try too hard, too long, in my opinion.

Answer 4

as far as you should be concerned something is wrong with them. There could be a number of things wrong and I would start with checking the pair to the script.
Does your old pair seem to work just fine?
Compare the pairs relative to each other (include the distance between the centers of the lens and orientation of astigmatism)
Even if everything check out fine (glasses, script, tint, size weight) get rid of them cause it shouldn't take forever to get use to them

Answer 5

See your optometrist and ask to have your new glasses checked. I had a similar problem years ago, and the optometrist found there was an error in the way the prescription had been filled. The replacements were much better

Answer 6

The headaches occur because it is part of the eye defect problem They also occur if you get the wrong strength of glasses. With the right strength from either your ophthalmologist ( eye doctor ) or optometrist The glasses would be a god send ( relief )

Answer 7

If it's higher (the grade), then maybe it'll take a while to get used to. But why don't you check with an optometrist? The lens grade might be wrong, or the diagnosed grade wasn't exactly correct. It might cause more damage than good.

Answer 8

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Answer 9

No this is completely normal, my sister goes thru this all the time. It happens because you prescription has changed a lot and your eyes are getting used to it. But don't worry too much about it, you will soon get used to it.

Answer 10

Maybe your eyes need to adjust to the glasses, because they may be a whole new presription.