Im having trouble with my contacts?

Question

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??

Answer 1

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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Answer 2

HI,

Mine are both -7.5 (I know what you mean about the glasses) and I use night and day lenses.

If you are having problems with your new prescripton, I would go back to your eye dr. and tell him/her that you are having problems with the new lenses. Ask if there is another brand you can try that may be better.

If indeed you are still having these same issues after this, I would go get a second opinion (you just never know)

And finally there is an option that I'm thinking about which is laser surgery. My boyfriend had it done about ten years ago, and has never regretted it.
Make sure you do your research, and find a very good eye surgeon that has done this procedure many times.

Answer 3

You have exhausted your options for contact lenses.

Between age 40 and 45 everyone starts to need reading glasses. Your options are bifocal contacts, monovision (one weaker, one stronger) and reading glasses over distance contacts. There are several different brands of bifocal contacts so you could try a different one.

Or resign yourself to using readers over the contacts.

BTW, LASIK as suggested by one answer will result in clear distance vision without lenses but you will still need reading glasses.

Answer 4

Well, you should go for a follow up with your Doctor and make sure that they know what you want. Then Ask them about fitting you with a variable focus lense like C-vue or something similar. The mono vision works for some people and not for others. It took me about 2-3 weeks before I was functionig correctly with that and then it only worked for me for about 2 years. The Doctor I work for now put me in C-Vues. I love them. I can see distance and near (I am near sighted as well! Like a moderate rx....-6:00) and I ws not sure I would loke these either. They did take me a week to learn to use, and I love them now after 3 years i am stil doing good with them. Ask your doctor! I they do not do the Variable focus type of lenses, that is too bad, you might have to go to a different Doctor that keeps up on recent technology!

SMOOCHES! O^O

Answer 5

I wear bifocal contact lenses (also with different prescriptions for each eye) and love them. You might want to try wearing your glasses for a week or so, then going back to contacts. Good luck!

Answer 6

It sounds like you're reaching the age where you are developing farsightedness along with your former nearsighedness due to the stiffening of the lens in your eye (presbyopia). You basically have to wear the bifocals or get used to the change in your contacts with the one weaker/one stronger.
Lasik surgery WILL NOT correct for presbyopia. It might fix your nearsightedness, but then you'll still need reading glasses.
Sucks getting old, doesn't it? :)

Answer 7

u can try lasik. Lasik is a surgery where u don't have to have any contacts and glasses.

Answer 8

were your glasses