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<blockquote data-quote="Member496333" data-source="post: 2053886"><p>[USER=487111]@SaskiaKC[/USER] I’m sure you may already know this, but vari-focal lenses in particular (I know you say bifocals but I assume you mean graduated?) can often take people a week or more to get accustomed to. When I got my first pair I had an identical reaction to you. Couldn’t see anything particularly well through any part of the lenses. Distortion around the edges was making me feel nauseous. I was convinced that either my prescription was a mess, or that I was just not suited to graduated lenses.</p><p></p><p>Didn’t believe my optician when I was told that I would most likely adapt to them. Honestly I was quite angry at the time. A fortnight later my brain had indeed adapted and they were fine. Couple of years further on and I’m happy with my glasses. Same lenses, same prescription. Granted at the time I was having other [significant] issues with my mince pies, but they were unrelated to the quality of my prescription, or the quality of the lens manufacture.</p><p></p><p>Just my story. Hope things improve for you. Certainly my advice is to give it some time, if you are able. You may be surprised just how much your eyes/brain adapt, particularly if they’ve been struggling on their own with no prescribed correction for a while. PS. Apologies for gatecrashing this discussion. I was browsing through and noticed your post, just wanted to offer some positive words of encouragement regarding your glasses. Best of luck!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Member496333, post: 2053886"] [USER=487111]@SaskiaKC[/USER] I’m sure you may already know this, but vari-focal lenses in particular (I know you say bifocals but I assume you mean graduated?) can often take people a week or more to get accustomed to. When I got my first pair I had an identical reaction to you. Couldn’t see anything particularly well through any part of the lenses. Distortion around the edges was making me feel nauseous. I was convinced that either my prescription was a mess, or that I was just not suited to graduated lenses. Didn’t believe my optician when I was told that I would most likely adapt to them. Honestly I was quite angry at the time. A fortnight later my brain had indeed adapted and they were fine. Couple of years further on and I’m happy with my glasses. Same lenses, same prescription. Granted at the time I was having other [significant] issues with my mince pies, but they were unrelated to the quality of my prescription, or the quality of the lens manufacture. Just my story. Hope things improve for you. Certainly my advice is to give it some time, if you are able. You may be surprised just how much your eyes/brain adapt, particularly if they’ve been struggling on their own with no prescribed correction for a while. PS. Apologies for gatecrashing this discussion. I was browsing through and noticed your post, just wanted to offer some positive words of encouragement regarding your glasses. Best of luck! [/QUOTE]
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