Due to my combination of near-sightedness, far-sightedness, and astigmatism, I have four options when it comes to wearing contact lenses. The first is to abandon the idea entirely and just stick with glasses. However, wearing contacts is not a vanity thing for me (I like how I look in glasses), but was initially a practical consideration. It has since been so nice to have peripheral vision again that I don't really want to give that up.
Unfortunately, the other options have not been great. The one I will probably go with are the multifocal lenses. These have worked really well far away, but not so well up close. I can still read, but it requires a lot of concentration as the letters are both crisp but blurred (like there are multiple images overlapping). The new prescription I was given today works better up close than before, but a little bit worse farther away. I don't know why.
As the multifocal was giving me problems, my doctor gave me a pair of monovision lenses (one eye corrected to near, the other to far) to try for the next few days. At first, it seemed fine as I was able to read clearly and see far away; however, within about an hour I was starting to get a headache. After another hour in, the headache was mutating to a migraine. I took out the lenses and tried the multifocal again, and my headache dissipated. After a couple more hours, I tried the monovision lenses again, and the headache returned in less than half an hour. I believe that the issue might be that my left eye (the one that could see close up) felt like something was clouding it, making everything to the left a blur (which was really distracting with my big nose in the way).
The last option is to get distance vision contacts and having glasses for reading. I tried just reading with my right eye (the one that could see far away) when I had the monovision lenses in, and I couldn't see anything. If that would be the case with a normal prescription, I would much rather have the multifocal lenses so I could at least attempt to see near objects without needing to pull out glasses (which I could still do with the multifocal lenses).
I think the multifocal lenses are my best option. I just wish that they worked better for me.
Unfortunately, the other options have not been great. The one I will probably go with are the multifocal lenses. These have worked really well far away, but not so well up close. I can still read, but it requires a lot of concentration as the letters are both crisp but blurred (like there are multiple images overlapping). The new prescription I was given today works better up close than before, but a little bit worse farther away. I don't know why.
As the multifocal was giving me problems, my doctor gave me a pair of monovision lenses (one eye corrected to near, the other to far) to try for the next few days. At first, it seemed fine as I was able to read clearly and see far away; however, within about an hour I was starting to get a headache. After another hour in, the headache was mutating to a migraine. I took out the lenses and tried the multifocal again, and my headache dissipated. After a couple more hours, I tried the monovision lenses again, and the headache returned in less than half an hour. I believe that the issue might be that my left eye (the one that could see close up) felt like something was clouding it, making everything to the left a blur (which was really distracting with my big nose in the way).
The last option is to get distance vision contacts and having glasses for reading. I tried just reading with my right eye (the one that could see far away) when I had the monovision lenses in, and I couldn't see anything. If that would be the case with a normal prescription, I would much rather have the multifocal lenses so I could at least attempt to see near objects without needing to pull out glasses (which I could still do with the multifocal lenses).
I think the multifocal lenses are my best option. I just wish that they worked better for me.
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