Research Subject

[da]

On Tuesday, I went for my 2nd of five visits to the optometrist as part of a research project on eyestrain. They gave me my new glasses, which initially made me a bit... alarmed... because the effect of turning my head was a bit like... that Hitchcock depth-of-field movie effect? You know the one I mean? Anyway, they did funky things to these glasses. I think it's a bit like progressive-lens bifocals, or maybe they're n-focals since it also does something odd side-to-side.

The research student tells me my eyes will figure out where to focus for close-up and distance work, which is slightly worrying, but the fact that I'm essentially adjusted to them this morning is at least promising.

Comments

[dcseain.livejournal.com]

I've worn bifocals for 23 years now, and progressives for the last 12. The side-to-side distortion/weirdness is not uncomen with multi-vision progressives, and is more pronounced with some lens shapes than others.

[dr-tectonic.livejournal.com]

My guess on the side-to-side is that they have a different outer curvature than your old glasses. I had a pair that did that and they made me seasick; had to take them back.

[kraig.livejournal.com]

I got my new ones last Friday. I like them so much I don't want to give them back - no headaches, no eyestrain at all since; the headaches were becoming a weekly occurrence and the eyestrain an every other day one.

My "regular" glasses are about 8 years old though, and are kinda scratched and yellowed (Linda used to smoke), and my prescription has changed slightly. I'm hoping that's not the only reason I've been suffering.

[sulle-stelle.livejournal.com]

What's this random eyestrain study all about? Aren't you afraid you'll end up with worse eye strain?

My presciption went through a big change in my early 20's. I still recall that, for about a week after getting the glasses, I had to hold onto the wall every time I went around a corner, because the floor would fly up and hit me in the face. :-)