Got new glasses 3 days ago. Eye strain/mild headache: overcorrected prescription, tight frame, or just adaptation?
Hey everyone, I’m a 23M and recently went for a routine eye checkup because my prescription was 2.5 years old. I had no headaches or discomfort with my old glasses.
I had a pretty frustrating experience at the clinic. During the Snellen chart test, the optometrist rushed through it and kept pushing higher-powered lenses. I told her it was causing double vision, but she dismissed it. After the doctor saw the high prescription, they finally re-tested me. The optometrist realized her mistake, lowered the power back down to just a slight increase from my old prescription, and apologized. Needless to say, I lost a bit of trust in the accuracy of the test. (My retina checkup went perfectly fine, though).
Old Prescription:
- RE: Sph: -2.25 | Cyl: -1.00 | Axis: 22°
- LE: Sph: -2.75 | Cyl: -1.00 | Axis: 165°
New Prescription (Achieving 6/6 vision):
- RE: Sph: -2.50 | Cyl: -1.25 | Axis: 30°
- LE: Sph: -2.75 | Cyl: -1.25 | Axis: 150°
I’ve been wearing the new glasses for 3 days now. Here is what I’m experiencing:
The Good: Distance and near vision are perfectly sharp. No blur, no double vision(same as my old spectacle.......but far objects are 2 -3% more sharp in new spectacle)
Night Driving: Huge improvement. Oncoming headlights used to cause bad starbursts in my old glasses; now they don’t. I got premium Essilor Crizal anti-glare lenses this time (old ones were mid-tier Nova), and I believe my astigmatism axis was adjusted slightly.
The Issue: My old glasses felt completely "natural." The new ones make me feel like I’m looking at a "simulation." I don't have a severe headache, but I feel constant eye strain and a mild headache near my temples and right behind my ears.
The frame does feel quite tight and presses continuously behind my ears.
My questions for you guys:
Could the temple/ear headache just be from the tight physical frame, or is it likely a slightly overcorrected prescription?
If it is slightly overcorrected, will my eyes naturally adapt over the next week, or should I go back, get re-tested, and replace the lenses?
How long should I give it before going back to the clinic?
Thanks for the help!