r/eyeglasses

I paid for the most expensive progressive lenses with the largest field of view. I'm shocked at how I can't see a full line in a book clearly or a full line on a letter size page. Only half of the line of text is clear. I have to move my head back and forth to read it. The field of vision seems very small. A friend of mine just go progressives and we were comparing what we could see on a letter size page and she could see the full line clearly.

I've been back to the optometrist and they said that is normal and I just need to get use to the lenses still.

Did I end up getting a cheaper lens with the small field of view? Does anyone else have to move their head back and forth to read a line on a piece of paper with the most expensive progressive lens?

Hey y'all I got my prescription updated today with a new doctor who recommended that I get either progressives or bifocals because of how my vision has changed since the last exam I have in my file-not totally surprising imo. My doctors office doesnt offer frames and I need the ADD information BUT thats not on the form for my prescription. All I have is the sphere, cylinder, axis, and boxes for my DIST VA and NEAR VA. My previous eye exams didn't have me in progressives/bifocals so I can't use them as a reference. Any ideas?

i’m looking at getting a new pair of glasses next year and trying to figure out how much i’d actually save with a vision plan. the frame allowance sounds useful, but i’m not sure how far it goes once you start looking at the prices of frames you’d actually want. anyone here subscribed to them and use the frame allowance? did it cover a decent portion of your frames, or did you still end up paying most of the cost yourself? i’m mostly trying to get a realistic idea of what to expect before choosing a plan. the allowance sounds good on paper, but i’m guessing the actual frame price makes a big difference.

I recently found out that I have both myopia and presbyopia, which honestly caught me off guard. I’ve worn regular glasses for years, but now I’m having trouble seeing things up close while still needing my prescription for distance.

My optometrist said I could go with either bifocals or progressives, but I’m having a hard time deciding. I’ve heard progressives can take some time to get used to, while bifocals seem a little simpler but have that visible line. For anyone who’s used both, which one did you end up preferring?

I just got progressive eye glasses for the first time. Light prescription for far (+1.25/+0.75) and +2.25/+2.25 for the reader part.

The optometrist suggested the most expensive progressive lenses (Varilux XR Design - listed with a retail cost of $630 just for the lenses) as these were described as having a significantly wider mid section than traditional progressive lenses.

After receiving the glasses, the far vision works great, as does the reading when looking down at my phone, but sitting in front of a computer it feels like the focus is incredibly narrow. I have a small computer monitor (19 inches diameter) and when I focus on text, only the 3-4 words to the immediate left or right of what I am looking at is in focus. 2 inches to the left or right is blurry. I have to move my head side-to-side to read across this text (which measures 7 inches across on my monitor). Also, when moving my head left/right there is a distortion effect where the monitor seems to 'bend down' to the left when I move my head right and vice versa.

Is this normal / expected?

I understand that up and down will be blurry, as the lens transitions to far vision at the top, and reader towards the bottom, but I am disappointed in how narrow the side to side vision is for the mid / intermediate section.