Confused about glasses?

Question

I need to wear glasses as a minimum, I cant see things far away, I'll basically have to wear for copying notes, driving, etc. My problem is that, while Im wearing my glasses, It actually makes my sight up close worse.

Basically, without glasses I can see very good up close, but far away everything is blurry. With glasses, I can see "fine" not perfect far, and upclose it becomes blurry.

Im not sure if this is right, are glasses supposed to improve both far/near sight? Or what mine do is normal? How do I cope with this?

Answer 1

you could get those glasses that has the part that you can see far away and then the plain part

i think its called bifocals

Answer 2

Minus lenses used to correct nearsightedness can minify nearby objects, that is normal.

I am not sure what your age is, but if you are over 40 you may be developing presbyopia (old age sight) where the lens in your eye starts to become less flexible and able to focus on nearby objects.

You could get a prescription for bi-focals or you just may want to do near work without wearing your glasses unless you reach a point where that is no longer possible.

Answer 3

its normal. it sounds like you have the opposite of reading glasses. some people get glasses only for when they are reading things or writing. alot of people have glasses only to see while driving or at school to see the chalkboard etc. some people have glasses that work for both near and far. it depends on your vision. you should be fine only using them while driving or at school and watching tv.

Answer 4

Myopia

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Myopia

Classification and external resources

ICD-10 H52.1

ICD-9 367.1

DiseasesDB 8729

MeSH D009216



Normal vision.

The same image edited to simulate myopia.

Compensating for myopia using a corrective lens.Myopia (from Greek: μυωπία myopia "near-sightedness"[1]), also called near- or short-sightedness, is a refractive defect of the eye in which collimated light produces image focus in front of the retina when accommodation is relaxed.

Those with myopia see nearby objects clearly but distant objects appear blurred. With myopia, the eyeball is too long, or the cornea is too steep, so images are focused in the vitreous inside the eye rather than on the retina at the back of the eye. The opposite defect of myopia is hyperopia or "farsightedness" or "long-sightedness" — this is where the cornea is too flat or the eye is too short.

Mainstream ophthalmologists and optometrists most commonly correct myopia through the use of corrective lenses, such as glasses or contact lenses. It may also be corrected by refractive surgery, such as LASIK. The corrective lenses have a negative optical power (i.e. are concave) which compensates for the excessive positive diopters of the myopic eye. In some cases, pinhole glasses are used by patients with low-level myopia. These work by reducing the blur circle formed on the retina.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myopia

I think you need  to see a better quality optician (ie not at a "mill' place like walmart or half price) and perhpas go for bificols.

Answer 5

get bifocles.

Answer 6

u need knew glasses. they should hep ur whole vision

Answer 7

When you need to see things up close take them off.. They are for things far away. I can see things better up close without my glasses because I don't need them up close. Your glasses are only supposed to improve what you can't see

Answer 8

Get contacts....I use them for everyday use and then use glasses only at night when I'm watching TV or something far enough away that I need them.

Answer 9

You probably need bi-focals.