I am mildly nearsighted in one eye and moderately nearsighted in the other. Advice please.

Question

I am mildly nearsighted in one eye and moderately nearsighted in the other according to my doctor. Because one eye is better than the other I have never worn them more than for driving and tv etc. Without glasses I feel like the worse eye is trying harder also I can tell that one image is blurrier than the other. Maybe not surprisingly after a while this gives me a headache. My boyfriend says I should just put my glasses on before I even get a headache but my family always say you shouldn't wear glasses till you absolutely have to. Sometimes I do that anyway but it's different to wearing them all the time.

Has anyone else been in this situation?

Answer 1

you should ask your optician! they will know more than your family.

Answer 2

One of your eyes is quite nearsighted which probably explains it. It's good that you called the doctor's office and got their suggestion. I have -2 and -3 and started to wear contact lenses this year. I was always reluctant to wear glasses because my better eye (it was -1.50 then) could see kind of okay. Then I got contacts and all the discomfort and one-eye-blur disappeared. Wear your glass and you'll notice a big difference. It's great!

Answer 3

i know what you are going through because i was in the same situation before. I think that you should  start wearing glasses or contact lenses. I don't think that it will damage your eyes for not doing so but on my case I just couldn't bare with the discomfort. The best thing is to be able to see properly. I just wonder whats the prescription on your both eyes. When I began having those problems, One eye was around -0.5 and the other was -2.25. So there was a big difference and I just couldn't take it, I was having headaches and my eyes are feeling tired all the time. So I just got glasses, this was around 10 years ago, today my eyes are almost the same prescription and I am still wearing glasses...

Answer 4

I have one eye worse than the other too - one mild, one moderate - but I'm long sighted. I put up with my head aches for ages, only using the glasses for reading - until I had to accept that I needed to wear my glasses all the time, when the difference between my eyes reached 1.75. Anyway, I'm a lot happier now, and I can't believe that I put up with the headaches, and the reduced depth perception, for so long (and now I don't have to worry about wearing glasses, because I already do). Also, if you get contacts, you may only need one.

Answer 5

call your doctor set an appointment and explain your problem they do have re-checks at no charge with in reasonable time of exam .