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anybody remember getting glasses?

post #1 of 20
4/5/08 at 12:42pm
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son needs glasses, apperantly big distortion. I have no experience with this. I don't know if he should start wearing them all the time, or a few hours a day, or what.

anybody remember this, or have expereince with it?
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post #2 of 20
4/5/08 at 1:07pm
Why don't you ask his optician? I wear mine all the time and I don't find that they have caused or appeared to have cause my short sightedness to worsen if that's your concern.
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post #3 of 20
4/5/08 at 1:09pm
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Originally Posted by bob View Post
Why don't you ask his optician? I wear mine all the time and I don't find that they have caused or appeared to have cause my short sightedness to worsen if that's your concern.

actually, to clarify, I am wondering if the sudden change will give headaches or anything - or if the idea is to ease into it by doing just a few hours, then longer, etc.

and, I would have asked, but I am out of the country and my wife didn't ask, and we jsut thought of it after she got home, so I was wondering.....
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post #4 of 20
4/5/08 at 1:15pm
Everyone gets headaches with new (or changed) glasses. Just gotta ride it out.
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post #5 of 20
4/5/08 at 2:00pm
^Yep. Don't worry about it, just have your son wear the glasses. He'll know to take them off and take a break when they start giving him a headache.
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post #6 of 20
4/5/08 at 3:35pm
how old is the son? if elementary school or younger, it might be a good idea for him to lie down, and maybe nap or maybe not, in the afternoon, to give his eyes a break.

eye strain is muscular and he can be taught to avoid the discomfort to some extent. he should vary what he looks at - no consecutive hours in front of a computer monitor, for example, without regular breaks to walk around the block or something and focus on the tiny twigs on top of the tree. darts can be good for avoiding eye strain. not sure if he's old enough to throw darts. playing catch is great, if he can keep his eye on the ball.

and there are yoga exercises one can do for the eyes. this is look up to two o'clock, look down at eight o'clock, 2, 8, etc., sets of 12, then 10, 4, 10, 4, etc. rolling eyes around. he can stretch out the eyes a bit this way and fend off the kind of eye strain that leads to headaches. you might call some local yoga masters (yogis?) and ask if they know anything about such things. i learned to do these things in a college yoga class and it was one of the best things i learned in college.
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post #7 of 20
4/5/08 at 4:49pm
I don't think he's going to do any damage either way. If he starts getting a headache or feelings of nausea, he can take them off. I know I never had any problems when I first got mine.
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post #8 of 20
4/5/08 at 6:04pm
Does your son have astigmatism? I started wearing glasses when I was in my mid-teens for astigmatism. Immediately everything appeared crystal clear, but somewhat distorted. If I looked at a flat table/desk or even a sink full of water, it would appear warped or slanted. My mom contacted the ophthalmologist right away who explained that this was normal and expected with the prism-type lenses used to correct astigmatism. He advised that this illusion would disappear after a few days of wearing the glasses; he was correct. Still, anytime I get a stronger prescription, it reoccurs for a few days. To a lesser extent, the warped appearance occurs when switching from glasses to contact lenses or to high index lenses.
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post #9 of 20
4/6/08 at 1:30am
When I got mine, I wanted to wear them only a few hours a day, but my doctor and parents pushed me to wear them at all times. It got me used to wearing them and I was less likely to forget them somewhere. I don't remember having many headaches when I first got them, but I was getting headaches from straining to see the chalkboard. Plus, I was just too excited to finally be able to see!
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post #10 of 20
4/6/08 at 1:52am
Screw the man who went to years of Med school to understand the workings of the human eyes....let's ask an internet style forum!
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post #11 of 20
4/6/08 at 2:12am
I've worn glasses since 5th grade. I don't think I really needed them then but all the cool kids had specs. I've worn glasses pretty much every day for the past 8 years, and almost certainly will do so for the rest of my life. Contacts are a no-no for me, I just can't put them in.
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post #12 of 20
4/6/08 at 4:14am
I'm volunteering in an optometry office. Wearing glasses does not make your eyes worse. What makes it worse is stress, either physical or mental (and age, and processed sugars but that's a whole 'nother story). If your son's prescription is not too high far away from 0 (I assume your son's vision is nearsighted, meaning his prescription should be negative numbers), then he doesn't need to wear it all the time. He probably only needs to wear it to see the board or watch television. Think of your eyes as muscles. Without glasses, he will strain to focus and this will only wear out his eyes, making them worse. So glasses don't make them worse, in fact, if they did, would doctors ever prescribe them? (Here you go sir, your glasses, wear them too often and you'll one day go blind! Mwuahahahaha). However, people with very bad eyes (-4 and lower), the opposite is true. They need to wear glasses all the time, even for basic things like looking at the computer or reading. These people can read but they will put the book so close that it becomes awkward. The state of your eyes are determined by the size of your eyes, the strength of the muscles surrounding the lens which act on the lens to change the shape, the ability of the lens to change shape (it's malleability) (not counting diseases of course).
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post #13 of 20
4/6/08 at 4:24am
Also, everyone adapts differently to glasses. I've had patients come in with old glasses complaining they are no longer clear, we confirm it, they get new glasses, they are unable to get used to them. They then demand that their old prescription be put in. Kids adapt the best. Old folks have problems adapting to glasses.
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post #14 of 20
4/6/08 at 7:59am
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thanks
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post #15 of 20
4/6/08 at 10:27am
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Originally Posted by Connemara View Post
I've worn glasses since 5th grade. I don't think I really needed them then but all the cool kids had specs.

I've worn glasses pretty much every day for the past 8 years, and almost certainly will do so for the rest of my life. Contacts are a no-no for me, I just can't put them in.

Do you mean youre allergic to them?

Or you cant physically get them in place?

If its the second, then you can. Ive been wearing lenses for a year now, the first time i tried to was like 6 years ago. I litterally spent 2 hours trying to get them in, and failed. Then i tried a few times after that and failed too lol. My eyes close like crazy when anything comes near them.

But i tried a year ago, and after like half an hour, they were in!

Then after a while i got the hang of it, but occasionally it still sometimes takes me several attempts.

Other people have easier experiences with lenses, so i thought at one time they just werent for me, but if thats your problem i really encourage you to give it more time and youll get used to it.

Theyre so much more practical than glasses, and they dont even bother me even when i keep them on a long time.
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