Guest Posted October 19, 2019 Share Posted October 19, 2019 Anybody here who wears glasses? What is your vision defect? I am short-sighted. Link to post Share on other sites
3rdkyuproblems Posted October 19, 2019 Share Posted October 19, 2019 *raises hand* I'm also short-sighted Link to post Share on other sites
fuzzipueo Posted October 19, 2019 Share Posted October 19, 2019 Short-sighted and, due to age, starting to need computer and reading glasses too. Triple whammy! 👓 Link to post Share on other sites
Bio 7 Posted October 19, 2019 Share Posted October 19, 2019 Short-sighted. I’m getting new glasses next week and a week on Monday I have a contact lens appointment. Link to post Share on other sites
DarkStormyKnight Posted October 19, 2019 Share Posted October 19, 2019 Near-sighted too! And definitely prefer glasses over contact lenses. Link to post Share on other sites
paladude Posted October 19, 2019 Share Posted October 19, 2019 Im shortsighted. I do wear contacts from time to time but i prefer my glasses to contacts bc i find that my vision is still kinda blurry with them so i dont wear them that often. Link to post Share on other sites
daveb Posted October 19, 2019 Share Posted October 19, 2019 near-sighted, with astigmatism also use different glasses for computer work and different ones for really fine closeup work (but not for reading) Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted October 19, 2019 Share Posted October 19, 2019 Wear em and hate em. I guess I would be nearsighted, use one glasses for everything. Miss the good old days I didnt need my glasses to at least read a book. Link to post Share on other sites
Blaiddmelyn Posted October 19, 2019 Share Posted October 19, 2019 Very shortsighted and have worn glasses since I was 8 or so. I've tried contacts but can't stand them. Link to post Share on other sites
kenny. Posted October 19, 2019 Share Posted October 19, 2019 when i was 9 i got glasses for being far-sighted, but now i have them for being very near-sighted. i don’t even know the logic behind that, but yeah i have glasses. Link to post Share on other sites
DuranDuranfan Posted October 19, 2019 Share Posted October 19, 2019 I’m far-sighted. I’ve worn glasses since I was a nine month old baby. I was born with a strabismus, and as well as having to wear glasses, I had to wear a patch over my right eye to force me to use my left eye(the weaker eye). I had a operation to re-align my left eye, but still don’t have complete alignment. It’s affected my depth perception and that’s why I choose not to drive. Link to post Share on other sites
Tyke Posted October 19, 2019 Share Posted October 19, 2019 Worn them for over 50 years. Pretty useless without them. First thing I do in the morning is put them on. Last thing at night is take them off. I'm so used to them I don't even think about them. Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted October 19, 2019 Share Posted October 19, 2019 @kenny. 😂 My vision gradually turned to crap. I went for kind of a long time without glasses or contacts, and when I got a pair of glasses it was insane how clearly I could see. I think I figured after a while that things in the distance were supposed to be kind of blurry? Link to post Share on other sites
rachelpenguin Posted October 19, 2019 Share Posted October 19, 2019 Worn glasses since I was ten, contacts since I was 18. Link to post Share on other sites
daveb Posted October 19, 2019 Share Posted October 19, 2019 4 hours ago, kenny. said: when i was 9 i got glasses for being far-sighted, but now i have them for being very near-sighted. i don’t even know the logic behind that, but yeah i have glasses. Some people who are farsighted as children grow out of it as they grow into adulthood. They might not need glasses at all for a while, and then may eventually become nearsighted (or need glasses for reading and such as they get older, like many people who never needed glasses when they were younger). That happened with my sister. Unfortunately, people do not tend to grow out of nearsightedness. Link to post Share on other sites
kenny. Posted October 19, 2019 Share Posted October 19, 2019 2 minutes ago, daveb said: Some people who are farsighted as children grow out of it as they grow into adulthood. They might not need glasses at all for a while, and then may eventually become nearsighted (or need glasses for reading and such as they get older, like many people who never needed glasses when they were younger). That happened with my sister. Unfortunately, people do not tend to grow out of nearsightedness. that's interesting... after wearing glasses to read since i was far-sighted, i had near perfect vision around the age of 13 for about a year until becoming near-sighted, so that makes a lot of sense (thanks for explaining!). too bad near-sightedness isn't something people grow out of! Link to post Share on other sites
Celyn: The Lutening Posted October 20, 2019 Share Posted October 20, 2019 Shortsighted mainly in my left eye, continually getting worse as it tends to do. Worn glasses since I was 11. Hated them at first but now can't be seen without glasses. Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted October 20, 2019 Share Posted October 20, 2019 Pretty badly near-sighted. Been wearing glasses since elementary school, and can't fuction beyond a level of "not running into walls and furniture" without them at this point. Link to post Share on other sites
Gloomy Posted October 20, 2019 Share Posted October 20, 2019 I have near sightedness that gets worse the older I get. I started wearing glasses when I was 18, but probably should have started wearing them way before that because I had already been nearsighted for a long time at that point, although it wasn't as bad. I started wearing contacts a few months ago shortly after turning 28. Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted October 20, 2019 Share Posted October 20, 2019 I have astigmatism in my right eye. It's bad enough that if I don't wear my glasses, I get terrible eye strain in my left eye from it doing all the work. Link to post Share on other sites
Grumpy Alien Posted October 20, 2019 Share Posted October 20, 2019 Near/short-sighted. -2.75 in glasses and -2.50 in contacts. I strongly prefer contacts over glasses. I only wear glasses at bedtime and if my eyes are bothering me. Link to post Share on other sites
Zagadka Posted October 20, 2019 Share Posted October 20, 2019 Nearsighted. I can read and use a phone fine unassisted, but anything further away is harder. My left eye is more messed up than my right eye. It is annoying. I much prefer glasses, I rarely notice I'm wearing them, and I've had them so long they are part of my self image. Link to post Share on other sites
Gloomy Posted October 20, 2019 Share Posted October 20, 2019 41 minutes ago, Zagadka said: Nearsighted. I can read and use a phone fine unassisted, but anything further away is harder. Same here. That's why I don't really wear my glasses or contacts when I'm at home, since I don't usually need to see more than a few feet in front of me when I'm at home. However when I'm driving, at work, or out running errands, I definitely need them. Link to post Share on other sites
Janus the Fox Posted October 20, 2019 Share Posted October 20, 2019 -2.50 and - 3.00 myopia with slight astigmatism requiring glasses full time since about eh age of 7. Vision is always a constant worsening requiring new every year or two, whichever if there's a flare-up in one of optic nerves requiring attention more regular that is changing the vision regularly. Link to post Share on other sites
erf Posted October 21, 2019 Share Posted October 21, 2019 I do, I’m near sighted. My eyes are TERRIBLE without them. I had contact lenses but I ran out of them so I need to order more, but they are so expensive. Link to post Share on other sites
DuskFire Posted October 21, 2019 Share Posted October 21, 2019 I've got glasses too. I'm near sighted. Link to post Share on other sites
Zagadka Posted October 21, 2019 Share Posted October 21, 2019 I just got into the shower with my glasses on. Sorry, I had to share. Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted October 21, 2019 Share Posted October 21, 2019 2 hours ago, Zagadka said: I just got into the shower with my glasses on. Sorry, I had to share. And with a phone or a tablet? I wear glasses due to astigmatism, starting when I was 25. I'm sure I should have had them long before that but I hadn't had an eye exam in over a decade. I strongly advise against such neglect because my symptoms seemed to get worse in a very short period of time and it scared the crap out of me. I didn't know just how bad my vision was until I saw it corrected; now I hate to be without my glasses, I can't stand the blurring. I don't know the numbers but my right eye is a little stronger than the left. I put off having an eye exam again for a few years, partially due to lack of funds. I was kind of forced to go in last time because my frames had cracked. Fortunately my prescription had changed very little. I plan to get eye exams at regular intervals from now on. Link to post Share on other sites
KoiFishShoes Posted October 22, 2019 Share Posted October 22, 2019 I was born with crossed eyes (strabismus) and was far-sighted. My ophthalmologist used bifocals to correct my strabismus over the course of a few years. Like other posters, I spent about two years with correct vision and didn't need glasses, but I've gradually grown more and more near-sighted ever since. Link to post Share on other sites
Twisted Tempest Posted October 24, 2019 Share Posted October 24, 2019 I not sure if it counts, but I have a problem with my eyes that makes them insanely photosensitive, so I have these special prescribed sunglasses that I have to wear to protect them. Link to post Share on other sites
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