Glasses Perscriptions

[Thunderchild]

I have had my eyes tested and am now the owner of two pairs of glasses, distance and reading. Except the reading make my eyes ache. i went back with the glasses the next day and they were adament that they were fine. But 2 months on i am still not happy.

Looking at my prescription I have a sph of -0.75 in one and -0.25 in the other which is what the test 2 years previously found. Then I was only prescribed reading glasses that were +0.5 and +0.25.

But by reading prescription is now both at +1.00

I am actually more comfortable with a pair of glasses I had while my first pair were being made (the +0.5 and 0.25 pair) that is simply a poundland +0.5 set with one lens poked out to give the difference.

Does this optician know what they are doing? I am feeling slightly ripped off at being sold for £120 what i could of got off the peg. Not to mention things are still not right.

[Old_Geezer]

Get a second opinion.
My last pair never seemed that good, but I've become used to them. But spend a lot if time with them pushed up above my forehead when reading.

[rowanwitch]

I have varifocals, would be driven mad by two separate pairs

[Thunderchild]

Getting a second opinion is hard work and i was hoping someone here might know more. I had 2 previous eye tests at spec savers (different branches) and they both said I did not need glasses despite my having constant headaches. My glasses are not too bad at work where I sit close to a monitor but at home where i sit furthey away I start to have problems but even at work I am constantly moving them up and down my nose to aleviate pain, it's like I am constantly trying to hover between the requirements for my two different eyes.

[Old_Geezer]

When I tried 2 pairs I was always "losing" one. Drove me nuts.
Now have varifocals but often seem to be looking through the wrong bit for the distance I'm trying to see. I need glasses with an adjustable focus knob at the side.

[bhg481]

When comparing your current prescription with your previous one you not only need the astigmatic correction but also the angle of the correction, together with the basic prescription for the distance lenses. Comparing prescriptions is complicated by the fact that different opticians use different conventions for describing the lens; as a sort of analogy, think of the distance from London to Manchester - you can define it as London to Birmingham PLUS Birmingham to Manchester OR London to Glasgow MINUS Manchester to Glasgow. Both give the same result but look quite different on paper.
You also need to get someone to measure the distance you hold a book from your face, the distance you sit from your monitor at work and the distance you sit from your monitor at home - giving the optician these measurements will enable him to calculate exactly what lenses you need.
Incidentally, when I was working my employer gave me an annual eye test and a pair of glasses specifically designed for screen use at work; yours might also do this for health and safety reasons. A dozen years after retirement I still use a pair of specs specifically for computer use at home.

[Thunderchild]

Yes, I just find it strange that knowing my last pair were +0.50 and +0.25 these new ones are both +1.00 and it is clear from the prescription that my eyes are different as was found before. Apparently since the last prescription no change, but the glasses seem very different. it just seems that the short distance has not been taken seriously.

We have a policy at work, it was worded in such a way that no one can actually get glasses under the policy. They have to be exclusively for work use and screen use and they will just claim that i use them at home as well. Yes I work for a *** that does not see the value of treating his employees well and would rather save the £60 contribution than have me feel like I am a valued employee. The result is that I do not give a toss about my employer anymore and don't exactly break a sweat over anything anymore.

I have ordered a +0.75 and +0.25 pair online, this seems the best compromise with my old prescription taking into account the new one.

[THECORBYLOON]

Your employers are not evading payment, they are adhering to the law.

"Employers only have to pay for glasses for DSE [Display Screen Equipment] work if the test shows an employee needs special glasses prescribed for the distance the screen is viewed at. If an ordinary prescription is suitable, employers do not have to pay for glasses."

[Thunderchild]

I ideally need tinted glasses for screen use but will not even go there as the condition is not recognized by the NHS. I need the glasses for the specific distance my work screen is at.

For a multi million pound company what is £60? It's part of a wider pattern like the general minimum lowest cost health and safety approach. Everyone now has to wear ear defenders on the shop floor because they won't make any adjustments to reduce the noise like put the punching machine in a soundproof booth like the old one was. We bought a laser to replace the old one that used to do the thick gauge but because certain profiles use a lot of gas they now punch them on the machine that was originally used only for light gauge thus increasing the noise.

[THECORBYLOON]

If the protection against the noise is inadequate, have you or others telt your employer?

If need be, the matter can be reported to the Health & Safety Executive (HSE).

https://www.hse.gov.uk/contact/concerns.htm

[Thunderchild]

Someone has gassed about it claiming that first the noise has to be reduced then ear protection as a last resort. All they have to do is say they have looked at it, can't reduce the noise and so ear defenders are required. People want to listen to music and headphones can no longer be used so those wanting to listen to music can pay extra over the free standard ear defenders to have a volume limited audio input. Again not a lot of money but as not strictly required by law we have to pay because boring tasks are no fun without music and you could argue that listening to music makes people more productive. Fortunately I do not work in the noisy bit (hence the need for glasses instead for a computr in the office) but to cover their *** we all have to have a set as even walking through the area requires headphones.

[gingejbee]

Two points..."constant headaches" doesn't necessarily mean a vision/glasses/prescription problem, and
I'm not sure that the online glasses that you have now ordered are going to solve the problem.

[Thunderchild]

It is eye muscle fatigue, if i stay off screens it goes away. It's not a headache as such and it's all around the eye that struggles, which is the long sighted one. Similar happens the other way around for the short sighted one. My so called pescription glasses are not helping so atything could be better. Today I used my +0.50 ones with the lens for the already short sighted eye knocked out and it felt much better than yesterday with what according to my prescription is 2x +1.00