Weird issue with new glasses? Can I return these?

[The motor guy]

Okay, So I started off wearing glasses for a couple years when I was like 10, but have worn contacts ever since. I decided to get a pair just so I don't have to wear contacts so long and can just throw them on at night real quick. Anyways, I don't know if they messed something up because I never noticed this years ago, but the objects in the room move around whenever I put them on and turn my head. It instantly made me dizzy and nauseous and I nearly fell over. lol I tried them on at the store before I left, just to make sure they fit okay, but I still had my contacts in. I don't understand why she didn't have a way for me to take my contacts out, so I didn't notice this before leaving. I don't notice this with my contacts, everything stays put.

 

[dishdude]

You just have to get used to them.

 

[berniedd]

I had the same thing happen when I first wore eyeglasses while in grade 5. Got dizzy bec the refractive index at the center of the glass lenses is not the same as that at the sides (thicker glass at the sides and also light there passing at an angle to reach our eyes goes thru more glass thickness ergo different refraction). The resulting distortion confuses the brain, ergo dizziness as we turn our head or look thru the periphery of the glasses. The brain soon adapts and the dizziness goes away. Took me 2 weeks.

 

[Gyro Gearloose]

I have had that when i first put on new glasses, especially safety glasses which use thicker plastic, but my brain would get recalibrated after an hour or so. The only thing i could never get used to was the progressive lens bifocals. Those gave me motion sickness so fast i couldn’t wear them long enough to even begin to adapt.

 

[The motor guy]

I mean the TV moves over like a foot before it stops when turning my head all the way to one side

 

[The motor guy]

I'm going to return these puppies immediately if I can. You shouldn't have to get used to anything imo

 

[dishdude]

I'm going to return these puppies immediately if I can. You shouldn't have to get used to anything imo

Think of it as breaking in a new motor.

 

[researcher]

I'm going to return these puppies immediately if I can. You shouldn't have to get used to anything imo

if you don't have the base curve of the outside part of the lens correct you will get a sort of "fun mirror" at a carnival effect. You can call it a "Fisheye" sort of view. It is caused by the curvature of the lens affecting the speed of the light meeting the curvature of your cornea as it comes into your eye lens (crystalline lens).. the retina picks this up as an optical illusion and you get the headaches and dizzy.

There is nothing to get used to, it is not correct and I'm betting if you looked at the front of the lenses you'll see (from the side edge) that they're almost perfectly flat. Many opticians have NO clue about base curves and give everyone what they call Plano lenses or 0 base curve.

Yes go back and complain and don't let them tell you it's the index of the material, the only thing that higher refractive lenses do is cause aberrations when you look at colors.. like pure white would have red or blue around the edges. Personally I don't think thinner or higher index lenses are anything more than just that, thinner.. When looking at the specs they're not that great..

This also depends on if you have a higher power or astigmatism, the base curves and no aberrations comes into play...

you're right to return them.. if they can't help you correctly, get a refund and find a new doc. seriously.. lots of bad docs out there, as many as bad auto techs!

 

[facility1]

went through this once myself at a retail chain optical dept (rather questionable care at some places) .,,go to a well established independent eye doctor and have a complete eye exam,,,and are you diabetic? as this can come into play as your eye's perception can fluctuate with blood sugar levels, if so seek out a good doctor of Ophthalmogist,or specialist of eye care.

 

[tbm3fan]

I'm going to return these puppies immediately if I can. You shouldn't have to get used to anything imo

Sorry but returning them will only accomplish returning them. The next pair will do the same thing. Your basic problem is that you haven't worn glasses for years. Am I right? Your brain has lost the adaptation it made long ago to wearing them. Your brain will now have to neuro-adapt to them.

You have run into basic optics which all lenses exhibit. Take a plus lens, look through it, and move the lens while looking at an object. The image moves opposite the lens. Take a minus lens and do the same thing. The image moves with the lens. The closer the lens to the eye the less obvious the motion is for most people. Some people find + lenses make objects too big while others find - lenses make objects too small. Your situation is not uncommon for those who have switched to contacts and pretty much gave up glasses till later in life. That is why I insist that all my contact lens patients have a backup set of glasses and that they use them at the end of their day. Doing so has meant none of my CL patients, over 43 years, have had to deal with that. The only ones that did were one's I inherited.

I noticed that you didn't say what type of glasses you got. Single vision, bifocal, or progressive.

 

[Sequoiasoon]

Wait until you need to move up to progressive lenses......

 

[The motor guy]

if you don't have the base curve of the outside part of the lens correct you will get a sort of "fun mirror" at a carnival effect. You can call it a "Fisheye" sort of view. It is caused by the curvature of the lens affecting the speed of the light meeting the curvature of your cornea as it comes into your eye lens (crystalline lens).. the retina picks this up as an optical illusion and you get the headaches and dizzy.

There is nothing to get used to, it is not correct and I'm betting if you looked at the front of the lenses you'll see (from the side edge) that they're almost perfectly flat. Many opticians have NO clue about base curves and give everyone what they call Plano lenses or 0 base curve.

Yes go back and complain and don't let them tell you it's the index of the material, the only thing that higher refractive lenses do is cause aberrations when you look at colors.. like pure white would have red or blue around the edges. Personally I don't think thinner or higher index lenses are anything more than just that, thinner.. When looking at the specs they're not that great..

This also depends on if you have a higher power or astigmatism, the base curves and no aberrations comes into play...

you're right to return them.. if they can't help you correctly, get a refund and find a new doc. seriously.. lots of bad docs out there, as many as bad auto techs!

They're also pointed downwards, but i think that can be fixed. Honestly, the only thing I can do is sit still and watch TV. No way I can walk while wearing them. AFAIK, they're just regular glasses. -4.75

 

[finmile]

As others have stated, sounds normal.
Years ago bought my first glasses with thinned optics and felt dizzy. Retuned the glasses and ordered them with normal optics (a bit thicker lenses). Didn’t help, felt dizzy anyway for the first two weeks. After that no problems ever since. Your brains just need to calibrate themselves to the glasses.

Of course you can do as I did: Return these glasses, get other ones, realize the same dizziness with the newer ones also and THEN accept the two week ’break-in period’

 

[eljefino]

I got a pair of polarized sunglasses once that they screwed up, and got one lens 90 degrees out of phase with how it was supposed to be.

Your point of contact should be your eye doctor-- tell him what you told us, the glasses make you dizzy. They may have an "optical bench" way of seeing if your glasses were made correctly per the script, or other advice.

 

[LDB]

Were it me, I would take them to my eye doctor and ask to have them checked for correctness. I had issue with one pair of glasses many years ago. Turns out they weren't the proper prescription, being ground incorrectly. My docs office put them in their gizmo and got a readout that told them. If you got them at one of the big name places like Lens Crafters or TSO or whatever you may want to try a different one. I got one pair at Costco. Saved enough to pay for the annual membership plus a good bit more. Now I get mine at my new docs office. Convenient and I know they check and verify everything before delivering them. Good luck sorting it.

 

[harbor]

High-index lenses can cause peripheral vision distortion, especially with stronger prescriptions.

 

[Hall]

This is normal and even more likely if your prescription changed (even slightly).

 

[PWMDMD]

Okay, So I started off wearing glasses for a couple years when I was like 10, but have worn contacts ever since. I decided to get a pair just so I don't have to wear contacts so long and can just throw them on at night real quick. Anyways, I don't know if they messed something up because I never noticed this years ago, but the objects in the room move around whenever I put them on and turn my head. It instantly made me dizzy and nauseous and I nearly fell over. lol I tried them on at the store before I left, just to make sure they fit okay, but I still had my contacts in. I don't understand why she didn't have a way for me to take my contacts out, so I didn't notice this before leaving. I don't notice this with my contacts, everything stays put.

Anytime my prescription changes the floor looks too close for a day or two. You should quickly get used to it.

 

[Hall]

my eye doctor and ask to have them checked for correctness. I had issue with one pair of glasses many years ago. Turns out they weren't the proper prescription, being ground incorrectly. My docs office put them in their gizmo and got a readout that told them.

I had that happen once but they check them before they even call the patient to tell them their glasses are in. They did call me to let me know they were wrong and that replacements were already being made.

 

[The motor guy]

Well it looks like Walmart has a 60 day return policy. Maybe that was my first mistake, but atleast I have lots of time to see what's wrong.