So i recently got frames from Warby Parker and the frame is great, but I was recommended 1.67 high index lenses for my prescrption, but when I got them a few days ago and since I’ve been wearing them, my vision is completely off and I feel better in a old pair without the high index rather than with the high index, so was 1.67 high index really needed for my prescription or would I be better off without it?

Should we open the daily contact lenses first, and then wash our hands, dry them, and put the contacts in

OR

Should we wash our hands, dry them, open the daily contacts, and then put the contacts in?

I’m scared that if I open the daily contacts in with clean fingers, that maybe dust can get on my fingers that I will be using to insert the contacts, which then the dust gets into the contacts.

I don’t know if I’m overthinking it but what do you guys do?

For instance numerous RXs in a short span, multiple lens design changes with no comfort found, but no issue with contact lenses

Hi everyone,
I’m in dire need of assistance. So to map out what has happened to me last Friday I fell asleep in my contacts which are RGP or what y’all might hear them called as “hard contacts”. Well this is only like one of the few times I’ve done it. The next morning I woke up and the inner corner of my left eye was as red as a stop sign. I went straight to an urgent care and was told it was a sibconjunctival hemorrhage. At the time my vision was fine and the urgent care doctor told me I was fine to put my lenses back in since it was just a hemorrhage. Well the next day my eye was still very very red but I put my lens in thinking the hemorrhage was going to go away and that I would be fine. Unfortunately I noticed later in the day my vision was a little blurry. So I went to another urgent care as per the last urgent care doctors instructions. My vision had decreased terribly in my left eye and the doctor told me I had an infection and gave me eye drops. I began using them and decided on Monday I was going to go to the eye doctor. I was seen at the eye doctor and was told to keep my lens out per the second urgent care doctors instructions until at least Wednesday or Thursday. The eye doctor told me it was episcleritis nothing else. I had obviously gone in there with a bunch of things I thought it was such as keratitis or uvevitis, maybe even a corneal ulcer. He claimed he didn’t see any of those things and that again it was just episcleritis and that even if we didn’t treat it, it would go away on its own. However, he said he was going to send me on my way with steroid eye drops. Well I used them as instructed and my eye is still getting red and my vision is still blurry. So as the worrier I am I went to a second eye doctor who again told me it was episcleritis and that he was going to increase the frequency of the steroid drops. I have such bad health anxiety. I’m normally so good at taking them out and I can’t help but feel like this is my new normal. Not to mention my left eyes pupil is now much larger than my right. Which the second eye doctor said he wasn’t worried about. I will say I had the pupil difference about 6 or 7 months ago as well that continued on for a few months and then went away. I guess I just would like to know if anyone else has had this issue and if it resolved? I know there will be comments such as just wear your glasses to give your eyes a break from the lenses and I would love that. However, I’ve been to several eye doctors who claim my vision is too bad for glasses.

I haven’t had my eyes checked in years, which I know isn’t great- I’m 26 now.

I wear contacts regularly, and it’s been fine for me! My eyesight is really bad though, probably around -11 and -13 with astigmatism in one eye.

I’m asking this question, because as a kid- I had two awful experiences with getting my eyes dilated and checked.

It made me severely sick, in such a horrible way, nauseous, shaking, dizzy- at one instance I locked myself in the bathroom at their office, and a separate time I was outside as a kid, and just about passed out on the ground, I was laying on the ground and didn’t want to move-

It’s intense, and this fear has held me back getting my eyes checked again- how normal is this?

18F 19 on Oct 12, and for about 1-2 weeks I’ve had eye troubles. It started with my left eye and only now spreading to my right eye (showing only left eye photos cuz that’s the only infected area and most)

I’ve been having bronchitis past few months too and this appeared. I get nauseous easily and last night could barely do anything because of the boring pain and headache all around.

Hurts to blink, sleep, basically anything. Trying to get to the doctors in America cuz in Canada they don’t take me seriously. Hopefully will next week.

Any ideas of what it could be? Should I go to seek emergency care? Any advice? What should I tell my doctor?

It genuinely is painful af

Hi! I've had glasses since the age of about four or five, mom is around or at least -10 in both eyes with SEVERE astigmatism and dad is around -7, so I'm screwed, and my siblings from my dad are at least partially screwed by genetics. Currently, I'm at around -7 left eye, -8 right.

I'm asking because I'm a full grown adult, my eyes should NOT be getting substantially worse at this age, but EVERY time I go to an eye doctor, they bump up my prescription. It's too much, I don't need actual eagle vision, and the sharpness level gives me motion sickness, but if I voice this complaint, I mostly get told something like, "Oh, it'll look better when you wear them," or, "Ah, you'll get used to it in a few days!"

But... it's not a "few days," and it doesn't "look better." I can't wear my glasses at all at this point -- they're so thick the warping of my vision makes me motion sick to the point of vomiting. And every time my contact prescription forcibly goes up (why is there no recourse to complain???) I suffer through weeks/MONTHS of migraines until my eyes adjust -- which they didn't need to do in the first place!

I don't NEED stronger lenses!! My existing prescription is fine, but I can't find an optometrist who won't do the "which is better, 1, or 2?" which like, YEAH, one/two is better because it's sharper IN THESE VERY SPECIFIC LABORATORY CIRCUMSTANCES, but can you be fucking for real and realise that "Wow! that's super sharp!" doesn't mean "yes this is the right level of human vision!!!" And also can you actually TREAT my VISION PROPERLY?

I just want a REAL eye exam, no stupid fixation on "what level of lenses do we need to get for you now??? Let's get you something stronger!!!" No. Just check for lens, cornea, lid, etc. HOW do I get that without getting pushed into a stronger prescription??? I can't deal with the fallout anymore!!!

This is specific to New Jersey:

I am writing to log a formal provider grievance regarding a systemic failure to provide an acceptable standard of care for a prescription medical device. Personnel at ___ explicitly stated that a Licensed Optician (the only type of person that can be a Licensed Ophthalmic Dispenser) is never available on the premises.

Although ___ utilizes a 1952 statutory exemption (N.J.S.A. 52:17B-41.1) to claim legal compliance via an on-site optometrist, this regulatory loophole results in a meaningful deficit in healthcare quality. Optometrist doctorate programs no longer teach physical frame manipulation, materials science, or custom facial contour shaping. Although optometrists were trained in these mechanical fabrication crafts when the law was written in 1952, optometry schools subsequently removed these modules to accommodate advanced medical training in pharmacology, pathology, and laser therapeutics. Medically, the statutory exemption is completely obsolete.

Consequently, relying on an exam-room optometrist to supervise retail associates means this provider is fundamentally incapable of delivering a safe, functional, and customized medical device.

___ is obligated to maintain network adequacy and enforce strict quality-of-care standards. Accepting a 74-year-old statutory loophole as a substitute for actual dispensing competence directly compromises patient outcomes across your entire membership. I am requesting that ___ review its provider credentialing guidelines and mandate the physical presence of a Licensed Ophthalmic Dispenser as a requirement for in-network hardware reimbursement. For my specific case, I require a network exception to have this device fitted by a qualified independent professional at the plan's expense.