I'm very confused!
I went to a new optician recently to have a normal sight test and a contact lens aftercare appointment. I have worn contact lenses for several years + glasses (latest pair are a few years old now).
When I left the opticians, I realised that I had only been given one prescription. This matched the strength of the contact lenses which I wear.
It is my understanding that a glasses prescription is different to a contact lens prescription, to account for the distance that glasses are worn from the eyes.
However, when I popped back to the optician and explained that I had what I thought was my contact lens prescription, but not the glasses one, I was given a new prescription which matches the first one! I did say as he was writing it out that it's the same (wondering if he was writing out the one I already had again), but he just commented they are different because of the distance from the eyes for glasses!??
So now I'm really confused. Was I only given one prescription originally because my glasses and contact lens prescriptions are the same?? Or have I been given two copies of my contact lens prescription and need to go back again??
For info, my prescription is -2.5 in one eye and -1.5 in the other.