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Son has to have glasses

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Mummybear26 · 20/02/2020 19:51

Evening everyone,
so my son had two headaches in the space of a week so went to get his eyes tested. The pre test showed he was a +4 the optician guy said +3.50... collected his glasses yesterday and they’ve made him poorly.... blurred vision with them on, bloodshot eyes, feeling sick, constantly blinking and eyes watering.... is there any chance the optician guy could of got the prescription wrong? My son never complains his eyes hurt and can read, use computer etc and says it’s fine and not funny or blurred, phoned vision express to be told stop wearing them with immediate effect ! Any advise appreciated x

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flipperdoda · 20/02/2020 21:11

They're not right. We can't tell you why from here but no glasses should have that effect. Don't force him to wear them tomorrow - explain to him you're going to get a second opinion because they shouldn't make him feel so bad then go at the weekend if possible

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Mummybear26 · 20/02/2020 21:11

@flipperdoda I have no idea what’s going on but where he plays football a lot and does contact sports, they’ve said not to wear them during sport/p.e

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flipperdoda · 20/02/2020 21:12

Sorry didn't mean you forced him today! Just meant hold off encouraging wear until you've managed to get back to an optician

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Mummybear26 · 20/02/2020 21:13

I’ve found a quite little opticians near me that not a big high street store and there appointments aren’t available until March ? I can book online with them

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iMatter · 20/02/2020 21:16

How was he before he got the glasses?

That's a pretty crunchy first prescription and I would have thought that certain aspects of everyday life would have been difficult for him with glasses if that is an accurate prescription

I would suggest visiting a reputable independent optician for a second opinion. I am not a fan (understatement) of big chain opticians, mainly because I have a very complicated prescription and those "one size fits all" places cause me nothing but problems

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Mummybear26 · 20/02/2020 21:16

The thing is I sort of did nag him today and last night saying when you get up put your glasses on there going to help you, then as soon as I heard his footsteps this morning I said hope you remembered to put your glasses on and he shouted down I have but I can’t see it’s all blurry Confused

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Mummybear26 · 20/02/2020 21:19

@iMatter
He had a two headaches in the space of a week after a school day which is what prompted me to book the opticians that was about 3 weeks ago, not had a complaint since and last weekend he sat and worked on a 3000 piece Lego set for 3 days solid and had no complaints at all. His a fluent reader and doesn’t struggle to read or play PlayStation without complaining so I don’t know.

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SpencerReidsMistress · 20/02/2020 21:20

That was adjustment for me. I suggest waiting a week and if the same going back. It's unfortunately part and parcel when you first get glasses for some. Sad

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Mummybear26 · 20/02/2020 21:21

His never said his eyes sting or rubs them there never bloodshot he doesn’t squint or anything so I was shocked at +3.50 both eyes

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flipperdoda · 20/02/2020 21:24

It's fine that you encouraged it! You were helping him. Now you've readjusted your opinion on the situation and you're helping him. You're not an optician and you're doing fine.

For what it's worth, I struggled to read the board at school when I was about a -1.5/2 prescription. I couldn't recognise mum at the swimming pool unless I was next to her at the sort of prescription your son has been given. I certainly wouldn't have been able to play football very well!

If he's got used to compensating it's not unreasonable that his reading is fine - my prescription is -4.5 and -5 and I'm typing this without glasses. My phone is just very close to my face!

If he was given medication for something and had a nasty reaction you'd go back, it's not that different (except it might be due to an incompetent optician I suppose!).

Just a thought...you said he really wanted glasses...there's no way he would have lied/overstated his difficulties in the tests is there? I think you mentioned the automatic one earlier so this is highly unlikely but if he was struggling a little bit and decided he really wanted glasses he could have made it look a bit worse?

Bimbleberries · 20/02/2020 21:27

It sounds strange if his eyes are sore and bloodshot from glasses. I get the dizziness and so on from a new prescription, and I can understand feeling sick as a result of that, but red and watery eyes souns like something else might be going on - I wonder if there could be some underlying cause that is making his eyes sore, and giving him headaches, and that could have affected the eye test if he was suffering at the time. I'm also surprised they didn't start off with a lower prescription until he gets used to them. It's quite a big change to go from nothing to +3.5 in a short time.

I had to go back several times to get mine remade, and to be retested in the end, as small adjustments make a huge difference (I have quite bad astigmatism). The opticians also sent me to the GP at one point, when I had some other symptoms, and they referred me to the eye clinic to be checked.

Haworthia · 20/02/2020 21:32

I’ve worn glasses for nearly 35 years and I’ve never heard of glasses making eyes bloodshot and watery, let alone causing vomiting. That’s completely bizarre and I don’t understand that at all. I’d even be tempted to make a GP appointment because that’s such an extreme physical reaction. Maybe a hospital eye test could be arranged to double check that prescription too.

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Mummybear26 · 20/02/2020 21:36

@flipperdoda He struggles as he has dislexia anyway so when the letter on the screen was a D he was saying it was a B and for a C he was saying it was O etc because his letters get abit jumbled at times. I don’t think he could of laid it on super thick so he ended up with them that strong surely...

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iMatter · 20/02/2020 21:39

When I first got glasses aged 11 I hadn't been able read the blackboard at school, see the tv and missed my bus home on 2 occasions because I couldn't see what number it was. I wondered if your son had anything similar but it seems not as he's managing everything as normal.

I hope you get it sorted very soon Thanks

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Mummybear26 · 20/02/2020 21:39

Do you need a referral for a hospital eye test? I thought glasses would help but seems to be making him a lot worse

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itsgettingweird · 20/02/2020 21:39

I once collected my gasses and had the same issue.

I've worn them for 20 years with gradual increasing prescription as I have kerataconus.

They'd put the lenses in wrong!

Any chance they mis typed or misread it and they've done. -3.5 by mistake?

Or put the wrong frames with lessees if you've been charges and they should have been free?

They have a machine to check the lense prescription.

strawberrylipgloss · 20/02/2020 21:40

Did you tell them about the dyslexia? As a person who's not dyslexic and short sighted, I can see how a C and O , B and D look similar if your sight is fuzzy and you guess.

You can get eye tests for kids who can't read yet. It may be that this is test is more appropriate for him.

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Mummybear26 · 20/02/2020 21:43

@iMatter thank you. He can even read car numbers plates quite a distance away sometimes I even ask him what number bus it is and he can see it before me Blush second opinion for definite I think

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itsgettingweird · 20/02/2020 21:45

He will be able to read distance because he's long sighted! That doesn't really tell you anything I'm afraid!

bex07 · 20/02/2020 21:46

I agree with @strawberry - it could well be that he has misinterpreted letters due to dyslexia despite being able to visually see the shape of it clearly. If he kept misreading similar letters the optician probably thought it was because the letters were blurry (so needs prescription) as opposed to dyslexia but eye sight good

If you haven't mentioned it I definitely would and ask for a re-test that doesn't use letters

Best of luck - you sound like a great mum and you've done nothing wrong Smile

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Mummybear26 · 20/02/2020 21:48

They’ve given a + prescription so it’s longsightedness am I correct? Yes I told them about his dislexia Nothing got by the opticians about it. I will have to call around a few places tomorrow.

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FREEM · 20/02/2020 21:54

100% second opinion.
anywhere that uses an autorefractor I wouldn't trust

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Mummybear26 · 20/02/2020 21:57

In the test he managed almost all of the letter apart from the ones he gets mixed up on a day to day basis. Q & P... D&B .... O&C there his most common letters he gets jumbled up with. All other letters on board were read perfectly. Then when the drops went in and took effect his vision was blurred and the optician said and I quote “ that’s good that’s what we want” I’m so stressed out myself with it, I’m going to go get second opinion and request that my money gets refund as he is under 16 and I didn’t make any changes to his glasses

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Mummybear26 · 20/02/2020 22:01

That’s the machine they used ! He said there was a picture of a hot air balloon when he looked... any reason for not trusting them @FREEM

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DontCallMeShitley · 20/02/2020 22:10

Some people are allergic to plastic frames, as well as the prescription, could this be likely?

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