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Have Specsavers advised glasses I don't need? Does anyone know, please?

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painbrain · 30/01/2021 15:17

I had my eyes tested this morning as I've been having headaches from using the screen all day.
I'm pretty sure the headaches are related to poor posture at the screen and also teeth clenching with stress, but wanted an eye test just in case.

At first the optician said I had one long sighted eye and one short sighted eye l, then after all the tests, he said the main problem was with astigmatism and sent me with an assistant to choose glasses to wear for close work.

The assistant said a couple of times that it was a really small prescription, and I probably wouldn't notice the difference. I asked if people actually usually bought glasses for this prescription, and she said some do. I bought them anyway, then came home and googled and am doubting it even more. I'll put the prescription here in case anyone can make sense of advise! Thank you if you can!

Right eye: SPH +0.25 CYL -0.5 AXIS 35.0
Left eye: SPH 0.00 CYL -0.25 AXIS 180.

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Clawdy · 03/02/2021 22:11

Have to say we've always been impressed by the service from Specsavers. They discovered that DH had cataracts in one eye, and did everything to make the whole process easier and quicker for him, before and after the op, and he was very grateful for their help.

nocoolnamesleft · 03/02/2021 22:30

My first pair of glasses were for a pretty tiny prescription, but wearing them dramatically reduced how many headaches I was having.

painbrain · 03/02/2021 22:31

Yes, I was really pleased with the eye test and the explanations given by the optometrist - I just began to doubt it when the assistant said about not noticing a difference. All the replies on here have reassured me though, so thank you.

I'm actually really looking forward to picking my glasses up now and finding the screen easier to look at!

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