Monovision: 2 different contact lense prescriptions- how was it??

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I'm supposed to be trialling this for my aged post 40 eyes. I tried it for 10 minutes, but the weaker prescription in one eye just meant weaker vision. I've just read that it can take weeks for the brain to adjust. Did anyone eventually succeed with it? I really want it to work.

It works for me fairly well. I read with my right eye and see distance with my left. I'm in my 50s. It didn't take too long to adjust, I don't think. I do find I get sharper vision with glasses, though. With lenses my vision will never be perfect but it's good enough most of the time.

I didn’t get on with it. I’m -5.5 in one eye and -6 in the other with a 2.5 add in both. I did trial a much higher prescription in one eye but it made me feel nauseous and dizzy. I also get much better vision with my glasses (mid 50s) so only wear my lenses a couple of times a week now.

I've had monovision contact lenses for about a decade now (I'm nearly 60). I honestly didn't have any issues with them right from the start, and didn't have any period of adjustment. My vision is far far better with contact lenses than with my glasses.

Yay I've found my people - never met anyone else who has mono vision and I'm mid 50's! I tried contacts a few years ago but felt very woozy and disoriented walking around outside during my trial run so haven't tried them since. I wear my glasses for driving but need to remove for looking at my phone/reading/watching tv.

Optom here - yes, it can take longer than 10 minutes. Do it in the evening, watching TV and looking at your phone. If you haven’t adapted after a couple of wears though you’re not going too.
sometimes switching which eye has the reading lens in works better.

you can also get varifocal contact lenses, which can be worn in one eye or both, or you can just put reading glasses over your distance lenses.
you can also do a combination depending on what you’re doing.

for example, going to a restaurant, you might not want to wear glasses to read a menu, so you wear monovision contacts, but as they’re not good enough for driving, you have a cheap pair of glasses to wear over the top just for driving there.

Brilliant invention. I've been wearing them for years now. It honestly took hardly any time for my brain to adapt.

I’ve been using them for about 6 months, and am really pleased. Hated having to keep remembering my reading glasses. I have varivocal glasses for when I’m not wearing my lenses.

I've had them for about 6 years and they work fantastically for me - 20/20 vision with them. One eye is +5.5, the other +1.0. Didn't have any adjustment time. I wear them 7 days a week. If I do wear glasses I wear varifocals, also no problem, or reading specs. I have dry eyes which are no bother with the daily lenses, but stream when I'm tired and wearing specs.

It worked very well for me for quite a few years but then started to be fuzzy for close reading and not so sharp for distance. I got to the stage I didn't feel confident driving.

I've now got varifocal lenses and they are fantastic.