To ask how you get used to wearing glasses?

[bryjam]

I recently started wearing glasses for distance, I take them off when reading, but I can't get used to wearing them. They fit, they work and I don't mind wearing them to drive. I can not get used to walking about wearing them though. When I drive to the supermarket I take them off before going in otherwise I feel 'weird'

Is this something that will pass? Something that other new wearers feel? Or am o just way too odd?

It will pass, but I’m afraid I don’t think there are any ways to make it pass quicker, you just have to wear them, and you’ll probably be surprised how quickly you get used to them.

put glasses on first thing in morning as you get up - what you might be experiencing is the changes in depth perception - more notable walking downstairs or stepping off pavements - the more you wear them the less noticeable they become

If they're for distance do you even need to keep them on in the supermarket? Aren't they for driving? (Not sure, I'm a glasses newbie too, although only for reading)

Do you feel wierd self conscious or weird like slightly drunk? Different problems so different solutions

Weird - fat fingers

If they're for distance why do you keep them on when you get out of the car?

I"m 46 and have just got them for the opposite reason to you - I can no longer read without them. I do wear them most of the time because I can't read my phone, a book, my work computer, labels in the supermarket etc, without them. The only time I don't wear them is when I am driving as I don't need them for distance.
My advice would be to get the lightest frames you can find. and afford. Mine are half-frameless, from Wolf, and I can barely tell they are on.

you're not the goggs lady are you? It's just the username making me wonder...

However I never really felt weird wearing mine just so pleased to be able to see. It could be that the prescription is wrong if they are making you dizzy or sick.

It will pass, but I’m afraid I don’t think there are any ways to make it pass quicker, you just have to wear them, and you’ll probably be surprised how quickly you get used to them.

I hope so, I do think it’s just a matter of time. I’m fighting myself to keep them on!

Gput glasses on first thing in morning as you get up - what you might be experiencing is the changes in depth perception*

Thank you. This makes sense. And would definitely be more obvious when I’m out and about under bright lights.

If they're for distance do you even need to keep them on in the supermarket? Aren't they for driving?

Maybe distance is the wrong term if that used for driving glasses. I just meant the are not for reading. The optician advised I wear them all the time, except reading.

Do you feel wierd self conscious or weird like slightly drunk? Different problems so different solutions

Neither. It’s an odd feeling I can’t quite describe. I can see, I just don’t feel that I can see. Hmm, I’m definitely weird!

you're not the goggs lady are you? It's just the username making me wonder...

The goggs lady?

I just name changed before posting this. No real reason. I chose it because I am watching call the midwife. Bry came from Bryony Hannah and Jam came from DS15 sandwich!

They don’t make me dizzy or sick and I can see, I just feel odd as if something has been taken away. Which is weird as I can see better.

its quite normal to feel slightly odd to begin with - but eventually you will forget their on - but do go back & check with optician to see if they fit right on your nose bridge & are straight across the eyeline (look in mirror :) ) Every time I get new glasses it takes a little time to get use to it

I do know what you mean, I've had my glasses two months and don't feel used to them. They're reading glasses, but feel too strong. They're 1.25s and I feel like I'm almost leaning back away from what I'm looking at! I feel as though the over the counter 1s are much better. My husband says I should go back to the opticians, but I just figure I'll grow intro them sooner or later!

If they're for distance why do you keep them on when you get out of the car?

I realise I used the wrong term. I don’t know much about glasses and just thought distance meant the opposite to reading. Optician recommendation is to wear them, except for reading.

OP I get you. It's the shock of being able to see so much more clearly all the time after years of thinking you were seeing just fine but in fact you were living in a blurred world. You'll get used to it quicker than you'd think.
Definitely wear them for driving of course but other than that wear them when you want to. It's not going to harm your eyes if you don't wear them, you just won't be able to see clearly.

My advice would be to get the lightest frames you can find. and afford. Mine are half-frameless, from Wolf, and I can barely tell they are on.

I spent an age choosing frames, they feel much better on than my off the shelf sunglasses which I used to wear for a few hours a day driving.

I'm a bit short sighted and have only had glasses 8n recent years - I really don't wear mine as much as I should, especially since we got a bigger TV so I can see the menu better without them now.

I can't eat with mine on for some reason, so I'll take them off to eat then forget to put them back on again!

No glasses = can’t see. 😂

but do go back & check with optician to see if they fit right on your nose bridge & are straight across the eyeline

Thank you. I will do. I’m sure they said that at the time but it went in one ear and straight out the other!

You get used to being able to see loads in a smaller area, instead of a big, wide, comfortable blur. So you're noticing the deficiencies in your peripheral vision.

Doesn't always happen straight away, but you'll adjust if you keep on wearing them. Or switch to contacts, where you'll get a full field of vision and everything in glorious Technicolor.

It takes time. I first started wearing glasses for distance (like back of a lecture hall) & computer use due to astigmatism.

I'm still road legal so for ages used to take them off to go to meetings etc. Still can of course, but I found a pair I think suit me and tend not to bother taking them on and off at work any more. Don't wear them all the time though, but YMMV.

What I would say is that buying better glasses and spending more time on fitting helped immensely. I didn't want to wear my original glasses much because tbh the frame obstructed my vision and they weren't that comfortable. I now have 2 pairs that I barely notice I'm wearing (but each are better for different things) and that's made a huge difference as I'm not so keen to just take them off.

If they're for distance do you even need to keep them on in the supermarket? Aren't they for driving?

Depends how short-sighted the OP is. Some people who are only slightly short-sighted only need them for driving and maybe seeing a big screen in the distance. Some people, like me, who are more short-sighted than that, could manage in the supermarket in the sense that they wouldn't actually blunder into anyone, but would not be able to read any of the prices on the shelves unless they went up really close to them.

I just prefer having glasses on because I like to see as much as possible. I take them off for reading, sewing and anything that involves small fiddly things.

Whenever I get a new pair of glasses they always feel weird at first, but you have to persist in wearing them, and usually after a week or so you get used to it.

I never stopped hating them. Glasses always make me feel queasy. If at all possible, get fitted for contacts. Your life will be much better.

Thanks fox

I think I just used the wrong terminology when I said 'distance' the optician said to wear all the time, but not for reading. So driving, walking about day to day, watching TV etc.

Thanks to everyone for the advice. Contacts don't really appeal to me and I have dry eye syndrome so best avoided.

How old are you? As you get older your eye muscles get crapper at responding to changes. It means your eyes react too fucking slowly to the whole glasses on, glasses off, glasses on again nonsense of middle age. Mine are reading glasses