New contact lenses

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My old contact lenses were little bit week but ok. I could read books and mobile. But I just got my eyes checked and got stronger contact lenses and now I can't see near very well. I think I did better with my previous lenses. Is this common? I am 45.

Do you need reading glasses now? I'm a similar age and have just had ro get my first pair of varifocals and reading glasses for when I use my contacts

I think so but I managed fine with the previous prescription and my reading wasn't affected. I might call the optician and ask. I am supposed to get new classes too but if same happens I need again new ones.

Yes, fairly common at this age. I have one contact lens at full strength for distance vision and one slightly undercorrected for reading, my eyes sort out the difference without me noticing. Or you can get multi-focal lenses for some prescriptions (mine are too strong).

I can’t read anything up close if I’m wearing my contacts. I wear reading glasses on top of them. My near vision is perfect without my contacts.

Did you change lense brand too? My prescription had changed slightly and the optician said I should move to Acuvue Oasys as theyre better for my eyes as a heavy user of them. So I switched but it's taking ages for my eyes to adjust, they're thicker lenses and bits stick to them! Currently I have one cloudy eye, I can see the bit of make up on the lense but can't remove it!

Also, is the prescription for the lenses definitely correct?

Yes mid 40s joy. My optician is going to give me a different prescription in each eye, but it's not bad enough yet.

Definitely go back to the optician and ask, mine is always tweaking my prescription for me and I've managed 10 years so far with the lenses described above and no need for reading glasses on top.

Yep, I'm 44. I need the lenses for distance and reading glasses for close. Don't know where to go next really. I don't want to be switching between two pairs of glasses all the time, I hate wearing glasses

I used to have that problem then DP lent me his reading glasses which I wore over my contact lenses and I could see fine.

When I went for my contact lense check the Optician adjusted my prescription and now I can see fine with them.

I would go back to the Optician and see what they say, you might need your prescription changed again.

It sounds like you are becoming presbyopic. The term we use when near vision function starts to wain.
If you have a minus prescription in you glasses and contact lenses to see in the distance and you now require stronger minus lenses to see in the distance it will be harder. You need plus to see up close, thats what the lens inside our eye produces for us to see things that aren't distance. When we are younger it has no issues, but as we get older it changes so can't produce the plus power so easily, we tend to notice it over age 40. Because you didn't have enough minus in your lenses before it means you had more plus so was easier for near vision.
There are options for you. Cheap reading glasses over the top, mono vision (one eye doing distance and one near -sounds odd but work in contacts) or varifocal contact lenses.

I had this issue looming too. In the end, my optician decided to keep my prescription the same as my long distance vision hadn't deteriorated that much. They explained that changing it would cause issues with up close vision.

In fact, they gave me a free pair of long distance glasses if I ever wanted that bit of my vision to be super sharp. I occasionally use them for TV or birdwatching.

Gah. My memory! I meant to say I wear contacts, so it's easy for me to use extra glasses if I really need to.

That's my plan if it comes to it @CloudsOfCeonothus - I'd rather keep the close vision and use glasses occasionally for theatre, sports events etc than lose the close vision and need reading glasses.