How bad is your eyesight?

The_Minister

How bad is your eyesight?

I have to wear glasses every waking moment of the day, from the moment I get up, to the moment I lay my head down. I can't read or watch tv without my glasses. I couldn't even catch a bus:)

mike65

I can't recall my exact technical prescription but its about -2 and -2.5, so I can potter about the place without hitting stuff.

Mike.

AlmightyCushion

My eyesight is kinda bad. I can still make things out but it's nowhere near as sharp or as crisp as when I'm wearing my glasses. I wear them full time now.

Faith

I wear mine full time, even though I don't technically need them for reading. My right eye is -2.75 and my left eye is -4.75.

Jimoslimos

From my last contact lens prescription I remember it was about -2.0 or something. Might have got slightly worse since then. Pretty much wear my glasses full-time too, though I have been making bit more of effort lately to leave them off when not really needed.

Mint Sauce

like one of the earlier posters said, can walk around without bumping into stuff, but everthing still alot clearer with them on

left -2.5
right -2.25

was -1.75 for bout 9 to 10 years, then changed couple of times in last 3 to 4

glasses for work/day to day stuff, contacts for socialising/sport

Zaph

-8 in both eyes. Thank god for high index glass.

ZorbaTehZ

-1.5 both eyes , so not that bad really. I wear my glasses all the time though.

SligoBrewer

zaph wrote: »

-8 in both eyes. Thank god for high index glass.

ouch brother.

R -5.00/-0.75
L -4.75/-0.50

I'm quite bad but my eyesight has slightly improved..:o

Thank God for stylis lenses indeed

Jimoslimos

zaph wrote: »

-8 in both eyes. Thank god for high index glass.

Yep the gf is around that figure too, without the special glass she'd be wearing thick goggles. Bit pricy tho:(

Zaph

Yeah, it is, I got new glasses 6 weeks ago and managed to smash one of the lenses last week. Had to get both replaced because the anti-reflective coating was different. Fortunately my brother manages an opticians so I got a big discount, but it still cost me a fair bit.

SligoBrewer

zaph wrote: »

Yeah, it is, I got new glasses 6 weeks ago and managed to smash one of the lenses last week. Had to get both replaced because the anti-reflective coating was different. Fortunately my brother manages an opticians so I got a big discount, but it still cost me a fair bit.

ouch...

were they fusio or stylis lenses?

Zaph

SligoBrewer wrote: »

were they fusio or stylis lenses?

No idea, except that they were 1.8 Digmals, if that means anything to you. They put temporary 1.6s in as I was going away on Saturday and needed a quick fix, getting the new 1.8s on Friday.

littlebug

zaph wrote: »

-8 in both eyes. Thank god for high index glass.

Ditto. -8 in both eyes.:( it's an expensive business alright.

jameshayes

L -5
R -5.5

MonkeyWrench

Left -5.50
Right -4.75

They have been this way for about 7 years now. Got worse gradually from the age of about 14. I remember doing my mech drawing exam for the junior cert and when I dropped my pencil I had to ask the examiner to find it for me!

AlmightyCushion

zaph wrote: »

Yeah, it is, I got new glasses 6 weeks ago and managed to smash one of the lenses last week. Had to get both replaced because the anti-reflective coating was different. Fortunately my brother manages an opticians so I got a big discount, but it still cost me a fair bit.

Man that sucks. At least you can get them on the (relatively) cheap though.

BC

-4.75 in both eyes

Roen

R -5.00
L -4.50

Would love to have the surgery done if I could afford it.

Pet

R: -4.75
L: -5.00

What's this about high-index glass?

mikemac

Before laser eye surgury
R: -6.00
L: -4.50

After laser surgury
R: -0.25
L: -0.00

zzxx

-4.25 left
-5.5 right

Can't do a thing without my lenses or glasses. Just ordered a new pair of glasses yesterday - €280 for the frames & €350:eek: for the lenses. New gas permeable lenses were another €250. I should have been an optician...

steven22

Whats normal ?

Always thought it was 20 20!

Zaph

20/20 is the ability to see at 20 feet what you should be able to see at 20 feet and is considered normal vision. The numbers people are quoting here are their prescriptions, 0.00 is the same as 20/20, and the bigger the minus figure the more shortsighted that person is.

The Bollox

I'm -2.5 in both and wear my glasses / lenses all the time. I used to wear my lenses a LOT but over the summer I had some very early mornings which ended with late nights where I wouldn't take them out at all over that time and my eyes suffered from that (quite bloodshot) so now I mostly wear my glasses and only wear my lenses if going on a night out

standbyme

R +1.00
L + 0.75

Thats my SPH, as i dont know what CYL is, i just happen to have my eyesight report from July on my bookshelf along with 100 other things that shouldnt be there

I only really use it for Reading (when im not on here) & when i am on here a lot. But dont use it for anything else like watching the telly etc, maybe i should?

But i do remember this from the first eye test 2yrs ago, got it tested & noticed something diff a month or 2 later, i went back & they noticed that one of my eyes (i think L) had gotten better, theyd said with a wry smile, justifying the good work of the glasses-reflected back by me with a blank smile.

Has that happened to anyone?

Thanks as this is my first post in this new forum.

Malteaser!

Mine are both the same: -5.75

Absolutely blind without my contacts or glasses!!

2Scoops

Perfect vision. Both eyes. All natural.

ciaran76

-3.75 in right eye
-3.0 in the left eye

I wear contact lenses when playing football or going out.

dollydrops

I have had eye tests a couple of times and they say I don't need glasses but I think I do.
I get really watery eyes if I stare at the computer too long and I get a pain over the bridge of nose as well.
I also find it hard to focus on things in for distance if I am driving.
I think I need a second opinion. Nearly everyone in my family wears glasses. My mother is as blind as a bat without her glasses. She said her sight went bad when she was a child after she had the German measles.
Is bad eye sight hereditary?

Zaph

2Scoops wrote: »

Perfect vision. Both eyes. All natural.

Get outta here!

delta_bravo

L: -9.5
R: -10.5

January

Don't know my prescription but I'm as blind as a bat...

Need my glasses for everything, if I squint I can almost read things but thats it. Was so bad last year in England my glasses broke and I walked into a pole... oh well haha.

I have a slight turn in my right eye and astigmatism in both. Needed an operation at 2 years old to correct the turn and it's slowly creeping back up on me.

littlebug

delta_bravo wrote: »

L: -9.5
R: -10.5

:eek::eek:

dylbert

L: +5.75 Cyl -1.75 Axis 170
R: +5.75 Cyl -1.75 Axis 180

And to make matters worse my left eye is lazy...:(

seamus

Something like -6.5 in the left and -4.75 in the right (with Astig).

Without my glasses I can move around without bumping into stuff, but all the details are gone. I wouldn't know who I was talking to or if I was pouring paint into my tea instead of milk.

faceman

Im -7.25 in both eyes.

rmacm

Can't remember exactly what my prescription is but it's around -4.75 or -5.00 in both eyes with Astig....I can make out things without them but just as a general blur e.g. if I were talking to someone without them I wouldn't have a clue who it is.

Tzetze

R: +4.5 | 0.25 x 75
L: +2.5 | 0.5 x 145

Right eye is lazy, get double vision without my glasses.

Shamanic

Pet wrote: »

R: -4.75
L: -5.00

What's this about high-index glass?

new to this forum! im an optical lab technician so briefly in layman terms:

1.59 is "normal index" so its not "thinned down" its bog standard plastic lenses which are fine for prescriptions from roughly +2.00 to -2.50 depending on the frame and distance between your pupils

1.6 is "mid-Index" its the next "step" up from 1.59 and makes roughly 2-3mm in thickness difference-again pending on script and frame

1.67 is the next step up and is "high index" it again reduces thickness

1.74 is the next lense and is "very high index" and reduces the thickness even more

Then there are options of glass polycarbonate etc.

With a "plus" prescription (the thickness is in the centre of the lense and gets thinner toward the outside) you could also get a smaller blank size , standard plastic blanks are 65mm but you could choose a smaller frame and get a 55mm blank with would reduce thickness but it depands on your pupil distnace, im not sure about specsavers or other opticians but i know we choose the smallest blank free of charge to give the patient the best possible lense at standard cost.
With a minus script small blanks arent done as the thickness is on the outside on the lense and is thinnest in its centre.

BreeVdK

Left eye +2.25
Right eye +2.75

ixoy

-5.25 in both eyes, handy for the contact lenses. Everything's a lovely blur without my glasses or contacts although thankfully the rate of detioriation has stopped (for now).
Even at -5.25 I still have to get lenses pared down a bit to prevent them being too thick.
Still not as bad a mate of mine who is about -11 in both eyes and had to get his lenses manufactured in Switzerland to get them pared down enough.

nesf

-4.25 in both eyes with a prism needed for the left eye.

Gazza22

-3.00

Both eyes, i wear contacts

ergonomics

Left = -5.00
Right = -5.75

I used to think my eyesight was really really bad but upon reading this thread I realise that they seem to be almost 'normal' among shortsighted people! I wear my glasses all the time, except for when I'm sleeping obviously. I have contacts but I rarely wear them because I've had glasses since I was 4 and feel unrecognisable without them!

Stargal

ciaran76 wrote: »

-3.75 in right eye
-3.0 in the left eye

Snap :eek:

The_Minister

Stargal wrote: »

Snap :eek:

It's fate.

xeroshero

Me last Christmas -
R: -2.5
L: -2.25

Me this chistmas, thanks to laser:
R: -0.5
L: 0.0

I can read three lines beyond the 20.20 line (or 6.6 as they call it now!?)

otwb

-4 & -4.25

Use my glasses all the time, am another person that swears by the high index lenses. Found a pair that I used to wear in school and OH MY GOD there is a huge difference in both weight and thickness!

Slightly off topic but also need the following to get me around:-

- prescription swim goggles (remember trying to memorise peoples swim suits...and making some very embarrasing mistakes)

- Prescription wrap around sunglasses (tried skiing with contacts and goggles and ended up ripping lenses in my eye. Ouch)

missmatty

-6.25 in each eye (sob...)

feylya

L: -1.0
R: -0.75

Hopefully going in to get contacts this week and if my prescription hasn't changed, it's off to the laser man