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I'm one that needed glasses most of my life, but refused to wear them. At 14 I got contacts and they worked for me into my fifties. I finally got my first pair of glasses that I wear fulltime, and hallelujia, I can see better than ever. I now love my glasses and love not fooling with contacs ever again.
I do believe they help me with the glare of headlights at night.
Last edited by claudhopper; 03-30-2013 at 10:46 AM..
I always had excellent eyesight. Then I worked behind a computer screen all day and finally broke down and started wearing reading glasses. Honestly I was too vain for many years and would not want to be seen in reading glasses (thought they were for older people). I started a new job and decided that I would just start wearing them since I was new and they did help. (I was around 47)
I don't know if wearing the reading glasses (cheap drug store ones) have hurt my eyes but after about 10 years of them now I can't see a thing without them. But that's only for close up. I still see fine at a distance.
I guess you just have to decide...do you want to see or not
This question is for those of you that had good eyesight most of your life, but then needed glasses as you reached your 40's or 50's. Do you wish you had done it sooner? How was your eyesight deteriorating, (reading, long distances, etc. going down hill)
Here's why I ask. All my life, I've had about 20/15 vision. In my late 40's now, and definitely need readers to look at the computer or any reading material. Have noticed that driving down the highway, or seeing long distances, things are not as crisp as they used to be.
Even though my general practitioner said I had 20/20 on the eye chart. I know, he's not an eye doctor.
Hoping that if/when I get glasses, that I'll be thrilled with what finally see clearly again. And do you think that deteriorating eyesight can cause any type of anxiety or depression or unhappiness (subconsciously).
Thanks for any of your insight.
It happened pretty fast for me. I had worn glasses as a child because I was very crossed eyed, even after 3 operations. I don't think my eye sight was bad, but remember this was before the dinasours were on earth. Anyway, finally, as I started college I realized glasses were not what I needed. Also the operations had worked pretty well and most of the time people could tell who I was looking at. Anyway, when I was in my very early 40s, I was having phyical theorpy and spent about 20 minutes, 3 times a week, on my back. I would read while I lay there. That is when I realized, my stretched out arms put the magazine or book further from my face and I could read the fine print>>>It was time to visit the nice doctor that could test me for middle age eye problems. I adjusted, I did do the contact thing off and on for years. Now I just wear the glasses for reading, forget the contacts and don't let it bother me.
This question is for those of you that had good eyesight most of your life, but then needed glasses as you reached your 40's or 50's. Do you wish you had done it sooner? How was your eyesight deteriorating, (reading, long distances, etc. going down hill)
Here's why I ask. All my life, I've had about 20/15 vision. In my late 40's now, and definitely need readers to look at the computer or any reading material. Have noticed that driving down the highway, or seeing long distances, things are not as crisp as they used to be.
Even though my general practitioner said I had 20/20 on the eye chart. I know, he's not an eye doctor.
Hoping that if/when I get glasses, that I'll be thrilled with what finally see clearly again. And do you think that deteriorating eyesight can cause any type of anxiety or depression or unhappiness (subconsciously).
Thanks for any of your insight.
I always had perfect vision, and yes, it bugs me that now I need reading glasses. Actually it's getting worse than just that, as I can no longer read street signs at night when I'm driving, can't see the little scoreboard when I watch football on TV, and the headlights of other cars bother me a great deal. When I first got the reading glasses, I tried not to wear them too much as I was afraid they'd make my eyes weaker, but they are getting weaker anyway. I started with 1.00 and now up to 2.00. Last weekend my bf took me to dinner, very romantic and dimly lit....and even with my 2.00's I couldn't read the menu in the dim light! I had to take my menu over to the window, lol. It bothers me more than any other sign of aging, as I hate feeling helpless without the glasses. I once bought a top that was $75 because without my glasses I thought it said $15! I always think of the Twilight Zone with Burgess Meredith, who was delighted to find that the NYC public library survived the nuclear blast, until he broke his glasses.
I take Lutein now, but not sure if it does anything. In any case, it sucks yes, but getting older is better than the alternative.
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