11 ms·
I asked the optometrist. He was a little offended that I wasn't going to use the new measurements but I pleaded with him enough that he relented. One very inte
by ysw0 6y ago
I asked the optometrist. He was a little offended that I wasn't going to use the new measurements but I pleaded with him enough that he relented.
One very interesting thing that convinced me to start doing this: if you get measurements taken at night (vs early in the day), your prescriptions will be stronger as your eyes are already tired. So your new glasses may be too strong for you but your eyes will adapt to it and become worse.
- dmitryminkovsky 6y agoWas this in the US? I’ve tried and everyone told me filling an expired prescription is illegal. Even places that don’t do exams. I have an old prescription and don’t want to get an exam because of the pandemic.
- astura 6y agoI'm assuming the optometrist wrote a new prescription for the old measurements.
- Sohcahtoa82 6y agoThat doesn't make sense. I'd recommend getting glasses online from Zenni [0]. They just ask for the measurements of the prescription. There's nothing about expiration dates. And they're super inexpensive! Glasses are a racket. I can't speak for the quality/durability of their frames, as I only used them to get some prescription lenses for my Valve Index so I can play in VR without wearing my glasses. [0] https://www.zennioptical.com/ https://www.zennioptical.com/
- deleted 6y ago[deleted]
- lucb1e 6y agoAn optometrist in Germany told me the same regarding measuring eyes in the morning, for what it's worth. I came in after work and they basically turned me away because they didn't think I'd get a good measurement at that time.
- Vrondi 6y agoIn my experience, wearing glasses that are either too strong _or_ too weak for your myopia will lead to headaches. Lots of headaches.