I thought I only had myopia, so I wasn't too worried. Then my prescription showed that I have astigmatism, which I had never heard of.

Right eye (RE): -0.25 CYL, Axis 90°

Left eye (LE): -1.25 CYL, Axis 110°

Is this the reason it's harder for me to see at night and why I'm sensitive to bright lights?

28F. Recently the prescription in my right eye suddenly jumped quite a bit. I used to wear a prescription of -1.75 (Left) and -2.75 with -0.5 Cyl 180 degree axis. I went to an eye hospital for a checkup because of some blurring in my right and the prescription got corrected to -2.5 (Left) and -5 (Right). For an entire month I tried to adjust to the new glasses with no avail: I constantly threw up, couldn't maintain balance, had double vision and could not see anything near, in my left eye I couldn't see anything at all with glasses. So, I went to take a second opinion and while the new doctor decreased my left eye prescription by 0.25 (which makes the power -2.25), he added -2 cylindrical with my right eye at 10 degree angle, keeping the sph power at -5. I feel even more out of balance with the new power. I can't see anything near or far with these glasses. I threw up 4 times after getting them. I'm in academics and these frequent prescription changes are haltering my academic progress by a significant amount. Should I go to another eye hospital?

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i recently found out i have astigmatism so i went to an optometrist to check it out, turns out i have 0.75 in the right eye with an axis of 25 and 0.25 in my left with an axis of 70 and both with a sphere of +0.25 and I'm hesitant about glasses, on one hand i don't see the astigmatism it self being so bad and on the other i spend an average of about 10 hours a day on screen so it causes fatigue and dryness. what do y'all think should i go for it or save my money

Bonjour j’essaie de m’engager dans l’armée de terre j’ai fais mes test etc, j’ai une inaptitude temporaire à cause de ma vision, j’ai été voir un ophtalmologue qui m’a donné ma correction: sans lunette je vois de l’œil gauche pas plus de 1,50-10 et de l’œil droit 8-10 et avec ma correction je passe à 4-10 et de l’œil droit 10-10. Je ne pourrai pas améliorer ma vue de l’œil gauche mon astigmatisme est trop élevé, vous pensez que je pourrais être apte ou apte avec des restrictions ou inapte

Merci à vous

If yes then please write down your cylinder power with axis and extent of double vision.

I started using optivision 1 (one day contact lenses) for astigmatism like 2 days ago, and my vision gets really blurry when im like in a dark room, like room with curtains closed, when i open the curtains the vision gets 100% normal.
My left eye is 2.25 and my right eye is 1.25

Hello all, 25 M. I have high astigmatism and I wasn't aware that metal frames were the best option for me, ive always used plastic and bigger ones as far as width and length of the glasses go. i recently found out that smaller metal frames are the way to go cause it keeps everything compact. i bought some new glasses and should have them soon. the thing is when I drive I get anxiety and feel like shit, I get dizzy and feel weak. it started on tuesday of this week and the panic attacks are on and off, some worse than others.

I make myself go out so i dont grow fear of going out but this paranoia is crazy. i haven't had anxiety like this since I was 15-16.

has any one else had problems with their prescription giving them anxiety?

I have a pretty bad astigmatism in my right eye which can only be corrected to 20/40 at best. I've always noticed that I have perfect vision underwater with standard goggles on. Is that normal? My son also has a bit of astigmatism, but he needs prescription goggles.

Hello! I've been experiencing double vision for a year now(Monocular). I have astigmatism, so I thought a post here for help would be appropriate. White letters on a black background(Like dark mode) or similar combinations have the most noticeable double image. It causes headaches for me and I just feel like sleeping some times. My doctor told me it might be due to dryness which I even have, but with eye drops the dryness is gone but I have no improvement in my vision. I can see stuff clearly, but there is ghosting of images above it. The problem is more noticeable at night and in poorly lit areas. If I go for walks outside in the sunlight i don't see ghost images at all..

I've heard a corneal topography and it came back normal, so I don't think that is a problem. Prisms don't help at all. Also another thing the problem is gone when looking through a pinhole.

I would appreciate it if someone knows what to do to improve my situation!

y prescription from 2024 was Right Sph 0.5, left sph 0, right cyl -1.75, left cyl -0.75. The new prescription is Right sph 0.25, left sph 0, right cyl -1.5 , left cyl -1, I’ve never felt the need for glasses , are both these prescriptions very different? One of the clinics told me I might be eligible for LaSEk? But don’t know why I’ve never had a problem before if the prescription hasn’t changed much …

I wear custom toric lenses for my high astigmatism, but no matter what brand/strengths I've tried, my left eye seems to slip and slide, rotate, cause blurry vision, and just feel like there's debris. Oddly enough, my left eye is my "good" eye.

Prescription for Biofinity XR toric:

Left PWR +1.50, BC 8.7, DIA 14.5, CYL -2.25, AX 070

Right PWR +3.25, BC 8.7, DIA 14.5, CYL -4.25, AX 105

This is pretty much the only brand I can wear in my true prescription, so I'm not sure what to do. Any thoughts or similar experiences? I will say, some days it feels perfect, but most days are a struggle.

Hi guys. So I was recently diagnosed with astigmatism at my last eye checkup. My first question is that if it has anything to do with my type 1 diabetes, and my second question is whay the treatment options are. My doctor mentioned glasses but I didn't know if laser treatment is an option as well. Any help is appreciated

Hi, I got LASIK done 5 years ago and since then I don't have much myopia left. (sph 25 in right eye, 0 in left eye, mild-moderate astigmatism in both. Recently, especially when stressed, I noticed my vision was sort of blurry so went for an eye test. turns out my right eye prescription has actually gone down from 0.5 to 0.25 (spy), left eye astigmatism has increased by 0.25. But most importantly, left eye axis has changed from 15 to 180... what does this mean? Can this be the reason for the blurred vision and lack of focus? Will I need to wear glasses again? I was quite unbothered by my eyes for the past few years so not sure if this is in my head... just wondering what the change in axis means....

Would it be possible with such bad near sightedness? My glasses give me headaches constantly. I know that it would reverse a bit, but my eyes being -4 for life would not be bad at all. Im tired of my eyes hurting all the time from the pressure. I have had contacts as well, but they make my eyes super dry and I can not be putting in contact soultion all the time for what I do at work. Thank you!

I'm 27yo and got new glasses 8 days ago. My vision is clear, but I still have headaches and some nausea.

My old prescription of 3 years ago had a PD of 64mm.

My new prescription has a PD of 70mm. The clinic rechecked it on the auto-refractor and got 70.5mm.

I measured my PD at home with a mirror and a ruler and got about 72mm.

I also went back to the optician who made my glasses. He had me wear my glasses, asked me to look at the tip of his index finger held close to the center of his forehead, then marked two dots on my lenses and said the distance between them was about 65mm.

Could the 65mm measurement simply be because I was looking at a close target (near PD), or does it suggest my glasses were made incorrectly?

Should I keep wearing the glasses for another week to adapt, or is it more likely that something is wrong with the prescription or the lens alignment?

Health anxiety/OCD sufferer here! 30 y/o. I have a different fixation every few months, and this month a supremely mild cornea scratch triggered vision/eyes as my new fixation. Yay ~

Because of my poor mental health atm, I cannot tell if bright lights always had rainbowish streaks coming from them and I'm just noticing it now, OR if this is a new symptom of my diagnosed astigmatism. Of course, when I googled this, 'rainbow halos' keeps coming up with glaucoma as an option. This is obviously making me panic.

I wouldn't describe it as a halo - I'd describe it as whispy streaks of light coming directly from the source itself with a bit of a holographic/rainbow look to them. LED headlights are the worst offender. The effect seems to be in both eyes equally.

I went to the eye doctor 3 weeks ago for my scratch and my prescription had not changed. My scratch was already halfway healed, all I needed was some lubricating drops, which I'm still taking.

Basically - should I run to the eye doctor or my psychiatrist? Lol.

Any help is appreciated - thanks!

Hi! My prescription changed from an axis of 165 to 155 in one eye. My new glasses feel off—I’ve worn them a couple days and I’m not dizzy anymore but whenever I look at something it’s like it takes a second to focus on it. Also when I’m looking at something close it’s hard to focus at all and maybe gives me a headache?

I’m wondering if this might mean my prescription is wrong or I need to get something adjusted again.

Also, I don’t usually wear glasses (especially during the summer) but my contacts aren’t prescribed for astigmatism (it’s small enough). If I get used to these glasses will I then get disoriented when I wear my contacts?

Please help, I’m really stressed about this because glasses are expensive and I want to get this right because the return period is up :(

When I tried the glasses at the optometrist i didn't notice it immediately cause nee prescriptions are always weird. Then after a few hours i started to notice blurrynes when looking at the right.

Is it normal to get new glasses, and see very well on the left side of both eyes, but on the right it's blurry. When laying belly up in the bed the right side is not blurry. When standing up it turns blurry, tried to tilt the head slightly to the right and that helps minimally.

When i turn the eyes to the right (individually or in conjunction) of the lenses it starts to turn blurry.

When looking at a screen it is very perceptible, cause it feels like the letters get a slight halo, or can almost see the pixel primary colors differentiating.

when looking straight ahead it is clear, but i feel a slight weirdness on the right side, like something wrong with periferal vision. It's especially bad on the right eye. A few milimeters off tothe right and it starts to blur. But when laying down i don't feel that.

Sometimes it doesn't happen (or only mildly), so I'm not sure of it's just my brain trying to ajust. I've never experienced this much difference with the left being completly clear vision, and the right varying so much.

The middle and left sides are very clear, so the prescription seems correct there. Is it because of the high astigmatism, could it be a lense fitting problem?? Do I just need more time, I know i should wait 3 or 4 days to ajust, this just feels diferent than the normal adjustment struggles.

Thank you

This is my new prescription:

Right

Sphere -0.75

Cylinder -4.00

Axis 174°

Left

Sphere -2.50

Cylinder -3.50

Axis 12°

Edit: went back to the optometrist this morning cause this didn't feel normal, and it was the axis, there was slight deviation. They didn't even have to order another lense. They changed the frames temples and arms and tilt slightly and now it aligns perfectly on my face and i don't see blurry anymore. Everything is super HD 😃

Like i have myopia of -5 diopters whenever I see coloured lights red looks least myopia whenever purple or blue are 3 times worse than red . And when I look at purple for ex if it's 5 cm circle 1 cm of it along the arc looks blue.