About two weeks ago I went for my bi-annual eye test and was told that my driving and reading glasses need updating. Last Wednesday i picked them up and no real issue with my driving glasses however the reading reading glasses are another issue. With my old glasses I have no issue reading off my laptop, magazine or Kindle. The latter two are about 14" from my eyes when holding them on my lap. However with the new specs unless I am holding the magazine or Kindle about 1' from my eyes, the print is not clear and sharp. If I read at my normal distance I am now finding that after a while I get a migraine and I am not one to suffer from migraines.

Went back to the optician yesterday firstly to get one the lens for my driving glasses put back in as it had fallen out and also to raise the issue of my reading glasses. I was told by the optician that after a couple of months my eyes will adjust to the new glasses and that I should persevere with them? I always thought that glasses were to supposed correct your eyesight and not for your eyes to correct themselves to adapt to the new glasses?

Never had this issue previously so a bit unsure however I do not enjoy migraines. Should I find another optician and pay again?

Get another comparative report from another optician

Get another comparative report from another optician

Thanks. Not sure how to go about that as have never been given a report on any of my visits?

Shouldnt take a couple months to adjust at all. Should take a few days to a week at most.

Find a new optician.

Shouldnt take a couple months to adjust at all. Should take a few days to a week at most.

 

Find a new optician.

This is what I am thinking. I might as well have walked into Boots and bought two magnifying glasses and asked them to frame them in the hope that eventually my eyes will adjust to them.

Theree are one or two opticians out there who will hold back your prescription with a view to selling you some expensive new glasses. These same ones also fail to let you know if there has been a significant change in your prescription. For Reading are you sure you cannot just use those sold over the counter. I have always collected my prescription and gone elsewhere.

Unfortunately I found that opticians tempt to change your prescription slightly so you get new lenses if not new spectacles.

Whenever I go to have a test now I say that I will buy new spectacles no matter what because the ones I have are scratched and I don't like them anymore.

Prescription hasn't changed in 10 years.

Weird?

I have arranged an appointment for tomorrow and will insist on copies of the prescription and also the previous subscription. I am wondering why I can clearly read the print on my laptop with glasses that were issued to me back in 2014?

Remember you have paid for a Service.

I would start questioning the Opticians as were the Glasses made in store or sent away to a central Lab (has the Lab messed up?)

Why have you had to have the lens put back into one set of glasses and the other pair difficult to read with. I would not accept this and would be challenging the Opticians to rectify these issue and you want clarification that the lenses in the glasses you are having reading problems from are the correct lenses fitted.

You are fully entitled to a copy of your prescription and if this Opticians.

Do some checks on the actual Opticians as the may actually just be a Franchise of a larger chain but using there name so look them up on companies house.

This link may be of use: https://www.optical.org/