Why NEW GLASSES make you feel weird | Optometrist Explains

Today's topic is about Glasses Adaptation.

Why new glasses feel weird can be attributed to 3 variables:
1. The glasses position
2. The glasses prescription
3. The lens design

If you have any questions regarding this video, then feel free to comment down below.

[melissacooper]

I was a little nervous at first when I was waiting for my first pair of glasses because my sister had told me that I might feel strange when I would finally start wearing them. Well the day I finall got my glasses I was amazed at how vivid and sharp everything around me was! It's like seeing the world in HD! I did have to adjust to reading with them on. But other than that I've been on Cloud Nine.

[DissonusWren]

I once went back to the optometrist because my glasses were wrong. He said that sometimes new glasses can feel weird, but it was actually because he had accidentally put my old prescription in them instead of the new one.

[benadams]

I had already worn glasses for many years when I received new lenses. I kept telling the optometrist they weren't right and something was off. He kept giving the line "it'll take time to adjust." Yes, that is true in a lot of cases, but they were NEVER, after YEARS right. I went to a different optometrist the next time I needed an update. My new lenses worked perfectly without a period of adjustment.

[SimMermaid]

A long time ago, I didn't realize trees had distinguishable leaves on them. They basically looked like cartoon green blobs to me. After I got my first pair of glasses, I was so amazed at the world around me being so crisp and clear. Flash forward to my umpteenth pair of glasses, I now have glasses that are not only "fashionable' lenses but they are also as thin as possible and still look like a coke bottle on steroids. 🤣Half-inch thick concave lenses to correct my astigmatism and extreme nearsightedness. Gotta love genetics! 😂 Your videos explain so much that I've always wondered but didn't know how to explain. Thanks for layman's way of explaining! 😊

[LoveGod-ObeyGod]

Love this video! I just turned 30 and got my first prescriptions classes. I literally got it today and found myself getting a bit dizzy, feeling a bit weird and my eyes are tearing here and there. I will give it more time but it does eliminate the blurriness and its the world is so much clearer and more colourful lol. Thank you for this great video!

[vanshpatel]

The most comprehensive, clear and easy to understand video! Bravo Antonio!

[cocobuttr]

Thank you, thank you!! You answered literally all my questions I forgot to ask my eye doctor this past Tuesday! I jumped from a -2.50 to a -3.25 and got a little distortion and my eyes became extremely tired and strained. I do have a astigmatism in both eyes...something appears closers than they really are when I first put them on but as the day went out its starting to flat out....I also have my glasses adjusted up closer again thanks a million

[alsy]

The funniest experience is when you are used to wearing lenses, but then need to put on glasses for a short period of time for the first time in forever, and you jump straight from normal vision to the distortion of -6 (in my case). I had to walk down a street to a doctor's office like this, and oh boy if it was a fun experience. I had to alternate between looking through glasses and without them cuz I needed to see signs but also got extremely dizzy if I wouldn't take it off

[evilcore]

When I got my first glasses 2 years ago and I wore them it feels weird because I know I need them but I didn’t know how bad my eyesight really was until I got my glasses.
And next to the fact that everything looks more sharp (and I really enjoy looking to trees and grass), it felt like I was smaller and I‘m closer to the ground and my body felt like a pressed together accordion and can’t stretched out so walking felt also weird in this „tinier, heavier body“ 🤷🏻‍♀️
Why I felt this way ?

[peterbreis]

Thank you Antonio, you are providing a much needed education to users of glasses. Much appreciated.

[nicklee]

Great video Antonio!! Very informative. I tried double aspheric 1.7 lenses in my newest pair for the first time for my -4.0 prescription and they felt very weird to begin with… But I’m glad I persisted with them as I love them now!!

[danielacedeno]

You, sir, have the best vision health channel I've found. Exceedingly informative, answers every question I could have. Thank you so much.

[MyAmazingUsername]

You're awesome. The distortion / astigmatism correction demo really explained to me why I am seeing everything warped now. When I turned my head, the whole world basically slants and wobbles. Will that "head turning = slanted world" effect also vanish when I get used to these glasses?

The other thing I wonder about is when I move my eyeballs without turning my head, to look at things in the corners of the glasses, I notice some chromatic aberration and very bent lines. Will that also go away with time?

[miner]

I've been wearing glasses since I was 5 and without them I can only see blurry blurry blurry, but I love them because I'm used to them and without them I can't see anything so they're helpful 🤓 if anyone out there is struggling to see things I highly recommend getting an appointment!
Glasses are always super helpful :]

[otiebrown]

New glasses always give me headaches, and make my eyes - feel very poor.
When I complain, I am told, "you'll get used to it".

[rockergirl]

i wish i saw this video earlier in my life!!!! i just had my annual eye exam, but this info will be very beneficial next year when i get examined again and get new spectacles !!! thank you for this video!!!!

[Beading_Kate]

I got new prescription and made new glasses following it… when we checked with optometrist it felt and seemed ok, not perfect and distorted a bit, but ok. They told me that distortion will go away after adaptation period of max 3 weeks. Later, when I got new glasses, I followed recommendations they gave me and I went through strong headaches and dizziness but I followed their advice and wore new glasses nonetheless. Three weeks after, I’ve developed double imaging and I noticed that my left eye began to squint. I am in panic and I don’t know what could be the reason! I don’t want to have squinted eye in addition to all my current eyesight issues. This is very unnerving and frustrating.
I consulted optometrists who checked my eyesight and gave me prescription, but they say prescription is correct and they say glasses were made correctly… if everything was correct, I should have been adapted long ago! My usual adaptation period to new glasses is one or two days, not three weeks. Needless to say, that this is the first time I have such bad headaches and nausea and the first time my eye shifted its place during adaptation to new glasses. This just couldn’t be right.
I don’t know what to do. I switched back to my previous glasses, but my left eye continues to go close to my nosebridge and I have double imaging when I look at objects farther than 1-2 meters. Something went wrong, and I do not understand what happened.
I try to find another optician who will be able to tell me what’s wrong and how to fix it. I can’t live my normal life with this double imaging, it’s too distracting.😢

[jewelleryaddict]

Best explanation I have ever heard in my 70 years on this planet!! Been wearing glasses since about 12. Good close vision. At 70 this is first time came out with glasses can't see out of, one month later no change it's actually same or worse then what I went in with. So disgusted. Not much change as usual to numbers wondering what went wrong. Bifocal part same and good but distance is awful.

[jcparkins]

Thank you for this informative video. I am about to go back to the optometrist for the 3rd time to try and get these new glasses right. I think part of the problem may be that the lenses are too large, creating a distortion with the curvature of the lens, so I will try on some smaller frames. Also they didn't get the bifocal distance correct - again. In reading the comments I'm glad to see I am not the only one who has trouble getting my glasses correct.

[naomipalmer]

One thing I do always do to help is to wear my new glasses when I wake up in the morning. So I take of my old ones to go to sleep and have my new ones ready for when I wake up. This really helps with getting used to them as your eyes aren’t suddenly switching from one type to another. :)