 |
 | Home | Contact Us | FAQ | Search & Site Map | Link to Us |
 | Sign In | Join | Other 45 Sites in Network |
Medical Forum / General / Vision / July 2007Do I need a Toric Lens?
First time posting here. Following is my eyeglasses script: OD: +1.00 sph OS: +3.00 -1.00 x 115 add +1.00 Am I sort of borderline for a toric lens in the left eye? The right eye is (quite) dominant and I'm concerned that wearing a toric in one eye and a biomedics EP in the other will be uncomfortable. The OD gave me a Vertex toric to try in the left eye and it seems to be a little better at distances than the +2.50 biomedic EP I have for the left eye, but it's not as comfortable. Any thoughts? Thanks! > gave me a Vertex toric to try in the left eye and it seems to be a > little better at distances than the +2.50 biomedic EP I have for the > left eye, but it's not as comfortable. Don't ask if it's "better", ask if it makes a difference with both eyes open. Yours is a prescription where the "non-dominant eye" often harbors a subtle amblyopia. Meaning with both eyes open, minor changes in the left eye make no difference. -MT > > gave me a Vertex toric to try in the left eye and it seems to be a > > little better at distances than the +2.50 biomedic EP I have for the [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > -MT Thanks. Do you think the Biomedics EP is a good approach for my situation? > Thanks. Do you think the Biomedics EP is a good approach for my > situation? You haven't mentioned your age or any need for bifocals, and that does complicate things. I'm not familiar with the EP, but I usually try monovision first. I don't know that your left eye could contribute any useful near vision with a +400, for instance, but I'd want to try that before bifocal contacts. -MT > > Thanks. Do you think the Biomedics EP is a good approach for my > > situation? [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > -MT I am 44. OD thinks the EP will help with reading, which is becoming more of a factor with the right eye. > I am 44. OD thinks the EP will help with reading, which is becoming > more of a factor with the right eye. That makes sense. I ordered a trial pair of EPs today, for a patient about as old as you. Her first trial pair (B&L Multifocal) were ordered by my partner and didn't work out well at all. In your case, if you don't suppress the left eye very much, you might find that +100 in the right and +425 in the left would give you plenty of help up close, for casual use. You can always "boost" it with a pair of OTC +125 or +150s. Significant suppression (amblyopia) usually messes up monovision, but otherwise, growing up with a lot of difference between the two eyes usually makes monovision easier. It deserves a try, especially if your left eye sees 20/20 with glasses. -MT > > I am 44. OD thinks the EP will help with reading, which is becoming > > more of a factor with the right eye. [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > -MT Do you mean +4.25 in a monovision contact vs. the +2.50 I have from the Biomedics EP? The left eye seems to see up close very clearly with the +2.50 EP....as good as glasses. I just don't think I'll get distance as well as glasses without a toric, but I'm thinking it won't be as comfortable having a different type of lens in each eye. If by supress the left eye you mean close it when I'm outside in the sun or basically don't use it, then I think I do that quite a bit, so I'm not sure the monovision would do the trick, if I understand you correctly. Thanks! > > > I am 44. OD thinks the EP will help with reading, which is becoming > > > more of a factor with the right eye. [quoted text clipped - 27 lines] > > Thanks! I would add that I think I am about 80-85% with the contact in the left eye vs. glasses (100%), so that's not that bad. Right eye is just as good with either contact or glasses. It's kind of weird in that when I look at distance with only the right eye, it's OK, but when I use both it seems a little better. Puzzling to me, since I would not think the left eye would add much to the already good right eye. I have a folow-up Tuesday and I'll see if there's a more comfortable toric to try (using Coopervision Vertex now). Feels like someone stuffed a water balloon in my eye ;) > > > I am 44. OD thinks the EP will help with reading, which is becoming > > > more of a factor with the right eye. [quoted text clipped - 29 lines] > > - Show quoted text - I am not sure you understand exactly the meaning of monovision. For various definitions go to http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&rls=RNWE,RNWE:2005-43,RNWE:en&defl=en&q=defin e:Monovision&sa=X&oi=glossary_definition&ct=title You can find more detailed articles by googling "monovision". Although it may sound "un-natural", I read an article some time ago that claims that our brain is wired naturally for monovision. My understanding is that you don't need to close the other eye shen you exercise monovision, your brain will do the trick for you. > > > > I am 44. OD thinks the EP will help with reading, which is becoming > > > > more of a factor with the right eye. [quoted text clipped - 38 lines] > understanding is that you don't need to close the other eye shen you > exercise monovision, your brain will do the trick for you. Thanks, Brainy. I did not understand. I just thought monovision meant non-multifoval lenses. Didn't know about assigning one eye for distance and the other for close up. With that information, I'm not sure I'm a good candidate for it, since my right eye is so dominant. > > > > > I am 44. OD thinks the EP will help with reading, which is becoming > > > > > more of a factor with the right eye. [quoted text clipped - 43 lines] > distance and the other for close up. With that information, I'm not > sure I'm a good candidate for it, since my right eye is so dominant. I have an additional question. If the spherical equivalent of my astigmatic script is a +2.50 Biomedics EP multi-focal contact (converted from +3.00 -1.00x115), would dialing it down to +2.25 possibly help me see intermediate distances (computer screen) better? The reading distance is really good, but the computer screen distance seems not to result in a real clear 2 eye image. It's like my brain is saying "woah, left eye, you're trying to get in on the act here, but you're not quite as good as the right eye". Thoughts? |
Reply to this Message |
 Sign In
 Join
 My Latest Posts My Monitored Threads My Blog My Photo Gallery My Profile My Homepage Start New Thread Enable EMail Alerts Rate this Thread
|
©2008 Advenet LLC Privacy Policy - Terms of Use
This website includes both content owned or controlled by Advenet as well as content owned or controlled by third parties.