I recently purchased a new pair of frames and lenses.  The frames are
my first pair of rimless.  The lenses are high-index.  I really like
the way the glasses look...but not so much how I see through them.  I
seem to be having two problems.  The first is that my vision does not
seem as clear and bright and natural to me as it does through my old
lenses.  My eyes seem to have to work harder to see well, if this makes
any sense, and my field of vision seems less flat.  Since the
opthamologist told me that my prescription had changed only slightly, I
am wondering if this could be a lens issue.

My previous lenses, according to my receipt, were Hoya 1.6 with an AR
coating.  The current lenses, my new optician tells me, are Varilux
single-vision 1.67 with a Zeiss AR coat.  Several years ago, I remember
trying a high-index lens and finding my peripheral vision quickly
degraded off-center, so I was switched into...I think, at the time,
spectralite?

I have been reading online that the lower ABBE value of high-index
lenses can cause blurring, but can it also cause the kind of dullness,
etc. that I am experiencing?  Is the difference in ABBE values between
these two lenses such that I would even notice it?

My other concern is that, when I am outside, the sunlight seems to be
reflected off the inner polished edge of the lenses right into my eyes.
It is painful and when I go back inside, I see dark artefacts from it
for a while.  Is there anything I can request be done to correct this
issue?  Sigh...these lenses were just so seductive in their sample
frames...like shiny little gems, I really had not anticipated any of
this, lol. :)

My prescription, if it matters, is:

-4.75, +1.00, 095
-5.75, 1.75, 080

Thanks so much for your time!

-- Elizabeth