Are Progressive lenses unsuitable for use with Computers?
I just got progressive lenses a few months ago. The distance-focus area is in the middle and seems to be pretty wide, and so far I haven’t had any problems with using computers. The only issue I’ve had is that when I go to the movies, I need to sit far enough away so that the distance-focus area accomodates the entire height of the screen. You might just need to make the same sort of adjustment when you’re working on computers. I found that I had to move back a little way from the monitor for my new lenses to work. And with a brand-new prescription, I COULD sit further away and still see the screen. So it might be as simple as that! If changing your seating or moving the monitor doesn’t help, my suggestion is that you go back the optician you got the glasses from, explain your situation and why the lenses aren’t working for you, and see what they suggest. You might need to get a separate pair of glasses just for computer work, or they may be able to get you a new set of lenses with foc
Consider also the chair, desk and the monitor. If you have the screen the same distance away from your eyes as you would hold a book, then you will need to use the bottom (reading) section of your glasses to read it. If you sit on a regular chair to do this you’ll end up with a stiff neck. Been there. I decided it would be better to alter my desk arrangement than play around with lots of different pairs of glasses. It’s very much a matter of personal choice. By buying a bigger desk, or flat screen monitor you can have the screen farther away. By buying an ergonomic chair you can sit in the position that best suits viewing the screen etc. I opted for moving the monitor away and using a higher part of the lens. There are other ways. You can move chairs up and down. You can tilt monitors. You can sit them on top of things.
All progressive lenses have areas of soft focus,within each brand are lenses with different characteristics and not all lenses suit all people.At my practice we would expect anyone who had not adjusted to the new lenses within two weeks to come back and let us find out why.Each progressive lens has identifing marks as well as fitting marks on it, take your old progs with you to the opticians to enable them to see what lenses have suited you, and explain the problem you are having with the new ones so they can help you. If we could not supply an identical type of lens we know enough to get one with the most similar characteristics,and as we can send the old ones back as a non tolerance we would make no charge to the patient unless the product was a higher price in which case we would ask for the difference only,andif, as often happens the new product is cheaper, you’d get a refund for the excess.
