First pair of glasses

[socal500]

Just got my first pair of glasses from EyeMart Express. When I went in I was planning on getting bifocals but as we were discussing frames the girl helping pointed out that the top would be long distance, center for things a few a way and then the bottom for reading up close. I thought well thats good but Im thinking now not so good. She did state that I would need to look towards the things I was looking at in order for them to be clear but once I got home and have worn them for a while I rind that the sweet spot for viewing is extremely small. I would say less than a size of a dime. For example at my computer desk with a 23" screen, sitting back approximately 3 feet back, looking straight ahead at screen, I cannot just cut my eyes down at the corner to see the time. I have to point my nose directly at it. Another example is looking directly HERE is clear but everything starts getting blurry HERE and worse HERE HERE HERE and HERE..

In short it seems that only a very small percentage of the lens is actually useful.

I will also add that my perscription for far distance viewing was only a minor correction. The closer things like reading is where I needed most help. I don't see why she set me up with three levels when my normal viewing was not really an issue.

So is this normal or should I go with a bifocal or go somewhere besides EyeMart Express ?

[Bobsoptical]

IT would depend on a few different things. I have found patients with very light distance
are the kind of people who might have problems with Progressive lenses. You see sometimes
you really have to perceive r with invisible bifocals and if you don,t wear them all the time (such
as having a very light distance) then they may be to complicated for type of prescription.

If you basically wear them for reading then there are several things you can do.
Stick with just readers or get one pair for reading and one pair for computer use.
Computers usually sit further away than your reading distance so computer lenses
are about half the strength of your reading script.

If you use the computer a lot computer Single vision with a glare coating are very
useful. I do not think the optician really made a mistake putting you in progressive,s
She may have not asked the right questions to find out exactly what you need them for
My advise is to probably return to the store and see if they can switch them.
But I would definitely give them a try for a while, Sometimes it takes a while to get
used to them. You can also get computer bifocals which are the top intermediate and
the bottom reading.

Hope This helps a bit
All the Best
Bob Day