<p>I know there are a couple threads on contacts, but they are a little dated. </p>
<p>So I am a life long glasses wearer and I recently got some contacts for the first ever. </p>
<p>My optician went on vacation this week and he won't be back until next week. </p>
<p>And I am just wondering how long does it take to adjust to new contacts. I am far sighted and have astigmatism in both eyes and I am 20, male, if that makes a difference. And they are soft lenses, the ones where you replace them monthly but have to take them out everyday. </p>
<p>I have had my contacts for about 3 days now, my vision is improved somewhat when I wear them but I have a hard time reading books/newspapers/road signs and sometimes even watching TV. </p>
<p>And Any advice on how to better handle this process would be awesome. </p>
<p>I’m near sighted and have astigmatism in only 1 eye. I have that type of contacts too. First got them late last year.</p>
<p>I would say the same happened to me, certain text looks blurry for a month or so. But do not worry. You did not mess up on the test, so do not believe anyone who says you did. For some reason it can take that long for vision to come around and eventually everything, close and far, texty or not, will clarify. If it’s not just a slight blurryness and you have worse problems, describe it to the desk clerk or make an appointment.</p>
<p>My doctor had me wear them in increasing windows of 2 hours. As in I wore them 2 hours the first day, 4 hours the next day, 6 the next, etc. By the time I was able to wear them all day and into the night most stuff was pretty clear.</p>
<p>We had an interesting problem when I wanted contacts…I was in the 6th grade and had (still have) a lazy eye. The one eye refused to go straight. She would put a one-lensed set of glasses with my prescription in them, and the eye would go straight. And as soon as she removed it, it would go crooked again. Took about an hour for my eye to “adjust.” I remember sitting in the office, watching Pinocchio, waiting for the double vision to stop.</p>
<p>I have had my contacts for about four years now. I also have an astigmatism in both eyes, although I am told that one eye is much worse than the other, as far as astigmatisms go.</p>
<p>When I first got my contacts there was also no adjustment period between my contacts and glasses because my prescription between both my glasses and contacts were very close. The only problem that I have had in the past year or so is that my eye doctor can’t keep my glasses prescription and my contact prescription very close because my astigmatism is getting worse in one eye.</p>
<p>Since my percription is different in my glasses and contacts, I often have a fairly hard time reading quickly, no matter how close or far it is. But I have been told that finding it sometimes hard to “focus” your eyes to be able to read anything is common, because the contact does rotate on you eye making it possible for you to see.</p>
<p>I’m near sighted, very near sighted so much so that soft lenses weren’t an option for me. I had to get the rigid ones and I’ve been wearing them since I was 9, so that makes almost 9 years for me. When I first got them the doctor told me to wear them for an hour the first day, then add an hour for each consecutive day. Well, I was so sick of my glasses (which were excessively thick) that I ignored his advice and just wore them 24/7 (minus sleeping) from that point on. It took me about a day to adjust I think, but that could have been because of how excited I was for the contacts. </p>
<p>From what I know, as far as comfort, soft lenses are more comfortable than the rigid ones, so it should fairly easy for you to transition. If you’re having trouble, I’d suggest you do the one hour thing like what my doctor had advised me to do and just step it up a little more each day so your eyes can ease into the adjustment.</p>
<p>Hmmm I am actually considering getting contacts. If I get them now, will they bother me in college? I worry that I will have a tough time just putting them in though. Oh well, im seeing my eye doctor next friday</p>
<p>I am in college right now and I just got my contacts, at first, it takes me like 30 minutes in front of a mirror to put them on, but with 3 days of practice, I can put them on in less than 1 minute now. Taking them out is even faster.</p>
<p>Give it some more time. Every time I get a new prescription, I have to go through the same adjustment you’re describing. Even now, I can’t just take my contacts out and throw on glasses…it takes me about 5-10 minutes for my brain to realize that I’ve made the switch.</p>
<p>i’ve been wearing rigid contact lenses for a while and i have yet to learn how to take them out without any aid. when i first got them, i was given a pair of mini suction cups to remove the lenses. but overtime, the suctions cups have deformed and barely have any suction left. since i was not taught how to remove the lenses with my hands, can someone explain how to remove them for me? thanks in advance</p>
<p>I am in college right now and I just got my contacts, at first, it takes me like 30 minutes in front of a mirror to put them on, but with 3 days of practice, I can put them on in less than 1 minute now. Taking them out is even faster.</p>
<p>^^ I better get them soon - I have trouble getting even drops in my eyes!</p>
<p>Woami: I think it depends. My two prescriptions are slightly off, which might account for my adjustment. If yours are exact, I don’t see why your brain would be confused.</p>
<p>Removing contacts: (for the right eye) Hold your eyelid up with the middle finger of your left hand. Pull down underneath your eye with the middle finger of your right hand. Use your thumb and pointer finger of your right hand to make pinchers, and grab that sucker. Make sure you use the pads of your fingers, not your fingertips since you could scratch the lens. Repeat for the left eye.</p>
<p>ETA: It helps to look straight ahead when taking them out.</p>
<p>i’ve been wearing HARD contacts for 6 months now and my eyes are still not completely used for them. they really hurt like hell sometimes but i dont give up… i wear glasses from time to time as well. </p>
<p>@HisGraceFillsMe,
i have the same problem with a lazy eye when i’m in contacts. could you recommend doing anything to ease this a little bit? or eliminate? i cant even think about having to wear glasses for the rest of my life…</p>
<p>They took me up to an hour to put in the first time I got mine. What I was doing wrong was not pulling my top eye lid back enough. It is very important that you open your eyes as wide as possible.</p>
<p>Another thing tip – you should swish the (soft) contact a little in the liquid and put it up to light to make sure no little hairs or tiny floaties are on it before putting it in. I sometimes have to take mine out again because it irritates them from maybe a small hair that was attached.</p>
<p>I can’t read very well wearing contacts and I have had them for about four years now. I used to wear the monthly kind untill i tried the dailys and will never go back. It shouldn’t take any time to ajust.</p>
<p>Eh my parents have convinced not to get contacts, i am too lazy and I fail to even put in my retainers. I really wanted them because they are convenient, but now that I see it, its not as much since I have to take really good care.</p>
<p>Thanks for the posts though - but ill stick with my nerdy glasses</p>
<p>I got contacts 3 years ago. Didn’t take me any time to adjust in terms of vision, reading, etc. Learning how to put them in & take them out took a little while though. When I first went to the doctor to get contacts, it took me about half an hour just to get them in. About a week or two later, I learned how to do it in like 30 seconds. It’s pretty easy–you’ll get the hang of it quickly!</p>
<p>When I first got them, it took awhile to get used to taking them in and out - I got used it after about a month or so, though.
Now, it takes less than five seconds to put them in and out. I prefer to use the “pinch” method for taking them out, where you just pinch at the contact and bam, it’s out.</p>
<p>As far as physically adjusting, that was pretty immediate. For the first hour or so, it felt weird wearing them, but by the end of the day, my eyes will have adjusted. </p>
<p>It feels weirder for me to wear glasses than contacts, now.</p>
<p>I do have a really bad habit of sleeping in them, though.</p>