Dizzy, cross-eyed feeling in new glasses

[PanthersHUTCH15]

So, my final pairs came in from my big order 2 weeks ago...

4 pairs from zenni
1 pair from eyebuydirect
1 pair from $39

All pairs feel identical, but weird.

I ordered this prescription :

sphere cyl axis
od -3.50 -.50 79
os -3.75 -.25 135
PD 64


The above prescription is from just under a month ago.



My prescription from last year is below:
sphere cyl axis
od -3.50 -1.00 84
os -3.75 -.50 95


My current pair of glasses from my 2008 prescription have never given
me a problem, and felt great from day 1. Something has started
chipping in the lens, which prompted me to begin looking into new
eyeglass options, and led me to this site.

I've worn a new pair from Zenni for 2 full days, and a pair from
eyebuydirect for 2 full days, and I feel terrible after/while wearing
them. My eyes are very strained (eyes still feel strained while
wearing contacts today at work), I feel cross eyed when wearing each
pair, I can see quite clearly, but I get headaches and feel very dizzy
and cross eyed.

I think I'm going to return all pairs that I can return and reorder
with my 2008 prescription before giving up and just going into the
local shop and paying $200 for new lenses in my favorite frame from
Zenni or Eyebuydirect, which I would like to avoid.

Anyone have any idea why I would feel so dizzy and cross-eyed, and why
the new Rx has half of the amount of astigmatism correction and at a
different axis? I had my PD taken at the eye doc, and I took it
myself and came up with the same measurement -- Could the PD be
causing mee to feel cross eyed?

[Ira Mitchell]

That seems like a pretty big change in your astigmatism (the axis
numbers). Mine changed by 0 in the left and 2 in the right year to
year at my last appt.

A change in PD by a millimeter or two is usually not a huge deal to
the prescription. I think I have a couple pairs at 63 and the rest at
64 -- even an old pair at 61 and I don't have issues with any of them
feeling wrong in any way besides being a little weak on the oldest
pairs. My Axis numbers haven't changed much in the past 10 years.

- Ira

On Aug 17, 9:28 am, PanthersHUTCH15 <krishutchei...@sbcglobal.net>
wrote:

[liz]

Might want to have your eye docter check the RX in the frames. It
might be correct and just take some time getting used to. I just went
though the same thing and it took me four or five days to shake the
discomfort.