These Photochromic Glasses Are Great!

[jesse_the_k]

My eyes are sensitive to light—bright lights trigger migraine and anxiety. It’s the major reason I’m almost always wearing a hat.

I’m farsighted, astigmatic, and I have double vision, so my glasses are thick. I think I’ve tried every possible light-management approach:

• contacts & sunglasses (not enough vision correction)
• Rx glasses with customized clipon sunglasses (terrible fit, always losing them)
• gray or brown dark Rx glasses (distracting color distortion, trying to track two pairs of glasses was hard)
• Rx glasses with Cocoons and Fitovers (effective and least expensive, but still must track two pairs of glasses)

Top: outside on cloudy day (dark: can see my eyes but not distinguish my eyelashes)
Middle: inside on sunny day (clear)
Bottom: different pair of glasses with clear lenses on same sunny day (just as clear)

These are the standard Transitions brand

Comments

[niqaeli]

Light exposure is also a major migraine trigger for me, so I know this feel sadly all too well. The best solution I've found for myself is polarised prescription sunglasses, but it is definitely tedious tracking two pairs of glasses.

I'm so grateful for modern high index plastics. My glasses would be a nightmare if they weren't made from those. (In my case, I'm just very nearsighted and very astigmatic.)

High index changed my life.

[jesse_the_k]

My first glasses (back in 1960) were glass, and I had pressure sores on my nose for decades--that's why I switched to contacts. But contacts just can't do correct enough (not even the hard ones I wore back then).

Latest discovery is air pillow nosepads, the silicone tear drops that transfer the weight on to the bridge of my nose. These ones have air in the center, and it makes a difference.

I've tried saddle bridges with marginal improvement: I have a really little nose, and even pediatric ones don't seem to fit me. I wish I could 3D print silicone.