Ow ow ow.

[castalia]

I hate this new eye doctor. A new new one is definitely going to be in order here very soon.

At my recent eye exam my prescription went up by .50, and I've never had it go up more than .25 at a time. But he said that's what it was and okay, it'd been more than two years since my last exam so I figured it would be okay.

Wrong. New contacts felt awful and I couldn't focus. Sucky.

So I emailed him and he said to come in and try the number in between. Got a sample and tried them.

Ow.

Anyone else ever use Acuvue Oasys contact lenses? These are supposed to be new and awesome and all that, but they HURT. I've been getting such headaches with them in, and Googling makes me worry b/c there are some pretty awful reviews from some contact wearers out there. Correlations between this type of lens and all sorts of corneal damage and crap. I think I'm going to have to exchange them for my old plain Acuvue type (which, annoyingly enough, my new eye doctor doesn't even carry b/c they're "old"). Argh. At least lens.com takes exchanges for unopened boxes.

Ow. :(

Comments

[kitzen-kat.livejournal.com]

Ow ow ow. Must be the season for awful lenses. Hope you get ones you like - and soon!

[castalianspring.livejournal.com]

Thanks, me too!

[settiai]

I actually had no problems when I was using Oasys (though I did switch back to Acuvue Advance after one box simply because it was such a price difference), and I thought they were a lot more comfortable than my old ones. But my mom couldn't wear them at all; she had the same problem as you, with them feeling horrible and not focusing properly.

[castalianspring.livejournal.com]

I'm glad to hear it's not just me. My mother can wear them with no trouble and she was so surprised when I complained. I only ordered them b/c they were new and there was a rebate, but I think I'm just going to return them. *sigh*

[mir280.livejournal.com]

Try Dr. Dzik on Shallowford Road. He's great! I would still be going to him but he doesn't take my insurance:(

[castalianspring.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it's all a matter of finding someone I like who's in our network. There are a few more doctors downtown, so I'll probably try those first before going quite so far out. Thanks for the rec, though.

[lornelover.livejournal.com]

I had a not so great time with them. I hadn't worn contacts in a long while, but I'd always had problems with my eyes always beeing red and tired. My doc gave me Oasys, since they're ever so magical and keep you eyes moist or whatever the hell. After like two days, my eyes were more red than they'd ever been with my Acuvue 2's. Which I couldn't go back to, since they didn't have any, just like you.

Anyway, he switched me to another brand, which didn't help very much, but that might've been because I already had an eye infection. After that cleared up, I got dailies, and only use them rarely.

Long story short, I suspect the makers of Oasys must've given every optometrist in the country a blow job, because they are so not as good as everyone seems to think they are, and certainly not better than Acuvue's cheaper/older stuff.

[castalianspring.livejournal.com]

I'd try Acuvue 2, which they did have, but I need 8.4 and those only come in 8.3. I don't really know if that's enough of a difference to matter, though.

I'm seeing a lot of online reviews that sound like yours: redness, pain, resultant eye infections, etc. I think you're right, there's a real racket going on with the eye doctors pushing these contacts. I can get plain Acuvue from Lens.com still, so I think I'll just exchange for that.

[firiel44.livejournal.com]

OMG you are actually more blind than me! *faints* Nobody beats me at the blind game! I'm 7.0 (left) and 7.5 (right).

I have Oasys and they rarely give me trouble. One last month was a complete PITA, but normally they're fine. I guess they just work for some people and not for others.

[castalianspring.livejournal.com]

Noooooooooo, not prescription. I was talking about the base curve. My power is only -5.50 in each eye. Not quite blind yet! You can win for a while longer ;)

Now my idiot doctor has written "Oasys or Acuvue 2 8.3" on my new prescription. If lens.com gives me any hassle about getting plain old Acuvue I shall be rather annoyed.

[yunitsa.livejournal.com]

Ouch :( I got switched from Acuvue 2 to Acuvue Advance with Hydraclear a few years ago because my eyes weren't getting enough oxygen, and they've been great (can hardly feel them, unless my eyes are acting up anyway) - but I don't know if they even have that type in the U.S.

[castalianspring.livejournal.com]

We do but the Acuvue 2 and Advance come in 8.3 and I need 8.4. The Oasys has the Hydraclear stuff too, though, and I do wonder if they'd be comfortable with the oxygen part if not for the headache part. It's made of a new material, so I may just be reacting to that.

[deborak]

I already have corneal damage but I can wear Acuvue Advance without any problems, so thumbs up for that line.

[castalianspring.livejournal.com]

Hm, haven't tried Advance. It seems to come in the base curve of 8.3 as well. That small 0.1 change seems small but I'd want to try out a pair before buying a bunch, I think.