| Funny timing, I just picked up my first pair today. 24 years old. Last 2.5 years I'd been sick, and one of the medications I had to take on and off was prednisone, an anti-inflammatory steroid. Although it was a temporary miracle for my problem, the long list of side effects are less "these things might happen" and more "pray that not all of these things happen". Amongst others, 2 side effects were general brain fog / headaches and poor vision. I got my eyes tested 2 years ago when I was first on it and the prescription needed was so slight I was told not to bother and live with it. This time around I had the headaches again, and attributed it to the drug. After realising they weren't going away as much as I would expect whilst tapering off the drug, I got my eyes checked again and this time my eyesight was significantly worse than before. I should also mention that I was having a hard time reading anything illuminated at night, so I just assumed that was something that glasses wouldn't solve. I picked up my glasses 2 hours ago, and whilst I have a bit of a headache adjusting to it, I can't believe how clear everything is. Feels like I have superpowered vision. I took a walk to the park and looked across the bay to a mass of houses and apartment buildings. Just looking at it gave me a headache because there was so much detail at such a far distance it felt like my brain was struggling to process it all at once. Best of all, I can now use my computer again without headaches. I'd been putting off going to work until the headaches resolved, but was surprised that my distance glasses made everything on my computer perfectly sharp, despite only sitting ~1m away from a 34" monitor. Interesting thing is that I am told that I may not need glasses once I am off prednisone, however I suspect I will as I can't recall seeing this clearly in years. Probably will just have to get the prescription changed in a few months. |