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[–] [email protected] 30 points 1 week ago (7 children)

I wear glasses and I still see this at night

Does that mean something is wrong with my eyes other than astigmatism

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Hey buddy try scheduling an eye appointment next time funds are available, would be a natural next step (at least in an equitable world)

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Funds aren't a problem, it's actually thinking about it and doing it.

So I guess I'm going to get an appointment scheduled lol

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 week ago

Astigmatism can worsen over time. If you're having trouble, it's probably time to update your prescription

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Oh thank goodness

Today’s eye appointment scheduling day! People on Nextdoor have always recommended somebody or other. Costco’s got opticians, same as Target sometimes I think. Good luck hope it’s easy!

[–] dustyData 16 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Prescription glasses expire as our eyes are constantly changing. You should get your eyes checked every two years minimum.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 week ago (2 children)

My prescription stopped changing in my late 20s.

I'm almost 40 so I know that time is coming to an end.

[–] raynethackery 17 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yep, that's when the nearsightedness and farsightedness start kicking in. That's the age I had to get my first bifocals.🤓

[–] AA5B 10 points 1 week ago

Yeah, my optometrist didn’t even sugarcoat it - went right to “and of course these will be progressive lenses”. WHAT?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

I made it to 47 before I needed reading glasses. Distance vision is just barely impacted now at 49.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

You know it's been about that long. That's good thinking

[–] HappycamperNZ 8 points 1 week ago

Get polarized lenses

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago

Paging Doctor Lemmy (might be off today)

[–] dingus 7 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

As a long time glasses wearer, no it does not mean there is necessarily something wrong with your eyes. Glasses can cause visual aberrations. Lights at night always look a bit like puffballs to me no matter my prescription. Not sure if it's just because my prescription is a bit stronger than most or what. Something about contact lenses makes this go away entirely, but I prefer wearing my glasses for comfort.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

That, or your glasses are dirty.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago

Ok so

That was unnecessary

But thank you, I forget to do that regularly

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

It's normal to see some halo around a light at night. What isn't normal, is to see a distortion of the light as depicted in OP's image.

If you see that the light is distorted more on one axis, that means you have some kind of astigmatism.

I have a little bit of astigmatism and it is nowhere near what OP's picture depicts.