Wearing Eyeglasses With Contacts -- Farsighted -- What PLs to Get?

MykalCrooks · medicine forum beginner Joined: 20 Jun 2006 Posts: 3

Ok, last October I decide to start wearing prescription lenses because the
OTC reading-glasses shuffle was getting ridiculous. I am farsighted with
presbyopia. I wear contacts to correct my distance vision, but now I'm
thinking of also wearing prescription glasses over my contacts to correct
for my presbyopia.

Last October I asked here about the prudence of wearing eyeglasses with
contacts -- to correct my farsightedness and eyeglasses to correct my
presbyopia for viewing things at near and intermediate ranges. Responses to
the query informed me that such a solution is doable and implemented
frequently by at least some optical clinicians. So I went out and found a
good eye doctor place, got an eye exam, and had contacts fitted. Since then,
I've worn the contacts and have gotten quite used to them and now I'm ready
for the second part of the solution -- choosing eyeglasses that I'll wear to
supplement the contact lenses for viewing things clearly at intermediate and
near ranges.

The contacts I wear now are +1.25 in one eye and +1.50 in the other. That's
all, and that does the trick for all distance viewing -- it works great for
bicycle riding and driving and general outdoor use.

To correct my presbyopia for viewing objects at closer ranges, I presently
wear OTC reading glasses over the contacts. Consistent with my prescription,
over the contacts I wear +1.25 glasses for intermediate range objects and
+2.25 eyeglasses for viewing near objects. An example of an intermediate
range object is my computer screen at 30" or a newspaper on a table 48"
away. An example of a close range object is a book between 12" and 24" from
my face. (To clearly view details of an object closer than 12", I need a
greater diopter.

My question is what kind of glasses will work best for wearing eyeglasses
over my contacts? I've already decided I want to use a progressive lenses.
Basically a lens with "Plano" correction for distance vision, with an Add of
+1.25 for computer screen and intermediate and an Add of +2.50 for fine read
ing.

I'm wondering if a Zeiss Gradal or Gradal Top (?) will work best. What I
want is a lens that provides a wide field of view over the intermediate
range instead of the narrow view that I understand is common to most
progressives. Because I need no correction for distance vision out of the
eyeglasses, I'm thinking that maybe it will be optically more feasible to
have lenses that provide the wide intermediate view that I want. Also, I'm
thinking about taller frames, like old-fashioned black horn rim glasses, so
constraints imposed by limited height shouldn't be a big problem.

Honestly, I figure there are two or three lenses out there that will
optimally fit my bill as a presbyope who is moderately farsighted. Any
suggestions?

mC

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