How bad is my eyesight?

Sala

I had my yearly contact lenses check and eyetest today and I am still going downhill :-( I thought this type of disintegration eased off when you were an adult? My prescriptions have moved from -1.25 to L: -3.5 R: -4.25 / -4.75 (glasses) over the space of 7 years. I think I have astigmatism, am on toric lenses.
I am raging they have gone up again. (It's always the same bloody eye as well!) Is it likely to continue along this way, losing an extra bit each year? At what point should I consider a permanent solution?

slongwill

Sala wrote: »

I had my yearly contact lenses check and eyetest today and I am still going downhill :-( I thought this type of disintegration eased off when you were an adult? My prescriptions have moved from -1.25 to L: -3.5 R: -4.25 / -4.75 (glasses) over the space of 7 years. I think I have astigmatism, am on toric lenses.
I am raging they have gone up again. (It's always the same bloody eye as well!) Is it likely to continue along this way, losing an extra bit each year? At what point should I consider a permanent solution?

It's not unusual to have a prescription change over a seven year period, especially when under 30 years old. You didn't say your age?

Testament1

I've been wearing glasses since I was a child, I'm 25 now. Couldnt tell you what my original prescription was but it deteriorated each eye test for several years and is currently sitting at -6.00 left and -9.00 right. This means that without glasses or contacts im pretty helpless which sucks ass. It's remained the same prescription for the last few years though. I really want to get laser as I'm sick of my dependence on glasses and the fortune I've spent on lenses over the years but sadly finances won't allow it for the foreseeable future

Sala

slongwill wrote: »

It's not unusual to have a prescription change over a seven year period, especially when under 30 years old. You didn't say your age?

Thanks. I'm 28. When they jumped from -1.5 to -3.5 over the space of a year they brought me back the following year (instead of two years later) for a test to make sure it was nothing wrong. They said that my then age (22ish) meant my eyes could be finishing growing and my sight was levelling out and would stop around that mark. But my right eye went -3.5 to -3.75, and now -4.75(glasses) -4.25 (contacts) this year.

I am happy in contacts and would be afraid of laser, but would consider it in the future if this doesn't stop. At my prescription I can't function at all without lenses in

slongwill

Sala wrote: »

I am happy in contacts and would be afraid of laser, but would consider it in the future if this doesn't stop.

Laser would only be recommended when your prescription stops changing, not as a means to stop your prescription changing.

Daisies

Sala wrote: »

Thanks. I'm 28. When they jumped from -1.5 to -3.5 over the space of a year they brought me back the following year (instead of two years later) for a test to make sure it was nothing wrong. They said that my then age (22ish) meant my eyes could be finishing growing and my sight was levelling out and would stop around that mark. But my right eye went -3.5 to -3.75, and now -4.75(glasses) -4.25 y(contacts) this year.

I am happy in contacts and would be afraid of laser, but would consider it in the future if this doesn't stop. At my prescription I can't function at all without lenses in

Unless your prescription is stable for 2 years, most places will not consider laser. As slongwill said, it's not a method to stop your prescription changing.