[sirce]

A couple of weeks ago I found out my astigmatism had become worse. It used to be very slight, so I could still just wear normal glasses/contact lenses. But in the last year I found that my vision had besome a bit more blurry, so I figured my vision had gone worse and did an eye exam. They said my eye prescription was still the same, but that the astigmatism for both eyes were worse. So I decided to try out astigmatism lenses for a few weeks and OMG I did not like them at all.

The astigmatism lenses each had 3 small holes and ofcourse were thicker then the normal lenses. The first few days were the worst. Yes, I did see better (though sometimes it would become blurry if I moved alot with my eyes), but I kept feeling that there was something in both eyes. I thought it was just me, perhaps my eyes were too dry, but at the check-up 2 weeks later they said it was because the lenses kept moving on my pupils. The 3 holes are supposed to keep the lenses/astigmatism part in place, but for me they just hurted. So I had the choice to keep my normal lenses (which are very comfortable to me, I barely feel them) or the astigmatism lenses. I picked the first, even though it's more blurry. It kinda sucks though, even with my lenses my vision is just not perfect.

I wanted to ask if anyone was in a same sorta situation. Did you choose the normal lenses or astigmatism lenses? And why?

(And how are your astigmatism lenses? I'm now wondering if I have to try new astigmatism lenses from other stores, but if they all have holes and are thicker I don't want to try anymore. The difference in comfort was very big with me.)

[Christinaisweird]

for astigmatism lenses did you mean hard lenses?
for new contacts that are hard it takes at least a month for you to get use to.
i have astigmatism too and the eye doctor said that those hard lenses are only going to help your astigmatism.
so give your eyes sometime to train with those because they're different from regular contacts.

[kimchi hana]

I never knew I had astigmatism before I went to my latest checkup.
Normal contacts felt pretty all right for me, but I switched to Acuvue or whatever astigmatism contacts.
They don't have 3 holes in them. They look just the same and feel the same. :p

[RE.]

um... they felt the same to me.

change to a different brand of contacts

[Blythe999]

I originally had to wear hard contacts because of my astigmatism. Because of that, any soft lenses are like a godsend.

As for the torque or astigmatism lenses, the prescription you had may not have properly fit your eye. In addition to prescription, your eye should be measured for axis and diameter to ensure a proper fit. I suggest you go back and request a refitting or different brand. The point of torque lenses is that they stay in one position in your eye (weighted) to compensate for your astigmatism. You should also ask if there is a certain way to put them in. When I wore soft torque lens I was told to always make sure the numbers (instead of holes) were at the bottom.

Hope that helps.

[tofu plushie]

I have astigmatism also and I wear soft lenses, which are great. Maybe it's just the certain brand you bought that was bothering your eyes.

[felinius]

I wanted to ask if anyone was in a same sorta situation. Did you choose the normal lenses or astigmatism lenses? And why?

(And how are your astigmatism lenses? I'm now wondering if I have to try new astigmatism lenses from other stores, but if they all have holes and are thicker I don't want to try anymore. The difference in comfort was very big with me.)

Why would you even think about switching back from astigmatism contacts to regular contacts? You have astigmatism now. Just be happy it's not as bad that you have to get hard contact lenses.

Anyways, I did have a problem where I felt it in my eye. I was switching astigmatism lenses from Vertex Toric to one of the popular brands ... it didn't work out, so I went back, got my money back and got my contacts back that it didn't feel like that.

There's a reason that the astigmatism contacts have "holes" ... they're weighted. Blythe999 points out really good details about astigmatism contacts.