contact lenses... is this normal?
407861
Well it could be many reasons.\n1. You're not used to your lenses yet. It takes between 1-2 weeks for you to adjust. Moisturizing eye drops might help you get used to the lenses.\n2. You're wearing your contacts the wrong way around. Your lens should look like a perfect concave bowl resting on your finger.\n3. You might not wearing the right size or "roundness". You can rule this out if you feel ok in a week. If it's still uncomfortable, you might want to get refitted.\n\nHope this helps. If your eyes go really red and you start tearing, you should remove your lenses and get checked.
192776
I wear glasses and also contacts.......sounds like you got a pretty good deal.  Glasses are so expensive!!!
960628
i wear contacts everyday the reason they feel great ans somethime they feel gross is because sometime ur eyes have alot of water in them to the contacts feels niec but sometimes ur eye doesn't want a contacts in it and ur eye might be dry so you feel discomfort in ur eye. That what my optomitist said.
588594
If you have had them for 2 years, they may be wrong but if you still have the original prescription, it could be possible that your doctor can change/exchange them for you.  You vision could've changed within a 2 year period.  Good Luck Hon.
1058493
i think that it might be okay if you keep it in the solution for a month (you might want to replace the solution every 5-7 days.. but check with your optometrist first) but DON'T swim with them.. when soft contact lenses get completely wet, they stick to your eyeball like no other.. and it becomes really difficult to remove them.. i know.. from experience :/
30713
Wearing contacts are a difficult adjustment for your eyes.  They must get used to a foreign body residing there.  Your doctor or optician likely recommended wearing them for short periods initially, working your way up to wearing them all day.  Have you been doing that?  If not, it could easily tire and irritate your eyes.  Giving your eyes some rest from the contacts may be enough to solve the problem.  Also, an over-the-counter eye care product may help as well.\n\nIf you are following their instructions and continue to have problems, you should probably return and have your eyes checked to make sure there are no other problems.
387721
Try some eye drops you can buy at the store. If you are using contacts they might be dirty.
173028
This happens sometimes to me also. Put in a new pair of contacts, or try takin a break from your contacts for  a day or so. If all fails, go see your doctor.
451399
i have contacts and they are really cool but one time i rubbed my eye and my contact fell out but they are really cool so dont stress bout em!
801873
I've been wearing contacts for 13 years.  I've never changed contacts monthly.  I normally wear them for  4 months before changing them out.. I've never gotten raging eye infections and my vision hasn't gotten worse in 8 years.  As long as your contacts are comfortable, untorn and cloudy-free, I say go for it! These days contacts are made so much better than in the old days.  They don't tear as much or get cloudy.  As long as you are using a good cleaning solution, I'd say you're fine.  Contacts are much too expensive to change bi-weekly or monthly.  Mine are $40 for 6 and they last me a year!
815652
when you first start using contacts you may feel a little dizzy. ive had contacts for about a half a year but you will get used to it. \nit also may be your glasses are a diffrent prescripition and your eyes just have to get used to seeing that way.
820455
I don't think you should be wearing contacts.. at least temporarily.\n\nI used to wear contacts then decided to get lasik.  I am fair skinned and blue eyed and wearing contacts for so long I had a lot of blood vessels growing in my eyes and I could never find comfortable lenses.  The doctor told me to drink lots of water and wear glasses for 6 months before being fit enough to have lasik.\n\nContacts are evil if you start to wear them young.\nI started in 7th grade and am 24 now.  Treat your eyes good.
1094429
if you take care of your contacts, there shouldn't be any discomfort or side effects.  Every contact brand I have tried was ok.  I use the monthly ones, but i normally just wear them until they aren't comfortable any more.  They shouldn't fall out at all if you have the right RX for your eyes.
290701
I had that happen to me once too, because I used them on top of my contact lenses, I never found out why it happened though....sorry
999634
Yes, there are contact lenses that go this high, but you have to find a doctor willing to do a bit of research for you.  Your prescription would be easier to fit with something called a gas permeable lens- a rigid lens that would have your prescription ground into it. \n\n\nIf you have your heart set on soft contacts it will cost a pretty penny, and there is no one I know of that makes a lens higher then a -9.00 in a disposable lens.   At the very least you should be able to get your correction with some degree of astigmatism correction in a soft lens. Typically toric lenses over -6.00 power only come in astigmatism corrections of 0.50 increments.  Which means a doc should be able to get something very close to your prescription.  \n\nThe only choices I could find for your sort of prescription are the following:\n\nDurasoft 3 Optifit Torics- these have a very large range of powers including spherical corrections to -20 and astigmatism correction to 9.75 (in 0.50 increments)\n\nTorisoft lenses by Ciba\n\nHydrasoft L2 or L3 lenses by Coopervision.  \n\nSo next time you are told these lenses don't exist the individual stating this is either uninformed or does not want to fit you for their own personal reasons.
160985
I was gonna tell you to use eye drops but you do that. Next talk to you optometrist let him know the problem. Make sure they are prescribing a high water based contact. Are maybe just different material. I use the O2 Optix...great lense. I have eye allergies and dry eye syndrome. Alot of ppl like the new Acuvue with hydraclear too. You may also have a problem with you tear ducts and they need plugged. They maybe draining to much.
574884
I thought everyone saw those thingies!!  Are they unusual cause I've seen them all my life? It's like, you see them out of the corner of your eye but when you try to focus on them, they move away.\n\nSeriously, I thought it was normal!  I have 20/20 vision, BTW.