I found the transition quite slow but having got used to it I wouldn't be without them. Though I also need another pair for screen use which is annoying.
I'm extremely farsighted, so I've been in varifocals (progressive lenses) for years. What I remember of my first pair (in my forties) was that it did take almost two weeks to really adjust to using them, to train my eyes to look through them appropriately. Been great ever since, no complaints.
As I age, I now have two prescriptions, one for "driving" and one for computer/close work; I can ~really tell when I'm wearing the wrong glasses for the job. LOL! But at this point even when I get updated prescriptions the transition to new lenses is easy.
Exactly the same experience for me! I can tell that I need new prescriptions because I'm starting to forget taking off the ones for computer work and don't really notice a difference when looking around the room.
I have a hard time imagining life without them now. I got used to them very fast, it was going down the stairs which threw me off the most during the first week or so.
My first pair weren't quite spot on with the prescription (it ended up being something about how my eyes worked a little odd and I had some nasty headaches for ~2 weeks I didn't realize weren't typical), but once they were remade, I remember the rest of the adjustment being much easier.
The rest of it: I would hate to have to go back to non-varifocals now. For the most part, I can just *see* the way I could with contacts before I needed reading glasses. If I have to swap reading glasses on and off (with contacts), it's a pain to say the least.
Is this the same as progressives? There was a transition but now I don't even notice.
Once when I got new frames I had a problem where the reading spot on the glasses was way too small. I went back to the optometrist and they were able to change the design.
I found it took a week or so to get used to varifocal glasses. Sometimes, going downstairs is still a bit awkward so I tend to hold tightly onto bannisters these days. Contact lenses is a bit different as I chose to have them optimised for distance, but I haven't worn contact lenses for a while.
Contact lenses optimised for distance means I need to enlarge the text on my e-reader when reading from it, something I don't need to do when using glasses. I don't need reading glasses when I'm not wearing varifocal glasses/lenses though.
I do not find it awkward. People had told me with varifocals there is a real difference between the cheaper lenses and the more expensive ones, so I got the expensive ones. It didn’t take me more than at most a week to transition.
The one difficulty is when I have a migraine, my eyes can’t really do whatever adjustments they normally make automatically to switch between using the glasses to look close up and far away, same when I’ve done too much reading on screens and my eyes are very tired.
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Once when I got new frames I had a problem where the reading spot on the glasses was way too small. I went back to the optometrist and they were able to change the design.