My computer screen curves towards me!!

I just a new pair of glasses with hi-index multi-coated polycarbonate
lenses. When I look at my computer screen, the center bulges out
towards me and when I look at the floor below me, it seems to curve
upwards to the front. I have no such problems with my old glasses. My
optician tells me that it is because of the new frame which is more
curved(wraparound) than my previous one. He says that my brain will
compensate for it eventually. I have been wearing them for a week
without any change in the distortion. What should I do?

P.S This is a new optician for me.

 

possibly you've had a prescription change (change in astigmatism or
significant increase lens power in one eye). such changes readily
cause a temporary change in spatial perception which passes as you
become adjusted to the new proper prescription.

if you really have been wearing the glasses for a week, and are not
periodically going back to your old pair (important!!. you will have
trouble adjusting if you keep going back to your old specs), then I
would take them back to where you got them to have things checked out.
possible they are made inproperly or the original prescription is off.

 

This could be due to an excessive astigmatism "correction".

You could ask the new optician if you could have the
"astigmatism-cut" reduced.

Or just go back to your previous prescription.

Best,

Otis

 

He had increased the astigmatism correction initially but had cut it
back to my original prescription after I complained about the
distortion. However, even with this new pair of lenses, the problem
persists.

 

Polycarbonate eyeglass lenses have been around for about thirty years,
and every few years they seem to get a little better. While that is a
good thing, the bottom line is that the old standard for superior
vision is CR-39. When a patient is sensitive to perpheral distortion,
and has worn a pair of well-made good old fashioned CR-39 lenses, he
virtually always hates his new poly lenses. The good news about poly
is that you can shoot it with a 22mm caliber bullet and it won't
shatter. It has been the material that airplane windows are made of
for decades. But...just think about it....have you ever looked out an
airplane window what didn't drop off in quality as you looked out
towards the edge? Enough said.

 

P.S. Poly lenses and high index lenses are often cut on flatter
front-surface curves, to hide the thickness of the lens. Sometimes the
flatness of the lens will bother you more than just the poly. You need
an optician who studies and solves problems so you don't have to.

 

Please disregard Otis's postings.

He is not in the medical profession nor in any position to give medical
advice such as above.

Thank you!

Allen

 

High index has chromatic distortions. If you arent vain about the
slight increase in thickness, you dont need high index, especially if
your prescription is below -10.