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I wore bifocals for a long time because I had tried progressives in the past (probably older tech ones) and they gave me unrelenting headaches and nausea. But I had a pair of lenses made last year from a reputable optician, and after 3 or 4 weeks, I got used to them. Now I wouldn't go back. It's like I don't even have presbyopia anymore.
The man in the video is right: you can't really skimp on progressives if you want them to work for you. Progressives are really easy to get wrong.
I'm waiting for my first ones and so nervous they're going to be wrong.
Here are two things you should know about progressive before panicking and thinking they're not for you, or the lenses have a problem, if it's your first pair:
They will probably give you headaches and nausea the first few days. It's normal since the correction is totally alien to your brain. But bear with them until your noggin' finds its bearings with them - and also gets used to driving your neck muscles to clear your vision. If you can't get used to them after 4 weeks, then maybe there's something not quite right between you and the glasses.
The far zone at the top is the widest: you get proper correction from left to right. The near zone at the bottom however is only a narrow zone, and the sizes are fuzzy. It's normal, and it's super-noticeable at first when you're not used to them. But eventually you'll subconsciously turn your head to keep the clear center zone in your field of view and the fuzzy sides will disappear.
The fuzzy zone is thing that's conceptually the most confusing to me. Is it actually blurry even if you have good vision, or is it just uncorrected? And if it is fuzzy, why aren't those parts removed and the lenses made T-shaped? I've seen lenses in so many different shapes, a T-shaped lens doesn't seem crazy.