[dmpayton]

I was born with congenital bilateral cataracts and had the lenses in both eyes removed as an infant (a condition called Aphakia). I have been set up with monovision since I was very young -- that basically means I'm intentionally far-sighted in one eye and near-sighted in the other so that I use one eye for reading and the other eye for distance.

I wear hard contact lenses most of the time, but I do have glasses. My glasses prescription is around +21/+23 (I would fit right in hanging out with Milhouse Van Houten or Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth), but I only wear them in emergencies because I get headaches and dizziness after 10/15 minutes of wearing them. I mostly keep 'em for the novelty of showing people just how thick my glasses are. 8)

My eyes do get tired after long screen days, resulting in blurry vision and watery eyes. I also get headaches on a somewhat frequent basis.

If that's useful at all, I'd be happy to chat more.

[genewitch]

The cold bottle glasses. You get those because they're cheaper these days. You can get the same prescription on a much thinner lens. I did that for my kid. He has a pretty strong prescription in one eye, but his lens is no thicker than mine.

It adds a lot to the cost of the glasses, though. Easily $75 to just get half of the thickness.

[genewitch]

someone else reminded me it's called index, and you can get like 1.74 index glasses that are wafer thin.

[bphogan]

Where? Even thick ones are super expensive here. Over $250 a lens. I'd gladly pay $75 more for a significantly thinner lens. Point me in the right direction please.

[bphogan]

I haven't met too many people who share this condition. Nice to meet you.

[dmpayton]

Same! Excluding members of my family, over the years I've only met a few people online who share it.