Im 13 And Just Got Contacts And Cant Get Them In!?

So i went to the eye doctors and got fitted for contacts, or whatever they call it.
so they made me go through a little how-to course. When it came time to put the contacts in, i got pretty excited. i wasn’t expecting to get them in on my first try… but in the hour i was there, i couldn’t get them in at all. i couldn’t even get one in. my eye started turning red and every time i put my finger near my eye i would blink and the contact would fold up. i just COULDN’T get it onto my eye no matter how many times i tried. i have a small amount of astigmatism (sp?) in my right eye, but the doctor said that i didnt need special contacts for that. could it be the reason i couldn’t get the contact in?
what was your first attempt at contacts like?
im scared ill never be able to put them in. i left the office crying because i was just so determined to get it in.
please share some advice/knowledge?
thanks
–Ellz

I’ve Worn Contacts For About 5 Or 6 Years And Got New Ones But Now My Eyes Dry Up And I Cant Wear Them.

I have been wearing contacts for about 5 or 6 years but recently got a new eye prescription and they told me they longer made the contacts I wear. I have tried a few new brands out but they simply dry out my left eye (it is a toric lens for astigmatism). Could I have a problem with my eye or am I just unable to get used to a different material in the lens itself? I cannot keep it in my left eye for more than a half hour but my right eye (normal contact) feels fine. I have been interning in a datacenter this summer which uses a complex air conditioning system and the problem has gotten worse since being here. Any ideas?

Help! I Can’t Get My Contact Lense Out Of My Eye!?

I just got a trial pair of contacts on Friday. I have two very different prescriptions, my left eye is way worse then my right but my right has an astigmatism. So in the process of getting used to my contacts I will get these killer headache because the right swivles so much I can’t focus. So tonight I have had them in the 8 hours I was supposed to and go to take them out. The right eye, with the thicker lens pops right out no problem, but I have now been trying for an hour to get the thinner left eye out. I have tried flushing it, lifting my lid, scrunching it in the corner, rolling my eyes around, and of course the normal way my doc told me to. My eye hurts horribly and I just want it out. I am so frustrated I was able to cry for about 20 minutes and that STILL didn’t do it. I don’t know what to do and my doctor’s office isn’t open again until tomorrow.

Why Can’t I Wear My Contacts Comfortably!?please Help Me Please

Yes i have myopia and astigmatism i used to wear contacts great for one year i did not feel them at all!….but now i can no longer wear them they feel so dry! i have tried acuvue oasis and day and night and the last ones i tried where called biofinity but still nothing….i went to my doctor he just tells me some ppl canot wear contacts lenses THATS ALL HE TEELS ME I ASK HIM WHY!?? I DONT HAVE CHRONIC DRY EYE OR INFECTIONS OR ANYTHIN…..my mom refuses to take me to any more doctors…….i hate my glasses i cant do any of my sports and other stuff…..i refuse to give up theres has to be something out there that can make my eyes feel gud when im wearing my contacts please help me i refuse to give up!!!
im only 16 so i cant have lasik yet
and yes i have tried eye drops …

Why Can’t I Wear My Contacts Comfortably!?please Help Me Please

Yes i have myopia and astigmatism i used to wear contacts great for one year i did not feel them at all!….but now i can no longer wear them they feel so dry! i have tried acuvue oasis and day and night and the last ones i tried where called biofinity but still nothing….i went to my doctor he just tells me some ppl canot wear contacts lenses THATS ALL HE TEELS ME I ASK HIM WHY!?? I DONT HAVE CHRONIC DRY EYE OR INFECTIONS OR ANYTHIN…..my mom refuses to take me to any more doctors…….i hate my glasses i cant do any of my sports and other stuff…..i refuse to give up theres has to be something out there that can make my eyes feel gud when im wearing my contacts please help me i refuse to give up!!!
im only 16 so i cant have lasik yet
and yes i have tried eye drops …

Why Can’t I Wear My Contacts Comfortably!?please Help Me Please

Yes i have myopia and astigmatism i used to wear contacts great for one year i did not feel them at all!….but now i can no longer wear them they feel so dry! i have tried acuvue oasis and day and night and the last ones i tried where called biofinity but still nothing….i went to my doctor he just tells me some ppl canot wear contacts lenses THATS ALL HE TEELS ME I ASK HIM WHY!?? I DONT HAVE CHRONIC DRY EYE OR INFECTIONS OR ANYTHIN…..my mom refuses to take me to any more doctors…….i hate my glasses i cant do any of my sports and other stuff…..i refuse to give up theres has to be something out there that can make my eyes feel gud when im wearing my contacts please help me i refuse to give up!!!
im only 16 so i cant have lasik yet
and yes i have tried eye drops …

Why Can’t I Wear My Contacts Comfortably!?please Help Me Please

Yes i have myopia and astigmatism i used to wear contacts great for one year i did not feel them at all!….but now i can no longer wear them they feel so dry! i have tried acuvue oasis and day and night and the last ones i tried where called biofinity but still nothing….i went to my doctor he just tells me some ppl canot wear contacts lenses THATS ALL HE TEELS ME I ASK HIM WHY!?? I DONT HAVE CHRONIC DRY EYE OR INFECTIONS OR ANYTHIN…..my mom refuses to take me to any more doctors…….i hate my glasses i cant do any of my sports and other stuff…..i refuse to give up theres has to be something out there that can make my eyes feel gud when im wearing my contacts please help me i refuse to give up!!!
im only 16 so i cant have lasik yet
and yes i have tried eye drops …

I Hate Wearing My Glasses, Can’t Wear Contacts, Can’t Get Surgery. Any Suggestions?

I’m 13, and have incredibly severe astigmatism. Due to technology, my glasses aren’t that thick, but I don’t think my face was made for glasses. I look positively terrible with my glasses, and hate to wear them. I have contacts, but they hurt unbelievably bad, because my prescription is bad and they are thick, so they are extremely uncomfortable. I can’t see wiith them either. My parents will not let me get surgery, because of the chance of blindness. I can see without my glasses, but it requires focusing my eyes which makes me go cross-eyed and if I do it for too long it hurts. Also, I can’t read this way.
Any suggestions? I’ve tried to just wear my glasses when I read, but it’s easier just to wear them all the time. And don’t tell me to get different glasses, that’s not an option.

My Contacts Are Really Blurry And I Can’t Drive At Night With Them In.?

They’re supposed to be the same prescription as my glasses, but I still feel like I need reading glasses or something. Sometimes it’s almost like the contact isn’t fully covering my eye, when I know it is and eye drops don’t really help. They’re Acuvue Oasys with hydraclear and I’ve been wearing them since June. Maybe I’m just not used to them yet, or maybe I dunno. Any ideas? Also note, that I’m farsighted and I do not have an astigmatism…

Why Can’t I Get A Contact Lens To Correct My Small Astigmatism?

I got fitted for contact lenses about 6 months ago, but I find that my vision is constantly slightly blurry when I wear my contacts. (Also, every now and then my vision gets really blurry for about 30 seconds, but that is not really my problem). I get a lot of eyestrain and headaches, so having constantly blurry vision is not good for me. I am worried that I won’t be able to continue wearing contacts.
My eyeglasses prescription is
OD (RIGHT)………………….OS (LEFT)
SPH +1……………….. +1
CYL – 0.25……………….. – 0.5
AXI 125……………….. 60
ADD 0……………….. 0
PD…………… 58
My contact lens prescription is
OD (Right)………………..OS (Left)
SPH +.75……………….. +1
CYL nil……………….. – 0.75
AXI nil……………….. 70
BC 8.4……………….. 8.6
DIA 14.0……………….. 14.5
The astigmatism is worse in my left eye, and I am left eye dominant. My optometrist said that the astigmatism in my right eye is too small to be corrected by contact lenses (she said the ‘market’ for them was too small for companies to bother making contact lenses for that size). She tried to balance off the effects of my right eye astigmatism by distorting the ‘true’ contact lens prescription for my left eye.
The results of this are far from perfect. I cannot even wear my contact lenses because I get so much eyestrain and constant blurriness.
From what my optometrist said it sounds like all my contact lens problems would be solved if only my right eye was worst – if only the astigmatism was severe enough to be correctable with contact lenses. My glasses prescription is perfect for me, but not my contact lens prescription.
What other contact lens options do I have? I am using Acuvue Oasys lenses (Acuvue Oasys for Astigmatism in my left eye only). I have heard that RPG lenses give better clarity of vision. Is that an option for me? Is it possible for me to buy contact lenses from other companies that are perfect for my right eye astigmatism?
From google-searching it sounds like I have an “oblique astigmatism” which means my astigmatism, although quite low, has a greater-than-normal effect on my vision. It also means that when I blink my contact lens shifts more than for most contact-wearers, and I get very blurry vision for several seconds.
Thanks so much for any advice

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