They dilate and shine a frigging bright kight into your eye. Then you cannot drive for a while.
Interesting. Never had an optometrist even mention possibly dilating my pupils to do a retinal exam. (For that matter, if I'd been asked, I couldn't have said with certainty that their state licenses allow for that...) Intraocular pressure, yes, always, but that's pretty much it (apart from vision correction.)
I had the eye dilation thing once, that was rather interesting. Of course it had to be in summer when the sun was out, that was a hard walk to the car. My sun glasses were in there. They helped me enough that I could still drive but I could not wait to get home safely lol. Was interesting looking at my eyes in the mirror. I should have taken a pic.
You're not supposed to drive with dilated eyes, dude. Didn't they tell you that?
Oh, I'm all too well aware of the general idea (and the aftermath was even more brutal "back in the day" before someone finally came up with the "reversing" drops that at least help some), I've just never encountered even the suggestion of that sort of exam by an optometrist, just the ophthamologist...They dilate and shine a frigging bright kight into your eye. Then you cannot drive for a while.
Oh, I'm all too well aware of the general idea (and the aftermath was even more brutal "back in the day" before someone finally came up with the "reversing" drops that at least help some), I've just never encountered even the suggestion of that sort of exam by an optometrist, just the ophthamologist...
As for driving, I cannot begin to fathom being in a position to drive afterward, but maybe different practitioners use different strength drops? There've been a couple of times when I couldn't even make it as far as a subway station and ended up having to take a cab home (and I never use taxis except in the direst of circumstances), turning off all the lights, and closing the blinds. [shudder]
I get ophthamological exams regularly (though no longer annually) to check for medical issues apart from basic, more or less automated glaucoma testing, and for whatever their reasons, the MDs I've seen have been much more likely to have "quirky" ideas about what constitutes "proper" correction rather than just listening to me when I tell them "I can see better with this prescription"...
I've had my eyes dilated a number of times. I was never told not to drive. The optometrist asked me if I brought sunglasses. If I hadn't or they were not sufficient, I was given some cheap plastic wraparounds to wear. I had no problems driving. My eyes remained dilated for hours afterward, so when I got indoors I closed the shades.You're not supposed to drive with dilated eyes, dude. Didn't they tell you that?
How weird - all of y'all's experiences are very different than mine. Maybe I'm just more sensitive than average, or maybe the ophthamologists I've seen have used strong drops, but there's no possible way I could drive as soon as 40 minutes after the reversing drops, any of the (very) many times I've had mine dilated. Not even even at night, for that matter (the ambient lack-of-light obviously wouldn't be a problem, but other cars' headlights would be.) (And back before there were reversing drops, or before anyone I saw used them anyway, it took forever for the damned stuff to wear off purely on its own...)I was told to not drive for forty min I think.
What I meant by quirky is that a couple of the MDs I saw for quite a few years (respectively) invariably started out by intentionally under-correcting - despite what I accurately reported during the exam - based on what they invariably ended up admitting (upon cross-examination) was basically an "old-fashioned"/non-rational worldview that it was somehow better for overall eye health to slightly under-correct. When I walked through them their lack-of-thought process, they could never explain how it was supposed to help, invariably ended up admitting it probably didn't make any real difference, and would finally give me the "correct" correction in the end... As far as I could ever tell, it was just one more case of people (professionals of all stripes of course included) tending on average to be fairly weird.I royally screwed myself over once when I was about 20 and first fitted for contact lenses. When going through the test, I could nearly always tell which was the stronger power when switching between corrections, and would say the stronger one was better until I just couldn't make anything out any more.
Excluding the eye exam, what did you pay for the lens and frames? Did you pay extra for anti-reflective treatments or anything else? Did you get HD lens? Does Costco ever have sales or additional discounts for eye glasses?Picked up my glasses today from Costco. Lense with the holiday, done in 7 days, my other pair was done in 4 days. My new ones are the Persol.
What I meant by quirky is that a couple of the MDs I saw for quite a few years (respectively) invariably started out by intentionally under-correcting - despite what I accurately reported during the exam - based on what they invariably ended up admitting (upon cross-examination) was basically an "old-fashioned"/non-rational worldview that it was somehow better for overall eye health to slightly under-correct. When I walked through them their lack-of-thought process, they could never explain how it was supposed to help, invariably ended up admitting it probably didn't make any real difference, and would finally give me the "correct" correction in the end...
Excluding the eye exam, what did you pay for the lens and frames? Did you pay extra for anti-reflective treatments or anything else? Did you get HD lens? Does Costco ever have sales or additional discounts for eye glasses?
Is there anywhere that sells name brand frames cheaper than the optometrist? I found Nike ones I like but really don't want to pay those prices
The Costco price for progressive lenses is a flat $130, it includes the AR and scratch resistant coatings. You also get a 1.67 index lens. The frames were $108 online, Costco sells them for $199. They charge $18 for bringing your own frames, here is the Costco lens info below. Currently they are offering a $20 discount on complete pair of prescription polarized eyeglasses.
Walmart is the best for eye exam. It's not expensive and they always give me my priscription without any reminders.
I wish I had vision insurance!