Contact Lenses...bad to over/under compensate for astigmatism?

[GWestphal]

My glasses prescription is

OD: -0.25 -1.00 090
OS: -0.50 -0.50 090

For contacts it seems the astigmatism values are only -0.75, -1.25 and up.

For me would I want to get the -1.25 for the Right eye and the -0.75 for the left, or would I want to get -0.75 for both eyes. Is it better to over compensate on both eyes or over on one and under on the other.

 

[Platypus]

Ask your eye care professional?

FWIW, good luck finding contacts for astigmatism that fit you well, I eventually gave up and went back to glasses after trying a ton of brands.

 

[GWestphal]

Are they uncomfortable compared to regular lenses?

 

[Platypus]

Are they uncomfortable compared to regular lenses?

The ones I wore all had a little nub of plastic on them that in theory when you blink, would force the lens back into place so you can focus. I suppose it depends a lot on how severe the astigmatism is, but it would never 'set' like my non astigmatism eye's lens did, it was just constantly a blurry mess instead of hugging the eye like it should. I got tired of having shitty/blurry vision out of one eye and the only brand that worked (original accuve toric) was old and deprecated and not very comfortable as it was.

 

[ElFenix]

my right eye got bumped up (down? nearsighted so the values are negative) a notch in diopter to correct a bit for astigmatism. the left eye has a slight astigmatism with no correction. no issues in over a decade of doing that.

 

[Meractik]

I have the football eye thing where they prescribed toric lenses? when i attempted to try contacts... eventually the discomfort wasn't worth the benefit of not wearing glasses. So I went back to glasses....

Are toric lenses also prescribed to those with antistigmatisms? If that is the case you might want to try those.. I am not familiar with the proper terms and what they mean. But someone who has similar eye problems as me recently suggested trying Air Optic lenses they are labeled as Night & Day contacts, they said they wear them and have nearly identical eye problems as me and they find them very comfortable..

http://www.coastal.com/air-optix-night-and-day-aqua

 

[D1gger]

...

FWIW, good luck finding contacts for astigmatism that fit you well, I eventually gave up and went back to glasses after trying a ton of brands.

I had exactly the same experience. I had no trouble getting used to putting them in or taking them out, but they simply were not comfortable to wear. my left eye is more astigmatic (is that even a word?) and it always felt uncomfortable to wear a contact lens.

 

[SheHateMe]

OP, I have astigmatism and my prescription is different for each eye.

I think I am -1.25 in one and -0.75 in the other.

 

[Leros]

My left eye is 0.6 and my right is eye 0.9. They originally prescribed me 0.75 for the left and 1.0 for the right. I found that the right contact bugged me, so I tried a 0.75 in that eye and found that it was much better (comfort and vision wise).

 

[TwiceOver]

My glasses Rx is not the same as my contacts. It took me a ridiculous amount of trials before I settled on biofinity toric lenses. After nearly 20 years with contacts I finally found a pair that are comfortable and correct my astigmatism.