Question about contacts`

[datdamkid]

can you sleep in contacts even though your not suppose to and they will still be fine like you can see when you wake up? not sleeping for like 8 hrs maybe like 30 mins or so...

 

[imported_Tomato]

You shouldn't, but you can.

I've slept with contacts in for 3 days straight... it hurt like hell to peel them off my eyes on the third day, but I could see fine (had to keep rewetting).

 

[TechnoKid]

depends...works for some people. My friends does it for a week at a time...for me it gets pretty bad after 24hrs (needs a lot of drops)

 

[datdamkid]

they werent night/day contacts right? but i just need to sleep for like 30 mins in study hall so i dont know if i should take them off and put em back on after or sleep in them for the 30 mins

 

[her209]

I knew someone who didn't take their contacts off for like 2 years.

 

[datdamkid]

her209 thats bullshit that must have hurt like a bit4ch

 

[MikeMike]

i used to wear my NON 24x7 contacts, 24x7x14+days. never had a problem.

now i just got some of those 24x7 contacts and although no difference in feeling, it should keep my eyes from getting infected, or swelling a lil (idk sum like cornea swelling)

and you can sleep with them in for 1 or 2 hours, dont worry bout that.

MIKE

 

[murphy55d]

30 minutes is nothing.. I used to go weeks without taking them out.

BTW, i don't anymore, and I don't recommend sleeping in them for more than an hour or two, for just a nap.

30 mins you'll be fine tho.

 

[Crazymofo]

30min is fine enjoy the nap!

 

[datdamkid]

thanks..how much are the night and day ones anyone know? and does neone know a cheap reliable website that shipps contacts to you?

 

[TechnoKid]

Just make sure you use drops before and after when you take naps....sometimes you may not have to.

 

[nan0bug]

Originally posted by: datdamkid
can you sleep in contacts even though your not suppose to and they will still be fine like you can see when you wake up? not sleeping for like 8 hrs maybe like 30 mins or so...

Im supposed to take mine out every night before bed. Last time I took them out was over 2 weeks ago. You get a bit more of that eye goop in the corners when you wake up, and your vision is fuzzy until you either put drops in or wait for your eyes to moisten up on their own, but otherwise I've had no problems.

 

[Kelvrick]

Talk to your optom. Supposedly keeps your eyes from getting oxygen or something from the air and so makes your irises expand and so permanently screwing up your eyes. Mabe I'm just talking out of my ass, but you should consult a real eye guy.

 

[datdamkid]

thanks for all the posts...anyone know a cheap site that sells good contacts...like night/day ones?

 

[iamme]

i went 6+ months without taking them off once.

I often forget that I even wear contacts i've been better lately, trying to take them off every night.

 

[pulse8]

I usually wear mine for about a month or two straight without taking them out unless they bother me for some reason. They rarely bother me unless I'm really tired and my eyes dry out. They never hurt and my eyes haven't gotten any worse.

Maybe I'm just lucky.

 

[murphy55d]

Originally posted by: Kelvrick
Talk to your optom. Supposedly keeps your eyes from getting oxygen or something from the air and so makes your irises expand and so permanently screwing up your eyes. Mabe I'm just talking out of my ass, but you should consult a real eye guy.

You aren't. My eyes werent getting enough oxygen, and I had blood vessels creeping towards my corneas. Needless to say, this was enough to get me to NOT sleep in mine WHATSOEVER.

dat, the night/day ones still don't work properly. Your eye needs a break from contact usage....even my dr. said the same thing. They don't recommend them to anyone. I have moved to monthly contacts and my eyes feel and look a lot better.

 

[datdamkid]

They make monthly ones? were you wear them for a month

 

[xuanman]

sleeping with your contacts in is not good for the health of your eyes since they block oxygen flow in and keep dirt in.

 

[murphy55d]

Originally posted by: datdamkid
They make monthly ones? were you wear them for a month

You throw them away after a month(they last about 2 months really though), but you still take them out every night. My contacts are $35 for a 6 month supply.

 

[Fatdog]

Originally posted by: pulse8
I usually wear mine for about a month or two straight without taking them out unless they bother me for some reason. They rarely bother me unless I'm really tired and my eyes dry out. They never hurt and my eyes haven't gotten any worse.

Maybe I'm just lucky.

I toss mine every month too. There supposed to be bi-weekly contacts, but once there in I don't feel them so I forget about them. I stretched a 6 month supply 18 months once. My opto wasn't too happy with me.

 

[Supermercado]

You can sleep in them. I don't usually sleep with mine in, though. Not for any extended period of time, anyway. If I'm just laying down for an hour, then I don't bother taking them out, but any longer than that and I do take them out.

 

[Jeraden]

I wear extended wear ones and try to take them out once a week, but usually forget and often go about 2 weeks before taking them out. You are supposed to pitch them after 2 weeks and use a new pair, but I usually go 4 weeks before changing to a new pair.

Focus Night & Day lenses let you wear them for 30 days straight (at least according to them). Here's a link from one place selling them, probably a lot cheaper places, this was just the first that popped up on google.
http://www.lens.com/contact-lenses-ciba-vision-corp--focus-night-and-day.html

I forget where I order my lenses from. I do it from some Canadian retailer as you don't need a prescription to get them. U.S. ones are supposed to check your prescription first. My eyes haven't changed in ages and can't justify spending $60 or whatever on an exam to tell me my eyes are the same. I do get one every few years though, just not every year like they want you to (1 year prescriptions).