Crooked glasses causes headaches
Welcome to the most atypical habit I’ve yet to form. My glasses are slightly crooked (maybe 5 degrees off), but it’s just enough for me to notice. They are the frameless glasses, but I can still see the outline of the lenses. Subconsciously, I think I’m trying to adjust to the crooked glasses, but not by turning my head in the opposite direction (to make them straight), but by turning my head the same direction as the tilt. I guess I’m accomodating to the glasses instead of making the glasses accomodate to me. Well, trying to align the glasses with my eyes that way is like chasing my shadow. Lately I’ve been catching myself with my head further and further to the right, to the point where I think someone would question what I was doing if they saw me. I’ve tried bending them back myself, but I’m a little nervous because it’s about 5x more $ to repair glasses with no frames, because the only connection to the lens and the ear bracket thingy are two little screws. If they snap, the lens will crack. Anyway, I’ve been putting off the fact that I need to take my glasses in for repair. It’s such a small issue, but it could be the reason my neck has been sore, which often causes my head to hurt. Now it’s to the point where I’m afraid I might tilt my head to the right without having glasses on. Wouldn’t that be wonderful. Maybe I could lay sideways on the floor and put book’s under my laptop to angle it as needed… or I could go get my glasses fixed.
Chris Monday, 28 Aug, 2006 Posted at 03:48PM
That’s ridiculous… go fix your glasses! :-p
On a side note, I always feel like mine are somehow “off” as well… but I don’t know for sure what exactly is wrong with them.
Ryan Monday, 28 Aug, 2006 Posted at 04:25PM
Tell me about it. I think it’s my nose… ha. I’ve had about 3 different sets over the last few years, and every pair ends up crooked in the same direction for some reason. I can’t wear contacts while glaring at a computer screen, so I guess I have no choice but to get them fixed. I’m just being lazy I guess…
Nick Tuesday, 29 Aug, 2006 Posted at 05:44AM
Get contacts.
Ryan Tuesday, 29 Aug, 2006 Posted at 06:10AM
I have them, but man, after 4-6 hours of looking at a computer, they dry out and I’m constantly blinking. Maybe I just don’t have the right kind, but I get the 10 day disposables… I believe they are Acuvue…
Chris Tuesday, 29 Aug, 2006 Posted at 07:58AM
My eyes seem to dry out regardless. Staring at a computer screen for eight hours in a dim environment will do that :-p
Nick Thursday, 31 Aug, 2006 Posted at 09:08AM
Mine don’t bother me unless I’ve worn them all day long and I’m starting to get really tired.
Jan Tuesday, 29 May, 2007 Posted at 12:18PM
i just tried this and it works. i also have frameless glasses with a slight tilt. always raise the temple of the higher side, or lower the lower side.
Bob Thursday, 21 Jan, 2010 Posted at 12:09PM
I discovered a couple weeks ago that my left ear is slightly, maybe an eighth inch or so, higher than my right. Even when my glasses are perfectly balanced, my left lense looked slightly higher than my right. I compensated by bending the left temple up barely so that the left lense sits a little lower. Now they are perfect on my face! Care must be taken when adjusting the temples either up or down. For standard metal frames, bend the temple where it is soldered to the frame by using non-serrated needle-nose pliers. Plastic jaw needle-nose work great. Do NOT bend the hinge itself! Hold tightly to the frame in the corner where the adjustment is to be made with your hand and grip the temple between the hinge and frame with the pliers and bend up or down SLIGHTLY. Remember, it takes only a minor tweak to make a noticeable difference at the ear piece.
Lee Friday, 22 Jan, 2010 Posted at 09:28AM
I totally have the “uneven ears” problem that Bob has. Can’t ever keep my glasses adjusted properly. I wonder if I should get a pair with huge, bug-eyed lens.