100% YES! I don’t know how many times I’ve made reading glasses and when the client comes to pick up they immediately place their reading card out to an arms length distance or want to check a computer :(. Sometimes clients will even say, “the doctor told me my vision hasn’t changes much, but now I can’t see everything” or “my old glasses work better”. This is because as you go up in power (need a stronger reading add) you naturally get wrapped into a tighter reading range. Does that mean you prescription is wrong? Nope, the goal for doctors during a vision exam is to get you to 20/20. This being said you might not really want single vision reading if you don’t work at that distance. Here are some examples of how prescriptions can be written and why communication is so important.
