laur5446 Im not sure as they pruposefully dont disclose whether such option is available elsewhere or not. But my specialist has progressive prism glasses that he wears for both near and distance for a few years now. Id say go with it, esp. if they return money if youre dissatisifed and see if it actually helps. Im curious, let me know.
Still, in my case, its not fixed completely. Just a lot better with a lot of rest needed and fatigue/eyestrain/headaches on worse days.
Did anyone here end up trying Neurolenses? I'm very interested if these could possible be a solution, any thoughts on these?
I might be testing these out in Oct, when my insurance eligibility renews (1y since my previous BVD visit).
I'm hoping that the digital measurements might be more correct than the manual ones, but these lenses sound to be helping people who have problems both near and with distance, where my issues is with near distance screens only. I just stare at the monitor, not looking around…
…"Contoured prism is a neurolens proprietary technology in which the amount of base in prism increases (or base out decreases) gradually from the top to the bottom of the lens. This allows me to correct binocular misalignment at distance, intermediate and near in a single lens"
I emailed them, and it looks to me there are options for near-work only, quoted below:
We offer three styles of lenses. Our single vision, which has contoured prismatic but no add power, is meant for everyday use but can be designed to be near only. Our progressive lens is also for daily use but has add power for those who need it. Our office lens is similar to our Progressive but meant for indoor use only. This lens has our contoured prism but extra add in the intermediate and is perfect for in office use. I recommend scheduling an exam with one of our providers to determine what would be best for your needs
I spoke to my vision therapist and opthomologist and he warned me that nuerolenses are no different than prism lenses. They are overcharging you for their "proprietary" diagnosis tool and then upselling you the product.
You can get prism added to lenses at any eyeglass maker for FAR cheaper, and any optometrist can do a detailed exam to determine if prism is needed. I paid a $20 medical copay for my 2 hour exam, and $45 to have my lenses made. Unfortunatly they made no difference in my symptoms.
I just got my Neurolens yesterday. I was shocked at how the dimension of objects was so different. The instrument cluster in my vehicle is angled… didn't know that.
Today… After working 12 hours at my computer at work,, I am a bit fatigued and feel like I have a ghosting effect on everything I look at. Plan to call tomorrow to see if this is something that will pass.
I have a Neurolens appointment on Wednesday. I will be getting them and reporting on my experience and the lenses fully. It might a few weeks after the appointment though to get the lenses.
Nice, I hope this works and becomes your solution. I come to this forum every couple of days and hope someone else found something that works for them!
If your optometrist decides you are a candidate, it would be helpful to post your measurements here (if you don't mind). I think it'd help compare with others.
I plan to visit a Neurolens provider once I get the COVID booster.
I've been reading a lot of positive (anecdotal) experiences about the Neurolenses on Reddit and such. They can correct vertical heterophoria as well. I've read they take up to a few weeks to get used to.
They seem to help a lot of people. I really hope it's you! Because they are prism, I read they can make the "floor" look weird at first, almost like you're moving up/down when you are not.
Hoping they work well for you!
Just to add my experience -
I tried Neurolens for about 3 months. The first 2 weeks were rough, they were uncomfortable to wear and made my eyes feel slightly water-y. I did get used to them, and they were totally comfortable to wear about 3 weeks in. They helped with my general eye strain, but I didn't notice any improvement with flicker. I noticed that my eyes were less tired at the end of the day, but nothing super dramatic. I'd definitely recommend trying them if your doctor says you're a candidate though.
He diagnosed exophoria.
Here is my Neurolens reading:
Neurolens value: 1.4 BI [base in] (0.75 each eye)
They wouldn’t give me the readout to keep but the picture they showed me indicated that I look far beyond the content I’m looking at, especially while doing close work. When I asked him about this he agreed with my saying “convergence excess” (Edit: This doesn’t make sense, see my next post)
I would appreciate your thoughts on this.
This seems like a couple of different problems.
Edit: See my next post in this thread for additional information on whether I have convergence insufficiency vs excess.
I don’t understand how I could have convergence excess based on the diagram I was shown. I thought looking past the image like I saw is convergence insufficiency. I really wish I had a print out of my Neurolens reading to refer to.
Maybe there was a miscommunication and I have insufficiency. I will call and sort it out tomorrow.
The Neurolens screen said “EXO” as well, I remember. I think I can be confident that the Neurolens technology itself at least diagnosed exophoria.
I am unsure about convergence now as diagram is showed me was seems consistent with convergence insufficiency, not excess as he said.
degen You don't have convergence excess based on the Neurolens reading, probably there was a miscommunication. Looking too far is exophoria / convergence insufficiency. I've been hearing from many folks on Reddit that these were a huge help, hoping it works well for you.
Your prism prescription isn't that large, but according to Neurolens, the amount of prism correction required is not correlated with the severity of the symptoms.
