I’d like opinions on temporary prescription glasses.
My daughter is 7 & in year 1. She’s struggling at school and it all comes down to her reading.
She is always mixing letters up & reading & writing backwards. She’s also told me words move around on the page.
She’s getting extra assistance from school with dyslexia learning tools & is slowly improving.
I had her eyes checked recently. The optometrist suggested because she’s struggling to get her some glasses temporarily, just to take the strain off her eyes while she’s learning & in a year or 2 she will probably not need them (family history of myopia & astigmatism, so this may change).
I said something to my Mum & she was dead against the glasses. Her experience being that as soon as she started using prescription glasses her eyes started deteriorating rapidly.
Has anyone else got experience with this? (I will go behavioural optometrist next, this is our starting point. It’s quite a distance for us to access one)
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I would get a second opinion from another optometrist. I wouldn't take your mums opinion into account or my opinion.
An optometrist has years of study and scientific research to back up his opinion. Plus the history of treating and receiving feedback from 100s of patients. Your mums eyes could have been going to deteriorate anyway and she can only base her opinion on her condition and experience.
Sounds to me could be dislexia my son has the same issue but was given special coloured mesh to put over his book when he reads it has worked out so well for him. It's pretty costly to get an assesment but in our case was well worth it goodluck IM xx
Dyslexia is different. You’re referring to Irlen Syndrome
If the optometrist is saying there's strain on her eyes, get the glasses.
Prescription lenses don't weaken your vision, you just become accustomed to your corrected vision. Strain on her eyes on the other hand potentially could cause damage (not to mention crippling headaches - eye strain causes these in myself even with glasses).
Get a second opinion if you need to but follow the advice of the professionals.
Def see the specialist optometrist. They check all different coloured lenses too which might help her.
I do not agree with your mother. Yes my eyes have deteriorated as I age and I need stronger prescription, but not so with my kids. My boys needed help with tracking, their eyes are working so hard, which is exhausting for them, they just need a bit of help. My daughter (now 20) was wearing her glasses all the time, went to a specialist, he gave her a stronger script but only for reading (she’s at uni). All 3 of my kids have dyslexia so we looked into the coloured lenses, no one color made much of an impact. They have autism too