I've become a bobblehead.

What could she possibly mean by that, you ask? Well, here's the deal. I recently had a seriously rude reminder that I am...well...getting old. My eyes suddenly exploded, meaning, I couldn't see out of my glasses or contacts anymore, and even worse, I couldn't read without holding the paper waaaaay out to arms length, at which point the print was too far away to see anyway. Yes, my friends, my eyes suddenly caught up with my age, and I have :::shudder::: Presbyopia.

So I went to the optomotrist, who suggested progressive lenses, which I guess are bifocals for the vain, since there's no visible line. Great, I'm vain, and I want to see, so lets do it. I just picked them up tonight, and here's what I've learned about progressive lenses -- they make you feel stoned. And yes, I came of age in the 70's, I know what that feels like (although I thought I'd forgotten.)

I've also learned that I can see anything, near or far, but depending on the distance of the object it is only visible from a very specific, microscopic spot on the lens, so I have to point and/or tilt my head in just the right direction to find that sweet spot to view whatever it is I'm trying to see. And I can't always find it right away, so I'm walking around bobbing and weaving and rotating my head like a flipping bobble-headed dashboard doggie.

Hence the subject of this thread.

And it's even worse when I'm trying to, say, read the TV guide, change the channel and see what's actually ON the TV. My head is lolling around at such a clip I'm afraid I'm going to get whiplash, and I probably look deranged.

Am I alone in this, or has anyone else had a little trouble adjusting to progressive lenses??