Why are my contact lenses rebelling?

I normally wear disposable contact lenses; keep them in for a couple of weeks, and then replace them.

The past few weeks, though, my contacts have both ben trying to liberate themselves from my eyes. If I put a fresh pair in, everything is great for a day, but the next day they’re floating, clouding, and seemingly struggling to pop out of my eyes. Evewn if I take them out and use glasses for the night, and put them back in in the morning, they’re back to rebelling again.

I wear -8.5 lenses, so switching to glasses permanently really isn’t an alternative.

I’d recommend seeing a qualified opthamologist or, alternatively, asking Jimmy Carter to review your eyes for human rights violations.

I wonder what has changed to make this happen.
Are you spending more time on-line or watching TV? people forget to blink with contacts sometimes.
Have you taken up smoking?, changed heat setting on the central heating? Air conditiong vent blowing in your face at work? Switched from baths to showers?
Perhaps you moisten your eyes with fluid so much that your eyes dont lubricate themselves as much.

Is it a new box of disposables? Sometimes you can just get a dodgy batch.

I’m already planning on a trip to the opthamologist after my health insurance starts in January.

The disposables … it could be a bad batch. Time to order some new boxes, I guess.

My lifestyle hasn’t changed much in recent weeks. I’m employed again, but the contact problems began a couple of weeks before I started. I don’t watch much television, I spend quite a bit of time online, but not more than in the past.

Another possibility is that your contact lens solution could be going bad, or you could be developing an allergy to the particular brand.

I suspect it’s the change in the weather.

Is it much colder? The lenses could be shrinking.

Is it much drier? Are you using electric heat? You could be dehydrated.

Stay warm, get a humidifier, and drink more water, and see if that helps.

From a contact wearer for 20 years.