Ask HN: Do your eyes bug you even though your prescription is "correct"?

I'm not sure I'm entirely on board with the idea that we've got optometry down to the point where anyone can claim to have arrived at the correct prescription without the wearer having tried a bunch and finding what works in reality. Having worn glasses for over 75% of my 40-ish year life, I've come to the conclusion that optometry is as much art as it is science. I think every time I've gone to a new optometrist, I've been told something along the lines of "wow, your old prescription is way off" and ended up with a half diopter or more change.

I don't sit at a screen much these days, but for a while when I did, I had a computer prescription pair that I swapped on every day when I sat down at my desk, and swapped off when I went to leave. The distance vision with it was good enough to walk around the office or down the road to lunch, but not good enough to drive to and from the office.

After moving and getting a new optometrist, I got a different main prescription, and was told to try wearing them at the computer instead of swapping. Lo and behold, they worked without causing headaches, which is why I ended up with a computer pair previously.

For all of the time I've been in glasses, I've read books without them.

I'm probably not interesting to talk to, because I'm no longer in front of a computer when I can avoid it and I'm in my 40's so I'm staring down (pun intended) some vision changes in the near future anyway.

Minus 2 or 3 in both eyes with a cylindrical correction as well.

I recently made an optometrist appointment, and was surprised to discover that I could do virtual appointments. And they were a lot easier to get.

I'm skeptical that that can work. I suppose you can administer a basic eye test and get a close-enough prescription, but this is really important and I want to get it exactly right.

I kinda wish I could give it a try, just to see what they can manage to do without all of the tools that an optometrist would apply. But I've got some concerns (which is why I made the appointment) and I'd rather have somebody look closely.