re: just got contact lens. Is headache/dry eye normal ?

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Only other thing that bothers me is they feel glued to my eye when I wake up after I've dozed off into a nap.

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This is the worst part of wearing contacts for me. Learn to rub the contact on your sclera if you don't already know this trick: hold your eyelids open, take a finger and place it on your lens just as if you had just put it in (I don't specify handedness or which finger to use because it's so variable from person to person), but once there, look medially and draw the lens laterally and then just rub it on the white part of your eye. It doesn't hurt at all, removes debris trapped under the lens so it won't damage your cornea, and stimulates tear production.

Also, screw autocorrect. I typed "tear" four times while it was autocorrected to "year".


A more relevant also: honorable mention for worst thing about contacts:
Driving car with air conditioner vent situated on face near the end of the day
Any situation where it's windy (boat, bike, running on windy day, etc) after a long day of already wearing contacts.