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How do I explain my issues with my prescription during my retest?

My current glasses prescription is R+0.75 -0.75 L +4.25 -1.50. I'm 21 and my left eye is not lazy. I feel like I just have mediocre vision in both eyes. Both eyes find the 20/20 line too small. It doesn't feel strong enough so I get headaches, spacey vision and dizziness. My eyes are strained even when I'm not doing close up work. My last prescription was R +1.25 -0.75 L +4.00 -1.25. The right eye got lowered because it was blurry. Now that it's lowered my vision is better balanced. My right eye used to be +1.75, but maybe that was too high. I'm worried any stronger prescription than what I have right now will be blurry. I've always had terrible anxiety at the eye doctor because my prescription is constantly wrong. I have a feeling my anxiety might effect my results. Should I try anti-anxiety meds before eye exam?
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When i got my vision tested at the doctor's office with my +1.25 +4.00 prescription my right eye saw 20/30 while my left eye saw 20/20. So a lot of the time my left eye actually had better vision.
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Your prescription is not "constantly wrong" at your eye doctor's office. It varies according to YOUR responses. If your were tested 5 times in the same day by 5 different doctors the results would vary.  That is because your true refraction would have to be determined after your eye muscle was relaxed with dilating drops (Cycloplegia)  That prescription would be too strong for you to adjust to at your age. Your RX will vary a great deal if you will wear contacts. Your RX will vary depending on your how tired you are, the time of day, and how observant you are.
I just have severe eyestrain with my current prescription. I just want to find a prescription that won't give me eyestrain or any other weird symptoms.
Your glasses RX is a nightmare and most people would not be able to wear it (probably 90%) because of the severe difference in the two eyes. I would suggest you see an Eye MD ophthalmologist that specializes in cornea and refractive surgery and discuss refractive surgery to reduce the difference in the two eyes. I don't think you are going to be able to find a comfortable pair of glasses no matter how many doctors you see. Your condition where the glasses RX are wildly different is called aneisometrophia.
I don't notice image size differences when I wear glasses. I actually notice things look smaller through my left eye when I wear contacts. I mainly wear contacts for cosmetic reasons.
Contact lens reduce image size, make the difference between the eyes easier to handle but cause your glasses RX to change and shift that is called contact lens induced spectacle blur. That is all I can add and I'm signing off this discussion.
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You have not recorded a complete eye prescription they should be an axis number   in each eye:  Also need to know your visual acuity with the glasses.  This would be a  full RX  RE +0.75 sphere -0.75 axis  NEED NUMBERS
Lazy eye is not a medical term.  If your LE is not amblyopic (less vision than normal and less than RE) it would be highly unusual.   So give your full RX and your vision with the glasses on.
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The axis is 165 in the right eye and 015 in the left. Both my eyes can see 20/20 with difficulty. No amblyopia. At one point my left eye could only be corrected to 20/30, but it only had -0.50 cylinder.
With some uncomfortable toric contacts I could even see some of the 20/15 and 20/10 line with both eyes.
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