I wear contacts in my sleep for over 4 months,,,

Do you work or exercise and sweat and get dirty?

I've done this for the past 10 years. I never take them out except to change them. I've only had one eye infection in that time frame and it was from pink eye and not related to wearing contacts.

My eye doc know this and checks the vascularization of my eyes-he says everything looks fine. I get the extended wear that can be worn overnight now, but for years I used daily disposables for months at a time.

I find that the less I touch them, the longer they last and the only thing that really messes them up is crying. I'll get calcium deposits on them and have to throw them out.

It is actually very uncomfortable not to have contacts in my eyes, it feels like someone is blowing right into my eyeball and it makes my eyes water profusely. Again, my doc says that's normal, they're used to having a protective shield.

These days they make contact more breathable so your eyes get enough O2, and again my eye doc is fine with me wearing mine 24/7.

Sheeez I never thought to buy the extended wears maybe then I can go for a year without taking them out?

Nobody has a remark about the fact you can see your dreams in perfect vision with them in and not without them I think thats the better of the subject here and i think its friggin weird.

Sheeez I never thought to buy the extended wears maybe then I can go for a year without taking them out?

Nobody has a remark about the fact you can see your dreams in perfect vision with them in and not without them I think thats the better of the subject here and i think its friggin weird.

Sheeez I never thought to buy the extended wears maybe then I can go for a year without taking them out?

Nobody has a remark about the fact you can see your dreams in perfect vision with them in and not without them I think thats the better of the subject here and i think its friggin weird.

What is weird like I said I see my dreams with full vision and without them I can not my dreams are blurry not that its why I sleep with them

Sheeez I never thought to buy the extended wears maybe then I can go for a year without taking them out?

Nobody has a remark about the fact you can see your dreams in perfect vision with them in and not without them I think thats the better of the subject here and i think its friggin weird.

hey OPS...what is the brand/model of contacts???
that you were for months at a time...

Really? Hmmm, wonder how that works. But you may have a good point. If I fall asleep during the day with my lenses on, I seem to remember or 'see' my dreams more clearly.

You should really give your eyes some air once in a while tho. Even if you really cant feel that the eye is damaged, it might very well be. It may work just fine for several months, or even years, but once a tiny rift damages your eye, it may very well damage your sight for life.

Hope you give your eye some air once in a while!

i wonder if its all tied in with that poeple who saw b&w tv first dream in B&W and maybe befre tv we did not dream so much?

maybe dreams as we have them now since tv are not natural as they once were.

I take mine out every couple months. I've not had any problems and have been doing it for years.

The technology of contact lenses are improving all the time, very different than ones a few decades ago

There are contacts you can keep in overnight for a few weeks, You just have to visit your eyecare provider and ask them whats availiable..

a scratched cornea is NO Fun !!!!! been there let them breathe now and again

LOL! You've gotten have one helluva headache.

Yeah, get this kind!

I have a kid who does this and he was told the biggest danger is that the lens can actually adhere to your eye and peel a tiny bit off when you finally remove it, just a layer of cells. Gradual thinning of the cornea from that and lack of oxygen.

When he's home I nag and get him to remove them but I know when he goes back to school he wears them probably most of a semester.

The lack of oxygen can provoce the eyes to grow bloodvessels into your iris, and with that significantly deteriorate your iris to adapt to different light conditions. Ie, you lose your night vision.

Todays contacts are better than the ones just 5 years ago, and even though the risks are way smaller, doesn't mean they don't exist.

So be wise, check your eyes regularly, and listen to your doctor, and you should be fine.

i keep mine in 24/7...usually until i notice the "strength" seem to fade.
I can't stand to sleep without them, because i watch tv as i fall asleep and glasses always give me a headache.

what is your scrip? i'm at -3.75 now and planning on lasik in a few years.

Used weekly disposable lenses - the kind you sleep in, for 25 years now. No optician checkups, no drops, no problems. Fearmongers suck.