All:

I currently wear tinted contact lenses and they definitely mask my
Adie's pupil; it is less evident than without the tinted contact
lenses. I've got light blue eyes and I wear a darker shade of
blue. I tried on various different colors and various shades of
blue and ended up with the UV-protected, blue tinted ones I wear
today. My optomistrist was very helpful. But, like Rhianno,
initially my pupil was soooo large that the blue tint from the
contact lense blurred my vision.

To reduce the size of my pupil, I use dilated pilocarpine drops
while I'm wearing the contacts. A personalized solution can be made
for you by a pharmacy after consultation with your opthalmalogist.
For me, only seven drops of 1% solution of pilocarpine into a 15 ml
eye dropper saline solution. I place a drop in my affected eye
about once every one to two hours or so and it does the trick; my
pupil constricts to about 'normal' (in ambient (indoor) light)) and
then 'fits' into the opening of the tinted contact lenses; no more
blurred vision.

FYI, I've also found that at night I stop with the drops. My pupil
slowly dilates and fills in to the tinted portion of the contact
lenses. Meanwhile, my healthy pupil natually dilates because of the
reduced lighting at night time. It almost looks normal. The outer
tinted ring of the contact lense makes both pupils look the same
size when it gets dark and they (the pupils) extend to or slightly
beyond the inner ring of the tinting.

Like John stated, some people can tell you're wearing contacts
(based on the lighting at the moment), but I'd rather look like I'm
wearing contacts (many people wear them) than be readily noticed
with the Adie condition (a very rare, misunderstood condition).

Finally, I notice no difference on the 'feel' of the contact lense
in my Adie eye versus my normal eye; same/same. Both my eyes are
sensitive and I'd prefer not to wear contact lenses, but, for me,
the benefit outways the cost.

Until they find a cure (and I do believe one is possible), I'll
continue to wear tinted contacts.

Good Luck! Paul

-- In adie_syndrome@yahoogroups.com, John Reiter
<johnreiter2001@y...> wrote:
> Hi. I tried several shades of blue contacts (my eyes
> are blue) but I did not like the way they looked. I
> thought that they looked artificial, and they would
> draw attention to my eyes more than they would mask
> the difference in pupil size. My vision was OK with
> them -- no better or worse than normal. However, I
> say go for it and give it a try. They may work for
> you.
>
> I do wear UV protection lenses with a very very slight
> blue tint, at the recommendation of my optometrist.
>
> Good luck.
>
> --- Rhiannon Krigsvold <krigsvoldr@y...> wrote:
> > Hi Michaela
> > I did try to get colored contact lenses. I
> > thought
> > it would make my larger pupil less noticable. But
> > when I was trying them out, because my pupil was soo
> > large I could actually see the colored part of the
> > contact and that blurred my vision. I figured that
> > alone would bug me more then people commenting or
> > just
> > not having contacts. So I wear clear ones and
> > glasses
> > instead. I mean you could try it out... but I
> > happen
> > to work in a very bright atmosphere so my pupil
> > stays
> > large for most of the day. It did basically make it
> > not as noticable. Depending on the color of the
> > contact. I went for dark blue, cause I have blue
> > eyes. I would suggest taking to the optometrician
> > about it. Good luck!!
> > --- michaela_rees <michaela_rees@y...> wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi All
> > > Has anyone tried tinted contact lens, do they help
> > > at all and what do
> > > they look like when wearing them, and a coloured
> > > contact lens with a
> > > small pupil painted on which is suppose to let
> > less
> > > light in has
> > > anybody tried these.
> > > Regards Michaela
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
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