prescription too strong?

I was give a new presciption after 7 years of wearing the same old one when i was 10. i am now 18 and decided to get my new prescription through contacts for the first time. i dont know if it is all the drastic changes but when i wear my new contacts i start to get a headache because it seems too strong. strangely enough, when i wear the contacts for a few days they are ok. everytime i put in new ones from the package, my head hurts again. (the pain is around the temporal lobe. if that helps at all?) adding to the problems, i appear to have "dry eyes" and when i take out my contacts it feels like i am dragging off my pupil. to compensate, i squirt a little multi purpose saline solution so it slides out easier. so my questions: is my prescription ok? and are all the symptoms normal? what should i do to rectify the problems? thank you!

[John C Hagan III, MD, FACS, FAAO]

You should return to whomever fit you contacts (optometrist or ophthalmologist) and discuss the problem. that's not something that can be delt with over the internet.

JCH MD