I've worn progressive lenses for many years. I always needed to get anti-reflective coating too. They cost close to $500. But when you consider how important they are and I usually wear them for 5-7 years, then it's not so expensive.
Last time I was to the ophthalmologist, (actually the last 2 times), he wrote a new prescription for me, but I didn't feel I need to change. Well now, my distant vision has improved. I guess that's not unusual for older people. I no longer need the "distance" part of my glasses. The doc kept going on and on about what a waste of money it would be to get progressive lenses with plain glass at the top, for distance. He kept encouraging me to just wear reading glasses all the time, and just look over the top of them for everything else. Well, that's incredibly inconvenient to me. I don't want to mess with taking glasses on and off, or looking over the top of reading glasses to see mid-far stuff.
Today I checked out some reading glasses at the store. The close-up part of his Rx (250) was too strong for me. I've read you can buy otc glasses that have reading strength in the bottom of the glasses and plain glasses at the top. This sounds interesting, but then there would be no anti-reflective coating. Which means (especially at night), I would see double for all the lights.
Anyone else figure out how to deal with an issue like this?