I had trouble with them too B - if my distance vision was correct I wouldn't read (much).....if I could read, my distance vision wasn't clear enough. My mom did mono-vision - 1 eye corrected for distance the other for reading....couple of days to adjust and then it was good.
When I still wore contacts, I would put on reading glasses (the kind you
buy in the store - magnavision is optic-grade glass - not all are created equal) - while at work or reading a book. Everything else was fine.
Now I'm wearing my glasses - when I'm reading I take them off.