Did your with have good (uncorrected) vision prior to development of cataracts? People who have the most difficulty adjusting to multifocal lenses appear to usually have a previous history of good vision. A lot of the glare in certain lenses comes from the diffraction grating design that allows multifocal vision (e.g., ReSTOR). I have the diffraction grating design lenses, and certain types of artificial light sources have distinct "bulls eye" halos at night. Having worn glasses most of my life, I got used to most of the negative effects of the multifocal lenses pretty quickly, but they are by no means perfect. The following article discusses the various types of lenses used, how they work, and steps being taken to develop better vision systems. http://www.allaboutvision.com/condit...focal-iols.htm

It seems that opthamologists are generally hesitant to provide detailed information on alternate lens systems to their patients. They usually get comfortable with one product, and then "push" that product, or vision system in their practices. If you're considering multifocal lenses in your cataract surgery, it really pays to do a lot of research, and talk with as many people as you can beforehand. On the other hand, the straight up, single focus lens cataract surgery is probably the most successful surgery (in terms of good results and minimal complications) in medicine.

This is a developing field, and the best visions system for you today may not be the best in a year from now.