I’m surprised you were able to obtain the contact lenses without a prescription. Every place I’ve ever bought contact lenses from has required a copy of my lens prescription, which is a different format than an eyeglasses prescription. My optometrist is very meticulous about the fit and visual acuity of mine. My prescription is different for each eye. One eye sees distance and one eye sees up close. It’s quite amazing how your brain and eyes work together to make that possible.

When the contacts are in, you should not be able to feel them. Yes, sometimes/often there is some irritation. But that’s usually caused by dry eyes, some tiny foreign body on the lens, or you could have the lens on inside out, which is easy to do. But if they fit correctly, they will not feel like a foreign body in your eye.

If you’ve obtained lenses without proper instruction on how to care for them and your eyes, please be very careful. You can get nasty infections that cause blindness. Clean your hands thoroughly before handling, don’t use tap water to clean them or get tap water in your eyes while wearing the lenses. Don’t sleep in them. Always make sure you’ve accounted for both lenses when you take them out. A lens can get lost up in your eyelid and you won’t be able to feel it, so you might just think you’ve dropped it somewhere. I have a friend who recently had a terrible infection and had to have a cornea transplant, which has not gone well. All because she had a contact in her eye that she didn’t know was there.