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  • Poll:What are you doing/not doing for your eyes now?

    Me:

    Not doing anymore - Restasis, nighttime ointment, warm compresses, fish oil or other supplements, night goggles/masks.

    Doing - Doxycline 100 mg. 1x a day. Lacriserts, Tears Naturale Free if needed during the day, Celluvisc if needed at night.

    I have to say this is the best my eyes have felt in 5 years. Still not great, but better. The only nusance is that with my plugs & the lacriserts, my eyes can be runny a bit too.

  • #2
    Alison,

    Do you have any ill effects from the doxy?
    I haven't tried it yet, and I don't have plugs yet either.

    Melissa
    pianolady

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    • #3
      Hi Melissa...

      No, no ill effects from the doxy at all thankfully. Not sure if it actually helps a significant amount though or not. Hth!

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      • #4
        Doing:
        Warm compress in morning and night in shower
        Restasis morning and night
        Lacriserts
        Frozen sleep mask to bed at night
        Fish oil
        GOGGLES

        Not doing:
        Scrubs and plugs

        Melissa
        Last edited by msienkiewicz; 27-Jun-2009, 12:55. Reason: add more complete answer
        pianolady

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        • #5
          Taking time off work
          Plugs
          Getting plenty of sleep
          Trying to drink lots of water
          Flax seed oil 2000-4000mg per day
          Artificial tears
          Visiting a doc every week trying to get help, hopefully one can give me doxy

          Steroids and allergy drops seem to make my eyes worse
          Computer use makes the eyes extra sore

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          • #6
            Warm compresses seem to aggitate my eyes

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            • #7
              Aaron,

              A warm compress doesn't bother me too badly in the morning, and I simply run the hot water over my eyes in my evening shower. I know what you mean about the heat aggravating the eyes. I definitely prefer the nice frozen eye mask that I use at bedtime. Cold is much nicer to my eyes.

              Melissa
              pianolady

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              • #8
                My eyes feel great when I'm in the shower!

                When I'm in the steam room they feel pretty good too, only problem is I can't stay in the steam room forever and when I get out I think they end up drier then before.

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                • #9
                  Lotemax, looks like it will be for the foreseeable future
                  TheraTears during the day, Genteal gel at night.
                  Every day with DES is like a box of chocolates...You never know what you're going to get.

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                  • #10
                    Morning: warm rice baggy, ocu-foam plus lid scrubs/massage, FreshKote drops.
                    During the day: Dwelle or FreshKote once if needed. Also, I wipe lids with cool tap water on a tissue when lids and lashes get temporarily crusty or agitated.
                    Evening: FreshKote Drops
                    Bedtime and night: eye wash with Burt's Bees Baby Shampoo, Genteal Gel+ Tranquileyes for sleeping, Tears Naturale Free or more GGel during the night.
                    I take 3000 mg Omega-3 fish oil per day.

                    Occasional (maybe 3 times a year): Thin layer of Blephamide ointment on lower lids for inflammation control---usually only one night of this relieves the symptoms.

                    Not doing: plugs, Restasis, steroid drops, humidifiers, eye makeup.

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                    • #11
                      Continuing with Flaxseed Oil (fish oil made acid reflux unbearable).

                      Use Refresh Plus drops as needed--sometimes none for days and other days 4-5 times particularly if using the computer.

                      My 3 duct plugs are still helping too.

                      Synergeyes contacts. Without them I cannot stand bare eyes very long. With them my symptoms are 95% gone, 95% of the time. Even an hour or two with glasses and the dry eye returns with a vengance. Within 10 minutes of putting the contacts in all symptoms go away. They are a gas permeable with a soft skirt and constructed to hold moisture on the eye. Worth every dime I paid. I would pay 10 times for them if I had to.

                      No longer doing:

                      Hot compresses, lid scrubs, or bedtime Genteal gel in eyes. No longer running a humidifier at home, but I do need one at work.
                      Last edited by rubyslippers; 27-Jun-2009, 12:27.

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                      • #12
                        doing & not doing for eyes

                        doing:
                        plugs in upper & lower
                        fish oil, flax oil, primrose oil, biotears
                        lots and lots and lots of water
                        restasis
                        bion tears
                        warm compress on eyes twice a day

                        not doing:
                        used to drink a ton of diet 7up...don't do that anymore

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                        • #13
                          Doing:

                          Warm compress and express eyelids every morning.
                          systane eye drops 3 x daily
                          flaxseed oil
                          evening primrose oil
                          resveratrol
                          sillica (just trying that one)
                          trying to maintain a healthier diet.

                          Not doing:

                          Taking so many pain killers - they definitely aggrevate things.

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                          • #14
                            DOING:
                            1.) Hot shower followed by Sterilid cleaning with lid massage and cold preservative-free eye drops
                            2.) Restasis
                            3.) Alrex
                            4.) Celluvisc at night
                            5.) TranquilEyes without water
                            6.) Prednisone (for both inflammation and eustachian tube dysfunction. Man, my eyes felt great after a day on this... but it did not last.. and it's not helping my ear problem.)
                            7.) Flax Oil 2tbsp/day
                            8.) Resveratrol supplements
                            9.) Acupuncture once a week (Starting a blue poppy herb treatment next week. My acupuncturist works in conjunction with my primary care doc.)
                            10.) Had an IPL treatment today

                            Wow, I'm really doing a lot when I list it out like that. Must be where all my money has gone the last 6 months since this got really bad.

                            NOT DOING:
                            1.) Not using drops throughout day unless urgently needed
                            2.) Doxycycline (my gut needed a break)
                            3.) Soothe XP, Optive, NutraTear, Genteal, and so on and so on...
                            4.) Placing my future in the hands of physicians that don't really care (sorry, little bit bitter right now...)

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                            • #15
                              Doing:

                              lacriserts
                              1 drop lotemax per day
                              restasis
                              tranquil eyes
                              night time gel
                              systane as needed
                              lower plugs

                              I'm a post lasik, post accutane patient. The above recipe makes the DES very tolerable. (knock on wood)

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