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I started taking Bupropion and Mirtazapine 3 years ago for 1½ years and it gave me a chronic dry eye condition that is persisting even though I quit taking both the medications over 1½ year ago. First, I'm wondering if anyone else have dry eyes caused by the same medications? Apparently, it is well known that especially Bupropion can cause dry eyes as a side effect of taking the medication, but the condition usually goes away gradually when a person stops taking the medication.
I have also had vision changes, such as blurry vision and a difficulty to focus on things, which I think might be giving me headaches. This is also a known side effect to Bupropion, and like other people who described the same problems, several opticians told me that my vision has not changed dramatically compared to 3 years ago. I think the blurry vision could partly be connected to my dry eyes and use of lubricating eye drops. My condition is also worse during daytime for some reason.
The biggest inconvenience is that I get very strained eyes from reading, watching TV or sitting in front of a computer screen. I'm not sure if it is connected to the dry eyes because it is enough for me to read for 30 minutes before my eyes are really tired. Moving images cause much less strain than reading though. After around 30 minutes, or at the same time that I can really feel that my eyes are really tired, I start to get typical symptoms for dry eye such as a burning feeling and also a painful sensation behind the eyes.
The health care is very bad in the country where I live and the only doctor who I convinced to do anything more than recommend me eye drops, put a kind of stick in the lower eyelid and said that I actually have an excessive tear production and discarded me after saying that it must be a pollen allergy. I was a bit confused after seeing that my eyes can actually produce a lot of tears, but lately I have read that excessive tear production can be associated with dry eyes. In the past, I have noticed that I have a lot of tears when my eyes are exposed to wind, but it feels like there are no tears when I actually need them.
I would like some kind of confirmation that what I descrine is most likely dry eyes. Most of all, I'm wondering if the pain and strain that I experience in the eyes are also associated with dry eyes? I sit in front of the computer even though it makes me feel really uncomfortable, something which I think is making my condition worse. Could the pain and strain perhaps be due to exhaustion and overworking the eyes? I appreciate any advice offered! Thank you in advance.
I started taking Bupropion and Mirtazapine 3 years ago for 1½ years and it gave me a chronic dry eye condition that is persisting even though I quit taking both the medications over 1½ year ago. First, I'm wondering if anyone else have dry eyes caused by the same medications? Apparently, it is well known that especially Bupropion can cause dry eyes as a side effect of taking the medication, but the condition usually goes away gradually when a person stops taking the medication.
I have also had vision changes, such as blurry vision and a difficulty to focus on things, which I think might be giving me headaches. This is also a known side effect to Bupropion, and like other people who described the same problems, several opticians told me that my vision has not changed dramatically compared to 3 years ago. I think the blurry vision could partly be connected to my dry eyes and use of lubricating eye drops. My condition is also worse during daytime for some reason.
The biggest inconvenience is that I get very strained eyes from reading, watching TV or sitting in front of a computer screen. I'm not sure if it is connected to the dry eyes because it is enough for me to read for 30 minutes before my eyes are really tired. Moving images cause much less strain than reading though. After around 30 minutes, or at the same time that I can really feel that my eyes are really tired, I start to get typical symptoms for dry eye such as a burning feeling and also a painful sensation behind the eyes.
The health care is very bad in the country where I live and the only doctor who I convinced to do anything more than recommend me eye drops, put a kind of stick in the lower eyelid and said that I actually have an excessive tear production and discarded me after saying that it must be a pollen allergy. I was a bit confused after seeing that my eyes can actually produce a lot of tears, but lately I have read that excessive tear production can be associated with dry eyes. In the past, I have noticed that I have a lot of tears when my eyes are exposed to wind, but it feels like there are no tears when I actually need them.
I would like some kind of confirmation that what I descrine is most likely dry eyes. Most of all, I'm wondering if the pain and strain that I experience in the eyes are also associated with dry eyes? I sit in front of the computer even though it makes me feel really uncomfortable, something which I think is making my condition worse. Could the pain and strain perhaps be due to exhaustion and overworking the eyes? I appreciate any advice offered! Thank you in advance.
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