Tweet
Hi everyone,
I have been viewing this site almost religiously since my sudden onset of Dry Eye this July. I had Lasik three years ago and have never had any issues with dry eye, never used eye drops in my life (except for a few weeks after Lasik). I was working in Cincinnati in an internship this summer, went to work one morning, came home with a headache and everything went downhill from there. I am having a hard time accepting this problem, especially since it came on so suddenly and out of the blue. During the worst time I was sitting at my computer with sunglasses on putting eyedrops in every 15-30 minutes. I have seen multiple doctors: one said Lasik likely caused my problem, another said it was highly unlikely that Lasik caused my problem, and the third one said that he didn't know what led to this issue. One doctor diagnosed me with blepharitis while another doctor said he didn't see any sign of blepahritis/MGD, therefore his diagnosis was aqueous deficiency.
All of them agreed that my TBUT score is a 0 in both eyes, didn't get a schirmer's test done but they attempted to do a tearlab which wouldn't even read due to lack of tears. I have been taking restasis for the past couple of months, I think it has helped with the inflammation but my tear quality/quantity has not returned. At my last doctor's appointment they put in collagen punctal plugs which seemed to have helped a little, have an appointment in a couple of weeks and will probably opt for a "permanent" lower plug. I have onion goggles which I use occassionally at home when my eyes are hurting. My biggest issue is I feel like someone is putting pressure on the eye muscles behind my eyes, especially when using a computer. Does anyone else have that feeling?
I took a medical leave of absence from my MBA degree and spend the majority of my day at home depressed, anxious, and unsure of my abilities anymore. I feel like this disease is impacting my future career and family dreams, feels like the biggest sucker punch in life. Luckily my wife and family have been very supportive, but at times I don't think they understand how limiting and frightening this is.
Well, that is my story and first post. Thanks for listening, hope to get some encouraging responses. I know everyone says that it gets better, but right now I just can't see how.
A2DryEye
I have been viewing this site almost religiously since my sudden onset of Dry Eye this July. I had Lasik three years ago and have never had any issues with dry eye, never used eye drops in my life (except for a few weeks after Lasik). I was working in Cincinnati in an internship this summer, went to work one morning, came home with a headache and everything went downhill from there. I am having a hard time accepting this problem, especially since it came on so suddenly and out of the blue. During the worst time I was sitting at my computer with sunglasses on putting eyedrops in every 15-30 minutes. I have seen multiple doctors: one said Lasik likely caused my problem, another said it was highly unlikely that Lasik caused my problem, and the third one said that he didn't know what led to this issue. One doctor diagnosed me with blepharitis while another doctor said he didn't see any sign of blepahritis/MGD, therefore his diagnosis was aqueous deficiency.
All of them agreed that my TBUT score is a 0 in both eyes, didn't get a schirmer's test done but they attempted to do a tearlab which wouldn't even read due to lack of tears. I have been taking restasis for the past couple of months, I think it has helped with the inflammation but my tear quality/quantity has not returned. At my last doctor's appointment they put in collagen punctal plugs which seemed to have helped a little, have an appointment in a couple of weeks and will probably opt for a "permanent" lower plug. I have onion goggles which I use occassionally at home when my eyes are hurting. My biggest issue is I feel like someone is putting pressure on the eye muscles behind my eyes, especially when using a computer. Does anyone else have that feeling?
I took a medical leave of absence from my MBA degree and spend the majority of my day at home depressed, anxious, and unsure of my abilities anymore. I feel like this disease is impacting my future career and family dreams, feels like the biggest sucker punch in life. Luckily my wife and family have been very supportive, but at times I don't think they understand how limiting and frightening this is.
Well, that is my story and first post. Thanks for listening, hope to get some encouraging responses. I know everyone says that it gets better, but right now I just can't see how.
A2DryEye
(The excepction was Netramritam eyedrop, an ayurvedic eyedrop that was fine for one month)
Comment