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Hello. I wanted to repost my story with some updates. I will welcome any insight regarding anything that follows.
I’m 32, male, and have had dry eyes for 4 years (started out of nowhere). I live in Poland.
I have seen 12 eye doctors, and none of them has been able to tell me even what type of dry eyes I have (oil or aqueous deficiency). Their help is restricted to prescribing random moisturizing drops. Both Schirmer and TBUT results were pretty bad.
When I’m indoors, not using computer, not watching TV, not reading – basically not doing anything, my eyes are rather fine (apart from bearable sensation of dryness from time to time). After a while of computer use (or reading) my eyes start to burn. Rather than associating it with blinking often enough (I followed all the ‘computer use’ tips for relieving eyes) I put it down to the light the screens emit. I decreased the brightness to minimum, installed flux, inverted test-background color where possible (for example ‘Dark Background and Light Text’ plugin for Firefox) and it has made computer use bearable to an extent.
I have NOT experienced things like: redness, gritty feeling, blurred vision, excess tearing. I have not had LASIK surgery. I didn't seem to have any eye-lid problems at first, but a year ago I started having those weird veins on my eye-lids.
I have used most of the common treatments like: hot compresses, eyelid hygiene, massages, diet changes, eye-friendly supplements, I’ve tried 15 different eye drops for dry eyes. No effect (not one that could be felt at least). I also did some blood tests for dificiencies (vit A, vit D, zink, and some others I don't remember). I only seemed to have mild vit D deficiency for which I've taken supplements.
Around a year ago an eye doctor gave me Flarex (corticosteroid eye drops) for my left eye pains (which have also plagued me). I think it’s those drops that, after a month of taking them, made my eyes irreversibly much, much worse when I’m outside. I learned to walk with my eyes closed most of the time, but even that didn’t help. That made me buy moisture chamber glasses (Ziena Nereous) which help outdoors somewhat, but I still often need to keep my eyes closed, especially when there is air movement. The glasses don’t help with the burning I experience when I use computer (or when I read) whatsoever (which I find interesting, since they help many people), so I keep them off when I’m indoors. Along with the outdoors problem, I’ve been developing light sensitivity. I need to clip additional shades to my already shaded moisture glasses when there is heavy sunlight.
Some other issues I have had:
Left eye pains – they were a big deal at first, really nasty immediate pains provoked by looking at computer screens, but also appeared spontaneously during night. Taking some anti-viral drops seemed to eradicate them but not completely. Sometimes (rarely) they appear along with left teeth pains. My teeth are said to be healthy. Before all this I had had left-ear – left-eye pains, but this pain combination passed.
Raynaud’s syndrome due to cold – I’ve had it for a long time. I was tested for Sjogren’s, but negatively. I haven’t had lip biopsy though, which is said to be a reliable test. I don’t have dry mouth.
Memory problems – started more than a year ago. I thought I was imagining or exaggerating it, but this has got pretty real. My learning ability is pretty good. I also scored maximum points in a simple memory test a doc gave me. However, I’ve had huge problems remembering, for example, when I took my eye drops recently, leaving food burning on the stove, and many other things.
I’m battling with demodex mites present on my face – around the nose and near the eyebrows. I’ve discovered them pretty recently, but I may have had them for a long time, since the redness resulting from them has been there for many years. I got my lashes tested and they don’t seem to be there. My eye lashes look a little weird though:
https://postimg.org/image/k99nqhlfv/
I’m 32, male, and have had dry eyes for 4 years (started out of nowhere). I live in Poland.
I have seen 12 eye doctors, and none of them has been able to tell me even what type of dry eyes I have (oil or aqueous deficiency). Their help is restricted to prescribing random moisturizing drops. Both Schirmer and TBUT results were pretty bad.
When I’m indoors, not using computer, not watching TV, not reading – basically not doing anything, my eyes are rather fine (apart from bearable sensation of dryness from time to time). After a while of computer use (or reading) my eyes start to burn. Rather than associating it with blinking often enough (I followed all the ‘computer use’ tips for relieving eyes) I put it down to the light the screens emit. I decreased the brightness to minimum, installed flux, inverted test-background color where possible (for example ‘Dark Background and Light Text’ plugin for Firefox) and it has made computer use bearable to an extent.
I have NOT experienced things like: redness, gritty feeling, blurred vision, excess tearing. I have not had LASIK surgery. I didn't seem to have any eye-lid problems at first, but a year ago I started having those weird veins on my eye-lids.
I have used most of the common treatments like: hot compresses, eyelid hygiene, massages, diet changes, eye-friendly supplements, I’ve tried 15 different eye drops for dry eyes. No effect (not one that could be felt at least). I also did some blood tests for dificiencies (vit A, vit D, zink, and some others I don't remember). I only seemed to have mild vit D deficiency for which I've taken supplements.
Around a year ago an eye doctor gave me Flarex (corticosteroid eye drops) for my left eye pains (which have also plagued me). I think it’s those drops that, after a month of taking them, made my eyes irreversibly much, much worse when I’m outside. I learned to walk with my eyes closed most of the time, but even that didn’t help. That made me buy moisture chamber glasses (Ziena Nereous) which help outdoors somewhat, but I still often need to keep my eyes closed, especially when there is air movement. The glasses don’t help with the burning I experience when I use computer (or when I read) whatsoever (which I find interesting, since they help many people), so I keep them off when I’m indoors. Along with the outdoors problem, I’ve been developing light sensitivity. I need to clip additional shades to my already shaded moisture glasses when there is heavy sunlight.
Some other issues I have had:
Left eye pains – they were a big deal at first, really nasty immediate pains provoked by looking at computer screens, but also appeared spontaneously during night. Taking some anti-viral drops seemed to eradicate them but not completely. Sometimes (rarely) they appear along with left teeth pains. My teeth are said to be healthy. Before all this I had had left-ear – left-eye pains, but this pain combination passed.
Raynaud’s syndrome due to cold – I’ve had it for a long time. I was tested for Sjogren’s, but negatively. I haven’t had lip biopsy though, which is said to be a reliable test. I don’t have dry mouth.
Memory problems – started more than a year ago. I thought I was imagining or exaggerating it, but this has got pretty real. My learning ability is pretty good. I also scored maximum points in a simple memory test a doc gave me. However, I’ve had huge problems remembering, for example, when I took my eye drops recently, leaving food burning on the stove, and many other things.
I’m battling with demodex mites present on my face – around the nose and near the eyebrows. I’ve discovered them pretty recently, but I may have had them for a long time, since the redness resulting from them has been there for many years. I got my lashes tested and they don’t seem to be there. My eye lashes look a little weird though:
https://postimg.org/image/k99nqhlfv/
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