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Hello everyone.
its been a while since I last posted here. I hesitated to post my current situation because it seemed to be premature perhaps (but my improvement is only 3 months old) and I don't wanna "sell the bear-skin before you have killed the bear. "... or shout victory before its really a victory (lol you get the message).
Well, should I put this post on this thread? As I am not totally cured!
HISTORY
However, what I can say is that, I have dry eye syndrome since 4 years now (some of you here might know or remember me). I have bloodshot eyes, stringy mucus stuff constantly.
I was using ointment to stop the dryness for all these times, sometimes use eye drops and I even thought one day that my spirulina supplement was helping me (but not - and I stopped using it). I even entered into a morning and night routine of eye hot compress, Q-Tips eye lid cleaning. Ointment helped me for my mucus (or so i believed), I drink Seven seas supplement (cod liver oil) everyday and go to toilette everyday too because of it lol. I usually take Vitamin B complex capsules. And I try new supplement every week or month. I also visited eye doctors after eyes doctors.
Learning Stage
But during these 4 years, I entered into different phases. I was once desperate to die as I am still young (23yrs) and I hated this ill. I was in an unstable state emotional imbalance, I lack confidence in myself enormously, I hide from others and was a loner and a pessimist because of this ill. It is since recently - about 2 years and a half that I am now in a learning stage, after the desperation stage and becoming more depressed while thinking of my depression...( I grew tired of being depressed after some time and I decided to act). Yes, I decided to fight alone as my parents didn't help me pass through this problem and I was lonely with it. (they though it was all in my mind).
I learned a lot about myself and this problem. I learned from Dr latkany that I am allergic to something and this allergy is causing my dryness - I didn't know it before, and it has changed my new perception about it.
I learned not to jump desperately on any new post here acclaiming a new treatment. Each person is different and each one has its own cure!
Most of all, I learned not to make my - our - problem a big problem : it is not the end of the world. Better have dry eye than cancer - right? Making it a big problem causes it to become problematic in our life. Our life DOES NOT revolve around this illness. Our lives revolves around success, relationship, work etc.. Putting this illness in the center of our life is excluding others (career, family) from our lives..
Current Stage
It was a long fought battle, but after these years, I decided to try a new thing (not a new supplement, not a new doctor, not a new routine stuff - as I tried them all).... I decided to stop using ointment, and eye drops...
It was hard as I was so dependent on them.... so hard..
the first week was strange. without the ointment, drops and morning routine. but as days goes by, I improved. The culprit was most evidently the OINTMENT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I Didn't believe people before when they said ointment is BAD.. as I was so dependent on them as I though it was it which will help my eye become ok, and I thought it was it who helped me make the mucus dissapear... I WAS WRONG!!!
Ok true, i STILL have mucus, I STILL have dry eye, I still have bloodshot eyes sometimes.. but hey, its better than before after stopping using ointment. I have improved by 60% I think compared to before...I used ointment for 4 years before!! Now, I have mucus, especially if an allergic reaction (dirt, polluted air, hot air etc) causes it (thanks to Dr latkany for making me know this). Mucus causes me to have bad and difficult dry eyes. I just try to stay away from the allergen or, try to KEEP CALM and breathe slowly. Panicking will make my allergic reaction aggravate
But hey, I still from time to time do the "maintenance routine" of eyelid Q-tips cleaning and hot compress.
but bear in mind Treatment IS GOOD but OVER doing things, OVER dosing things or OVER TREATING things is bad..and OVER focusing on this illness is worst!
its been a while since I last posted here. I hesitated to post my current situation because it seemed to be premature perhaps (but my improvement is only 3 months old) and I don't wanna "sell the bear-skin before you have killed the bear. "... or shout victory before its really a victory (lol you get the message).
Well, should I put this post on this thread? As I am not totally cured!
HISTORY
However, what I can say is that, I have dry eye syndrome since 4 years now (some of you here might know or remember me). I have bloodshot eyes, stringy mucus stuff constantly.
I was using ointment to stop the dryness for all these times, sometimes use eye drops and I even thought one day that my spirulina supplement was helping me (but not - and I stopped using it). I even entered into a morning and night routine of eye hot compress, Q-Tips eye lid cleaning. Ointment helped me for my mucus (or so i believed), I drink Seven seas supplement (cod liver oil) everyday and go to toilette everyday too because of it lol. I usually take Vitamin B complex capsules. And I try new supplement every week or month. I also visited eye doctors after eyes doctors.
Learning Stage
But during these 4 years, I entered into different phases. I was once desperate to die as I am still young (23yrs) and I hated this ill. I was in an unstable state emotional imbalance, I lack confidence in myself enormously, I hide from others and was a loner and a pessimist because of this ill. It is since recently - about 2 years and a half that I am now in a learning stage, after the desperation stage and becoming more depressed while thinking of my depression...( I grew tired of being depressed after some time and I decided to act). Yes, I decided to fight alone as my parents didn't help me pass through this problem and I was lonely with it. (they though it was all in my mind).
I learned a lot about myself and this problem. I learned from Dr latkany that I am allergic to something and this allergy is causing my dryness - I didn't know it before, and it has changed my new perception about it.
I learned not to jump desperately on any new post here acclaiming a new treatment. Each person is different and each one has its own cure!
Most of all, I learned not to make my - our - problem a big problem : it is not the end of the world. Better have dry eye than cancer - right? Making it a big problem causes it to become problematic in our life. Our life DOES NOT revolve around this illness. Our lives revolves around success, relationship, work etc.. Putting this illness in the center of our life is excluding others (career, family) from our lives..
Current Stage
It was a long fought battle, but after these years, I decided to try a new thing (not a new supplement, not a new doctor, not a new routine stuff - as I tried them all).... I decided to stop using ointment, and eye drops...
It was hard as I was so dependent on them.... so hard..
the first week was strange. without the ointment, drops and morning routine. but as days goes by, I improved. The culprit was most evidently the OINTMENT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I Didn't believe people before when they said ointment is BAD.. as I was so dependent on them as I though it was it which will help my eye become ok, and I thought it was it who helped me make the mucus dissapear... I WAS WRONG!!!
Ok true, i STILL have mucus, I STILL have dry eye, I still have bloodshot eyes sometimes.. but hey, its better than before after stopping using ointment. I have improved by 60% I think compared to before...I used ointment for 4 years before!! Now, I have mucus, especially if an allergic reaction (dirt, polluted air, hot air etc) causes it (thanks to Dr latkany for making me know this). Mucus causes me to have bad and difficult dry eyes. I just try to stay away from the allergen or, try to KEEP CALM and breathe slowly. Panicking will make my allergic reaction aggravate
But hey, I still from time to time do the "maintenance routine" of eyelid Q-tips cleaning and hot compress.
but bear in mind Treatment IS GOOD but OVER doing things, OVER dosing things or OVER TREATING things is bad..and OVER focusing on this illness is worst!
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