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Incase anyone was interested here is my intro:
http://www.dryeyezone.com/talk/showt...re-and-triumps!
I made a shorter reply to another thread and decided I would make a longer post outlining what has led me to the success of barely being able to wear contacts for two hours in the summer to reaching my goal of being able to wear them 3-4 times a week, and hope any of whats in here can help someone else.
I'v tried dozens of different shotgun approaches to things that might help me since May, so I can't pinpoint exactly what has helped me, but whatever I am currently doing has made a huge difference to me. I'v gone from in the summer using several drops throughout the day and having to put thick eye drops before and halfway through the night, to now officially none at all.
I have visited a naturopath about a month ago regarding my dry eyes and also fatigue. She tested my thyroid, and found out even though I am within the 'normal' range of the thyroid test, I am right on the low end, so if I went to a doctor, they would have said I am fine as I am within the correct range, however she feels at her discretion as I am exhibiting the same symptoms of thyroid she has given me herbal pills to get my levels more optimal. Perhaps this has helped my eyes because my hormones have been out of whack, maybe not.
I have also been taking vitamin d oil, she stated its important to take the drop form (apparently the chalky pills don't get absorbed and sit in your stomach, vitamin d is only fat soluble) vitamin d is great for your eyes, and she said after the lotemax I was put on, she believes it will repair the surface. She also put me on a high quality fish oil, I was on a no name brand before and she said the type of fishes they source omega 3's from is pretty important in their effectiveness and the stuff I was on before would do nothing for me.
I have also been on seabuckthorn oil for a few months, I noticed a bit of a difference but now looking back it might of been the olive oil mainly I was pairing it with, in anycase, she made me up it to three pills a day.
Olive oil, this has been a miracle, in the morning after a shower when I am getting ready I just swipe it under my eyes, and before bed or when I get home I take off my makeup and swipe a bit under my eyes. It works better then any eye drops I have ever tried!
Other things I have changed is switching from regular makeup to hypoallergenic, I actually think makeup might be a big culprit. Whenever I wore my contact lenses for short periods (usually once every two weeks) I would slather on mascara, and my eyes would itch. I believed this was because of contacts, but I was driving to a Christmas party with my mascara on and glasses (I never wear mascara with glasses for some reason it makes my eyes look weird) and noticed my eyes were itchings! So the itching that I thought were my contacts was actually the mascara! I pulled over and wiped it off in a store and immediately the itching went away! I have never been allergic to really any thing so this came to me as a big surprise.
I also noticed in December, as we are trying for baby number two I have not been having any alcohol. I decided to have one drink over Christmas and it actually made my eyes feel quite dry at night which I haven't experienced throughout December which I found interesting.
Other then that my natropath recommended cold camomile tea bags to get rid of my red eyes. I didn't try it for a little while because I thought it was silly but I have tried it once a day now and it actually does reduce the veins in my eyes!
So overall from all of these outcomes i have gone from being able to wear contacts barely for 2 hours in the summer to four times last week with one of the times being 10 hours! I'm not going to push it and will still mainly wear glasses but am overjoyed that if I go out with friends or a date night I have the option to wear contact lenses again! Maybe there is hope that my eyes will be completely back to normal again.
If you have any questions please let me know, hope you can find some success with what I mentioned!
http://www.dryeyezone.com/talk/showt...re-and-triumps!
I made a shorter reply to another thread and decided I would make a longer post outlining what has led me to the success of barely being able to wear contacts for two hours in the summer to reaching my goal of being able to wear them 3-4 times a week, and hope any of whats in here can help someone else.
I'v tried dozens of different shotgun approaches to things that might help me since May, so I can't pinpoint exactly what has helped me, but whatever I am currently doing has made a huge difference to me. I'v gone from in the summer using several drops throughout the day and having to put thick eye drops before and halfway through the night, to now officially none at all.
I have visited a naturopath about a month ago regarding my dry eyes and also fatigue. She tested my thyroid, and found out even though I am within the 'normal' range of the thyroid test, I am right on the low end, so if I went to a doctor, they would have said I am fine as I am within the correct range, however she feels at her discretion as I am exhibiting the same symptoms of thyroid she has given me herbal pills to get my levels more optimal. Perhaps this has helped my eyes because my hormones have been out of whack, maybe not.
I have also been taking vitamin d oil, she stated its important to take the drop form (apparently the chalky pills don't get absorbed and sit in your stomach, vitamin d is only fat soluble) vitamin d is great for your eyes, and she said after the lotemax I was put on, she believes it will repair the surface. She also put me on a high quality fish oil, I was on a no name brand before and she said the type of fishes they source omega 3's from is pretty important in their effectiveness and the stuff I was on before would do nothing for me.
I have also been on seabuckthorn oil for a few months, I noticed a bit of a difference but now looking back it might of been the olive oil mainly I was pairing it with, in anycase, she made me up it to three pills a day.
Olive oil, this has been a miracle, in the morning after a shower when I am getting ready I just swipe it under my eyes, and before bed or when I get home I take off my makeup and swipe a bit under my eyes. It works better then any eye drops I have ever tried!
Other things I have changed is switching from regular makeup to hypoallergenic, I actually think makeup might be a big culprit. Whenever I wore my contact lenses for short periods (usually once every two weeks) I would slather on mascara, and my eyes would itch. I believed this was because of contacts, but I was driving to a Christmas party with my mascara on and glasses (I never wear mascara with glasses for some reason it makes my eyes look weird) and noticed my eyes were itchings! So the itching that I thought were my contacts was actually the mascara! I pulled over and wiped it off in a store and immediately the itching went away! I have never been allergic to really any thing so this came to me as a big surprise.
I also noticed in December, as we are trying for baby number two I have not been having any alcohol. I decided to have one drink over Christmas and it actually made my eyes feel quite dry at night which I haven't experienced throughout December which I found interesting.
Other then that my natropath recommended cold camomile tea bags to get rid of my red eyes. I didn't try it for a little while because I thought it was silly but I have tried it once a day now and it actually does reduce the veins in my eyes!
So overall from all of these outcomes i have gone from being able to wear contacts barely for 2 hours in the summer to four times last week with one of the times being 10 hours! I'm not going to push it and will still mainly wear glasses but am overjoyed that if I go out with friends or a date night I have the option to wear contact lenses again! Maybe there is hope that my eyes will be completely back to normal again.
If you have any questions please let me know, hope you can find some success with what I mentioned!
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