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Hi there,
I'm Jaye and I'm pleased to have found you all.
I have Sjogren's Syndrome (showed symptoms about 12 years ago, but diagnosed 7 years ago) so my eyes are very dry, and unfortunately my eyes produce no tears at all. I would cry about it if I could! I can even hear myself blink, anyway I'm now past feeling sorry for myself I'm here to find tips on management for my eyes and (hopefully) share tips that I have discovered along the way that helps me.
I have been reading a lot of the posts already and found some very useful information, mascara for one...I've worn makeup since I was 14 (I'm 49 now) and have been so reluctant to give up mascara, but since reading the posts I'm trying without it...eeek!....as the penny has finally dropped that the bright bloodshot eyes covered with smudged mascara wasn't really the look I was going for anyway!
A tip I do have (which I'm sure a lot of you do already) is using heated microwave rice bags on the eyes for a few minutes each day (morning and night if poss) and then I find gently massaging around the eyes afterwards helps me a lot and is lovely and soothing, and the great thing about these little rice bags is you can easily make them yourself, no sewing needed - just fill two new (or clean!) 100% cotton socks with dried rice (don't add too much so it stays flexible) then tie both the tops together with either a piece of cotton ribbon (or use some other natural fabric to tie - any excess sock can be cut off and discarded, don't make the bags too big or heavy as you don't want them pressing hard on the eyes and they won't balance if too big, think teeny weeny eye size small! - baby socks would be great, also very important, please check the fabric is 100% cotton or a natural fabric so they can be safely used in the microwave).
To use: heat both bags together on full power (based on 900 watt) for a maximum time of one minute, you will need to play around with timing though as microwaves vary but I usually find 40 seconds is plenty warm enough, check not too hot (your aiming for warm, not hot) before placing on closed eyes, and relax for however long you've got, or until the bags cool, but if your rushed 5 minutes will help. If you don't have a microwave you could try placing them on a hot radiator for a while to gently heat.
Hope this helps someone as it does me
Right enough of me rambling on, I'm off now to read some more posts
Best wishes,
Jaye
I'm Jaye and I'm pleased to have found you all.
I have Sjogren's Syndrome (showed symptoms about 12 years ago, but diagnosed 7 years ago) so my eyes are very dry, and unfortunately my eyes produce no tears at all. I would cry about it if I could! I can even hear myself blink, anyway I'm now past feeling sorry for myself I'm here to find tips on management for my eyes and (hopefully) share tips that I have discovered along the way that helps me.
I have been reading a lot of the posts already and found some very useful information, mascara for one...I've worn makeup since I was 14 (I'm 49 now) and have been so reluctant to give up mascara, but since reading the posts I'm trying without it...eeek!....as the penny has finally dropped that the bright bloodshot eyes covered with smudged mascara wasn't really the look I was going for anyway!
A tip I do have (which I'm sure a lot of you do already) is using heated microwave rice bags on the eyes for a few minutes each day (morning and night if poss) and then I find gently massaging around the eyes afterwards helps me a lot and is lovely and soothing, and the great thing about these little rice bags is you can easily make them yourself, no sewing needed - just fill two new (or clean!) 100% cotton socks with dried rice (don't add too much so it stays flexible) then tie both the tops together with either a piece of cotton ribbon (or use some other natural fabric to tie - any excess sock can be cut off and discarded, don't make the bags too big or heavy as you don't want them pressing hard on the eyes and they won't balance if too big, think teeny weeny eye size small! - baby socks would be great, also very important, please check the fabric is 100% cotton or a natural fabric so they can be safely used in the microwave).
To use: heat both bags together on full power (based on 900 watt) for a maximum time of one minute, you will need to play around with timing though as microwaves vary but I usually find 40 seconds is plenty warm enough, check not too hot (your aiming for warm, not hot) before placing on closed eyes, and relax for however long you've got, or until the bags cool, but if your rushed 5 minutes will help. If you don't have a microwave you could try placing them on a hot radiator for a while to gently heat.
Hope this helps someone as it does me
Right enough of me rambling on, I'm off now to read some more posts
Best wishes,
Jaye
only joking, no offence meant towards any dentists reading! The dry mouth and dry skin I can cope with (just!) but my eyes are a nightmare as so hard to deal with as they are constantly sore and irritated with a horrible gritty feeling, and suprise suprise they are incredibly sensistive to any changes in light and have a horrible menthol cooling feeling to them - I've not painted a pretty picture of myself at all have I, ha!. It also doesn't help that I work on a computer all day, no avoiding that i'm afraid but I have reduced my hours to working three days now which helps as my poor eyes couldn't cope with the five days as before but I make myself take lots of breaks.
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