Anda's story post LASIK

[lillady176900]

Hi,
I too had lasik in Sept 15. It has been the worst decision of my life! I have a very successful or had as a nurse and now my vision is so poor and NOTHING helps that I can barely work. I can't see fine details, have eye pain in both eyes, extremely red dry irritated eyes and am severely depressed. I understand when you say being suicidal I think about it everyday but I have 3 children and try to push on for them. I have seen several corneal specialist since my surgery and they all keep trying to hide whatever is going on with me I guess bc i have hired a lawyer. I recently started seeing one out of town and it seems like they are more willing to treat me. I have tried all sorts of gels, drops, lacriserts and can't find relief. I really wanna try the serum drops but can't get the doc to prescribe them. I have really bad ghosting and double vision in my right eye and off and on in my left eye. I don't feel safe to drive at night and lately my vision has continued to deteriorate. I need help I feel like I am going to go blind, it is very scarey and the doctors seem to get mad and frustrated with me bc i cant help but cry. It has ruined my whole life literally!

[Barbus]

lillady17690

I am so sorry for You. I can imagine how You feel. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. ........
But we will get out of this. Maybe not to the same level as before LASIK, but better.
I don't like drops, but in previous week I have started to use antidepressant Adaptol for mood and Neurontin for cheek numbness. Neurontin helps for eye pain as well. Now I am not crying every day. I hope that these drops I will use only for some months.
Two weeks later I will fly to Dr.G. Dallass to fit me with scleral lenses. Corneal specialist suggested me.
I am searching for autologous serum drops possibilities and think about visiting doctor Pedram Hamrah.
These days I am only focused of my eye treatment and I am reading lot of things regarding LASIK. There is no time for depression and other feelings. Once I went to lawyer, but now I have put it asaid for some time.
I am very scared that I have corneal neuropathy........................................ ....................
Keep posting me, what are You doing and what is Your progress.
I have started to use warm compresses.
After 5 bad doctors, You will find one good eye doctor.

[Irina]

lillady, have you tried reading glasses? It seems like your eyes were overcorrected. Have you seen optometrist other than the lasik doctor?

[lillady176900]

Barbus

I had started to take neurontin but for fibromyalgia, which I was recently diagnosed with. I stopped taking it bc after consulting with my mom and other people who have taken it they had a lot of trouble with it. It made my mom and grandmother suicidal and other people said they had seizures and blackout spells from it.....Lord knows I don't need anymore problems..... so I had the doc switch me and I am taking lyrica now, which seems to help a little with my eyes but it really helps my other pain. I have tried my antidepressants but I don't respond well to them lots of headaches or I would just feel really spaced out. I currently am using genteal gel at night, which I I think I may be sensitive to, walgreens brand lubricating drops every hour to 30mins, restasis twice a day and lacriserts twice a day. I am currently on the way back to the out of town eye Dr bc my eyes have been extremely red and irritated lately and I have lost about 2 lines of vision in my left eye. I don't know if you have tried lacriserts but they really help me alot, it helps lighten the pain from the friction. I also have been really focused on finding solutions, my eyes have basically consumed my life. The worst part I have with dealing with it is that I should have done some research but everyone I talked to said they never had any problems, I have chickened out on procedures before so I didn't want to scare myself but I wish I would have, self regret is the hardest to deal with. I pray we both find a solution.....


I definitely think I have corneal neuropathy, I do not produce any tears on my own. If I cry or yawn I will get tears but zero on their own. Nothing sensation wise will stimulate tears to be produced, even when being poked in the eye or cutting an onion it will burn like crazy but still nothing. Do you have these same problems? I have read a lot about the serum drops increasing the reproduction of nerves and increasing sensitivity.

[lillady176900]

Irina
I did see an optometrist that's actually how I started to come to the out of town corneal specialist. I had went to him for a consult for scleral lenses and unfortunately the scleral lenses didn't really do much for me. I have been asking ALL the docs I have seen for glasses but they won't prescribe me any. The one i have been seeing from out of town says my dry eyes are too bad and she won't give me any glasses. Before surgery I was +250 in left eye and +475 in right eye. From the retractions the corneal specialists have been getting I am now -2 in left eye and my right eye fluctuates from -2 to -450. It is horrible! They won't give me anything and I tell you I am really suffering. I think the double vision and ghosting is the worst. I took it upon myself and got a pair of +1 reading glasses but it makes far away more blurry and gives me ghosting all the time in my left eye. Talk about being frustrated errrgg! I am trying to keep a positive attitude but it is so hard!