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I was so anxious and depressed the last weeks, I couldn't find the time to introduce myself. I'm a 30 years old, male, dry eye sufferer. My tear secretion is reduced 9/5mm Schirmer I in Jan.2017 and TBUT was 7/4 seconds. I've lost about 50% of my meibomian glands already.
My eyes are torturing me everyday. I can't even go to work right now. Sitting 8 hours a day in front of the screen is not doable right now. I'm scared thinking of my future. It's possible I can never do my job again, computers is all I ever did and learned, I don't know what else I could work right now.
I've tried dozens of OTC drops and none of them seem to really help. Since 1 week I'm on restasis now, doctors in germany usually don't prescibe it unless you got severe keratitis. But I got "lucky" I guess.
Warm compresses seem to make my eyes worse. I'm currently waiting for Blephasteam goggles and hope they help!
My dry eye problems probably started about 5 years ago where I noticed occasional burning and stinging. Still I spent up to 14 hours a day in front of a screen. I had a pretty good time between Dec.2016 and March 2017 until things got more severe than ever before. Since about April my eyes burn everyday!
I got checked for Sjoegren's and my blood test came out negative. Also my mouth feels dry sometimes. Now I'm trying to get an appointment for a lip biopsy, but that takes months...and I'm starting to believe that it won't turn out positive. Even if it's negative my symptoms are still there and could probably worsen over time.
There are days where I question if I can endure this any longer, but my family somehow keeps me afloat for now. I'm hoping to meet a lot of people here who overcame all the challenges and got there symptoms under control, even if there was little to no hope.
I think fear is probably my worst enemy at the moment and it cripples me.
I was so anxious and depressed the last weeks, I couldn't find the time to introduce myself. I'm a 30 years old, male, dry eye sufferer. My tear secretion is reduced 9/5mm Schirmer I in Jan.2017 and TBUT was 7/4 seconds. I've lost about 50% of my meibomian glands already.
My eyes are torturing me everyday. I can't even go to work right now. Sitting 8 hours a day in front of the screen is not doable right now. I'm scared thinking of my future. It's possible I can never do my job again, computers is all I ever did and learned, I don't know what else I could work right now.
I've tried dozens of OTC drops and none of them seem to really help. Since 1 week I'm on restasis now, doctors in germany usually don't prescibe it unless you got severe keratitis. But I got "lucky" I guess.
Warm compresses seem to make my eyes worse. I'm currently waiting for Blephasteam goggles and hope they help!
My dry eye problems probably started about 5 years ago where I noticed occasional burning and stinging. Still I spent up to 14 hours a day in front of a screen. I had a pretty good time between Dec.2016 and March 2017 until things got more severe than ever before. Since about April my eyes burn everyday!
I got checked for Sjoegren's and my blood test came out negative. Also my mouth feels dry sometimes. Now I'm trying to get an appointment for a lip biopsy, but that takes months...and I'm starting to believe that it won't turn out positive. Even if it's negative my symptoms are still there and could probably worsen over time.
There are days where I question if I can endure this any longer, but my family somehow keeps me afloat for now. I'm hoping to meet a lot of people here who overcame all the challenges and got there symptoms under control, even if there was little to no hope.
I think fear is probably my worst enemy at the moment and it cripples me.
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