Red Eyes

[Ken C]

Hi, i used otc drops 4 bout 4 years, i have stopped cold turkey for 1 month now and feel depressed, i am looking into tinted glasses untill i see improvement! tim can i ask have u stopped cold turkey? Wot do u use? My eyes seem mildly dry, its mainly the red veins that are just always there argh.

I know how your feeling. Its hard for me to have a conversation with poeple or even meet new people because i feel like they are judging my eyes and thinking im some kind of drug addict or alcholalic because my eyes are bloodshot. And its even more frustrating that doctors i see seem to not want to be bothered with this condition. Hopefully this opthalmologist im seeing this thursday can help. Hope all the best for your eyes.

[Ken C]

A week without visin Lr and there seems to be some improvement, yay!

[baddabingtim]

It takes a while - I know its hard - nothing is easy - I did stop turkey - had no choice - even with the vaso's I could feel how dry my eyes were getting -

Not a day goes by when I think of putting the vaso's back in - use the thera tears liquigel - see if your eyes are dry at a opthamoligist - you may need plugs,etc

I am also convinced certain people just have sensitive eyes to conditions such as lighting,etc and it has nothing to do with dry eyes - and as a result you mask it and eventually become an addict (like me)

[Ken C]

Just got back from the opthomalogist. Said my Lacrimal glands are jacked up, and i have severe dry eye and mild allergies. He said Visine LR does not cause permanent damage, but it did exacerbate my problem. And i cant touch contacts again. My eyes are still red, but not as bad as they were when i first stopped the visine lr cold turkey a week ago. They are actually fairly bright now, and doctor reccomended Celluvisc eye drops and FML(?).

[baddabingtim]

So you are a 'false alarm'

[Ken C]

Im not completely better yet. on a scale of 1-10, the redness has gone down to about a 6, but my eyes are still bloodshot in the morning.

[Ken C]

darn

my eyes are still bloodshot all the time and it doesnt seem to be clearing up, but ive learned to just deal with it although i notice people stare and wonder what the hell ive been doing all night. sucks...

[Francesco]

same here..bloodshot all the time....i use tinted glasses even if its snowing but yeah sometimes people stare cause you can see the redness......its an horrible thing having chronic red eyes...and i guess these dr.s dont really know how to help...i'm starting to think that in some cases...once the redness/inflammation develops it doesn t go away anymore....then you have dryeyes and even blepharitis but this comes later......

[calcan]

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I have the same problem - it depresses me a lot. I am so tempted to use the vasoconstrictors again, but I know this would be a huge mistake. Sometimes, I want to crawl under a rock and stay there.

[Francesco]

I m currently a patient of one of the best Dry Eye Dr. in the world and still no solution for this.....i have another visit next week (5 hours of plane to go there)...if i will not see an improvement this time, i will start buying ClearEyes (i used vasoconstrictors years ago for about 2 weeks)....really, i live like a freak..i hide all the time, no girls, no friends...i prefer damaging my eyes but at least live 2, 3 years of "normal" life.

[calcan]

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What sort of treatment have you been getting from this doctor?

[Francesco]

i tried oral doxy and azasite cause i develop mild blepharitis.....nothing changed....i really believe the blepharitis came later because i had red eyes but no pain or dryness in the past....i dont know what i ll try next but i m very tired....this is the last dr. i m visiting

[calcan]

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What supplements do you take? If you are taking any, do you feel that any of them have helped? Lately, I have been trying theratears nutrition, flaxseed oil, plus evening primrose oil. This seems to be helping a bit.

[Francesco]

i take theratears nutrition..probably it helps a bit the dryness but not the redness..