Good Days, then Bad...Eyelids stuck !

[acarol]

I went to my GP on Friday - waste of time. She was a "its only Dry eye" type of person - just prescribed what I am already using - Viscotears. I asked whether seeing a specialist would help and she said no, they would only say the same - she didnt even look into my eyes at all.

So for the time being I will battle on - I have had a good 5 days, although today my eyes are stinging for some reason - usually after a couple of days in the outdoors, then sends them into rebound a couple of days later - I am getting to know this pattern now !

Still no sign of letting up - I just tried putting two cucumber slices on lids - very cold - not sure whether this is a bad or good thing but it really made the eyes water and freshened them up (couldnt hold them on for long mind).

Bye for now
Karen

I went to an Optician once and she just said to me "oh its Dry Eyes - nothing you can do.." Well i left her pretty immediately and didn't go back to her. I got a referral to see an eye specialist and he said i had Bleph - Meibomianitis.
I think you really should see an Eye Specialist, at least then you can rule out other issues.

[brd888]

Maybe I am lucky but everyone in the medical profession except 1 has been sympathic to dry eye and all of them have had a least one idea of treatment.
Even only last week one of my GPs was telling me of the problems his wife has had with blepharitis.
As for the 1 - it was the only Ophthalmologist I have seen and the first person to mention the term "dry eye", "just dry eye"...
Back then even I thought "dry eye" should be preceded by "just". The last couple of years have taught me different!!!

I should also say I almost crapped myself when an Optometrist said 6 months after that that I had "chronic" dry eye.. of course I now know "chronic" just means long lasting - like I didn't know that already about dry eye...

[Nimmykins]

I've found simple eye ointment or Lacre-Lube works for me at night. It's thicker, but it keeps things moist, then I just gently pull my lower eyelid down in the morning to make sure it doesn't come apart.

You might find it cheaper to buy your viscotears over the counter rather than on prescription.

[Guest]

Viscotears in the UK comes in two forms, PF in individual vials (about £10 a box) and in a tube (presered) about £5-£7 a box.

A number of people have talked about using an eye ointment and I certainly wouldn't want to discourage you from using it if you find you are getting relief but I am not a fan of eye ointment at all.

To me ointments are generally petroleum based (like vaseline), put some on the back of your hand then put some eye drops on it, what happens is the eye drops run off. The ointment acts as a barrier and therefore in my opinion it inhibits the wettability (if that is the correct term) of the occular surface.

You may want to have a hunt around on here for lacri-lube and ointments.

It is my understanding that Lacri-lube available in the UK is different from the US product even though they share the same name and manufacturer.

A number of people have talked about SIMPLE eye ointment, some people seem to get great results from it.

It comes down to the old "if it isn't broken don't fix it" so if it is working for you, stick with it.

If you do decide to try something else, I wouldn't make wholsesale changes, just substitute 1 product at a time and give it a fair trial. This way you can see what works for you and what doesn't.

Good luck and welcome to the board

Ian