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Sorry for my second post but i really dont know what to do. 18 years old with extreme dry eyes. Every single day i have to think about and i have depression problems and thinking about suicide. Everytime i cry and cry its so good when i cry the feeling of relief when my emotional tears go down about my eyes. After 1-2 minutes i feel the dryness again. It's really a horror!!!!!! I hope to hear about other experiences. Greetings from germany.
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hi my freinds
my dryeye start at 18 years old too
do you meet doctor? -
Yes more than 10x this years!!! Where are you from? I live in Germany.Comment
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i am from iranComment
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Hi. I had very severe dry eyes for several years, I could not even read, type an email, watch TV, drive, or work. I am much better now, so want you to know there is hope. Don't give up.
Try using Genteal Severe Gel for some immediate relief. Since it's a gel, it lasts a lot longer than drops, and was very soothing for me. You cannot wear contacts when using this gel. If for some reason you have an allergic reaction to this, I've read some people are using VitA POS which has no preservatives, but I have not personally tried it and it is of different ingredients than Genteal.
There are special contacts called PROSE scleral lenses being used very successfully for many people with dry eyes. These are nickel-sized dome-shaped contacts that keep a layer of saline over your eyes. I wear these at least 12 hours a day and they help tremendously.
Do you know the cause of your dry eyes? If you and your doctors can pinpoint that, it could really help narrow down the treatment to address the root of your symptoms. For me, my meibomian glands were generating very thick oil, which was clogging up my glands. I ultimately was able to get better by getting the meibomian gland probe procedure to clear the glands and making some changes to my diet that helped changed the consistency of my oil (see my post a few weeks ago under the Dry Eye Triumphs forum "Lemon and Green Tea..."). There are various reasons people have dry eyes, and so many different treatments which address different causes, I cannot emphasize how important it is to find the cause. I just do not want you to struggle like I did so many years, trying all kinds of treatments that did not work.
Just know there are a lot of us who have gone through depression like you and have gotten better, and want to help, many who post on this website.Comment
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I also take an oral pill Evoxac (generic name Cevimeline) that gives moisture to eyes and mouth. After I take it, my eyes are quite a bit moister for 4 hours. I can take this 3 times a day, if needed. This might be another possible avenue for you, however your medical doctor would need to prescribe it.Comment
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Try to limit time on computers, tablets, cell phones etc. Our eyes were not desiigned to stare at screens day in and day out. I think more and more young people are going to be having problems in the future if they spend a lot of time on these devices.Comment
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Hey man get moisture chambers, it will make a huge difference.
I myself wear Dusbuster 2 clear glasses when I'm out side and underwater goggles when I'm in my home, it covers the whole 360 sufrace of the eye.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Trust me.Comment
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Like a previous poster asked, Have you gotten any sort of diagnosis? If I read correctly you've had this problem for 10 years now? That would probably rule out any short term cause such as a medication. You may have an auto immune disorder like sjorgens syndrome. Best of luck to you, I know the kind of pain your dealing with. It can get better, just keep searching...Comment
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All I can say is don't quit. My eyes went to hell after LASIK in 2005 - I'm still not normal, but now earn a living online and travel full-time - working all day on the computer was previously impossible... in 2009, I was at my worst and had trouble keeping my eyes open to drive (had to pull over to cry to lubricate my eyes since artificial tears wouldn't work), I couldn't handle keeping them open to work, couldn't even keep them open for all of my waking hours because they were so horribly inflamed. I couldn't read, I couldn't watch TV (aside from closing my eyes into slits and peering through my eyelashes... and even that didn't always allow me to watch TV comfortably)... it was awful.
But last summer when I had my followup appointment, my eyes had improved so much that even my previously clogged meibomian glands looked normal to the doctor. To me, my eyes still don't feel or act normal, but I'm a heck of a lot better than what I was.
So yeah... don't give up - you have a long life ahead of you and while this period sounds like it sucks, it doesn't mean it'll suck forever. And when life turns around and things get good, they can get REALLY good - This year alone I hiked the Great Wall of China for 4 hours, I explored Vietnam, I've climbed pyramids in Mexico, and I can work by the pool whenever I want because I work for myself now entirely online (despite the fact that my previous career offered me no skills whatsoever that were transferable to what I do now). This would have seemed insanely impossible back when I first joined this forum, but if you wait out your eyes long enough and stay persistent, eventually you find ways to cope, be happy, and even improve the state of your eyes. For me, doing the online income thing was important because the dry winters back home were very hard on my eyes - now I try to stay in high-humidity warm climates as much as possible. Try everything you can (provided it's safe), experiment with different treatment combos, and don't settle for a doc that doesn't seem to care. Get a good doc on your side to bounce ideas of of, be patient, and keep pressing forward. You can do this!
(P.S. I'm not around the forums often anymore, so if anyone reading this has followup questions, I may not see if for weeks - so sorry! Anyhow, I've posted a lot on here, so if you do a search for my username you'll find what I know.)Comment
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It's very encouraging to read your success story SAAG. I too am struggling immensely with this, when studying I used to forced my self to cry to continue reading, and it just lubricated for about 5 mins, very sad typing this in retrospect and I can relate with a lot of people going through this. Right now it's relatively under control with some natural vitamins, supplements and artificial drops.Originally posted by SAAG View Post
Can I ask you though, what did you do to make your eyes better?Comment
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i konw whta your talking about!!!! ****ing condition...i tried maybe 20-30 eye drops..the only brand that helped mt is hylo Gel ...it is much more expensive comparing to other brands but it really worth trying!! restasis also helped me control the iflamamtion caused by dryiness et increase a bit tear production.Comment
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I think it was a combination of multiple treatments and the additive effect of them all. Some only helped a little bit, but my thinking was 10 treatments each helping a tiny bit adds up to a lot of improvement... so even if I couldn't find a single magic bullet, the additive effects of a bunch of treatments was great.Originally posted by Daniel2 View Post
If you search for my old posts you'll see what I did and when... I also have a listing of treatments on my profile.
Moving to the tropics with HIGH humidity was a HUGE factor in my improvement though - a tough thing to do when you don't have a mobile career starting out (my situation), but there are many opportunities online, which, while they are a heck of a lot of work, can pay off in the end.
(I'm not around the forums often anymore, so if anyone reading this has followup questions, I may not see if for weeks - so sorry! Anyhow, I've posted a lot on here, so if you do a search for my username you'll find what I know.)
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