Hi all,
I'm turning to this forum demotivated, and most of all, scared. My dry eye started 2 years ago. I've seen six specialists so far and none of them have been able to help me. I suffer from extremely dry and teary eyes - and they are turning my life into a nightmare. Don't get me wrong, I know there are worse things, but my problem has become unbearable. I have pain every day, am under performing at work due to my condition and am avoiding going out due to it worsening my condition.
I'm a 23 year old (yeah..) male living in The Netherlands. Some information about my health:
- I wear contact lenses (Biofinity Toric) and have glasses as well
- I'm severely allergic and have atopic eczema, which might also have an effect on my eyes
- I take anti histamines
My problem started two years ago and has only gotten worse, I've tried A LOT:
- Tons of eye drops & gels including evo tears
- warm compresses, eye massage and blephagel
- anti-allergic drops
- punctal plugs: worked great the first two weeks, I was so happy, but the effect disappeared
- oral antibiotics worked but are obviously not suitable for long term use
- omega 3 fatty acids
None of this worked. My last schirmer's test result was 1 ml.
Right now my doctor prescriped Ciclosporine eye drops (restasis in US I guess?) which I have been taking for one month now: no results so far. I need to go back to the doc in month. Furthermore I'm using hylan eye drops and duratears gel but it only provides a few minutes of relief.
What I've not tried:
- diet changes
- blood tests
- goggles (is this recommended? mornings are the worse for me)
- stop wearing contact lenses (to be honest my condition is much worse if I wear glasses the whole day)
The next step according to my doctor are sceral lenses. What do you think?
Is there anything I should ask my doctor?
Thanks in advance,
I'm turning to this forum demotivated, and most of all, scared. My dry eye started 2 years ago. I've seen six specialists so far and none of them have been able to help me. I suffer from extremely dry and teary eyes - and they are turning my life into a nightmare. Don't get me wrong, I know there are worse things, but my problem has become unbearable. I have pain every day, am under performing at work due to my condition and am avoiding going out due to it worsening my condition.
I'm a 23 year old (yeah..) male living in The Netherlands. Some information about my health:
- I wear contact lenses (Biofinity Toric) and have glasses as well
- I'm severely allergic and have atopic eczema, which might also have an effect on my eyes
- I take anti histamines
My problem started two years ago and has only gotten worse, I've tried A LOT:
- Tons of eye drops & gels including evo tears
- warm compresses, eye massage and blephagel
- anti-allergic drops
- punctal plugs: worked great the first two weeks, I was so happy, but the effect disappeared
- oral antibiotics worked but are obviously not suitable for long term use
- omega 3 fatty acids
None of this worked. My last schirmer's test result was 1 ml.
Right now my doctor prescriped Ciclosporine eye drops (restasis in US I guess?) which I have been taking for one month now: no results so far. I need to go back to the doc in month. Furthermore I'm using hylan eye drops and duratears gel but it only provides a few minutes of relief.
What I've not tried:
- diet changes
- blood tests
- goggles (is this recommended? mornings are the worse for me)
- stop wearing contact lenses (to be honest my condition is much worse if I wear glasses the whole day)
The next step according to my doctor are sceral lenses. What do you think?
Is there anything I should ask my doctor?
Thanks in advance,
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