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I've been suffering from what I would call moderate to severe dry eyes for over 2 years now. I wouldn't even dream of wearing eye makeup or contacts and I have to wake up during the night to add even more gel in to my eyes. I'm in either constant discomfort or pain from this condition and use eye drops, hot washclothes cold wash cloths, you name, and wash my eyes constantly. I've been to an opthamologist about one and a half years ago who put me on two weeks of steroid drops and then restasus for year, which brought things down from severe to moderate to severe. I decided to see a second doctor this year who specializes more in dry eyes. I chose a local optometrist who focuses the majority of his practice on dry eye patients. in fact most of his website discusses dry eyes and he's even published articles about it. well I went with high hopes and left to the feeling that something to be very very off.
He examined my eyes under a slit lamp and then put the pink stain in my eyes and then the green stain in my eyes. He seemed to be taking his time in answering a lot of my questions and explaining everything s but what he said next surprised me. he said that I had mild dry eyes and he saw no damage on my cornea although I have to pry my eyes open every morning by pouring eyedrops in them before I even open my eyes. I was shocked but happy and relieved that he said I had mild dry eyes; he even discussed patients like me who have severe symptoms and pain yet really symptomatically only have mild dry eyes. he said I did not have any plugged or oil ducts and that I only had a tear deficiency. I asked him how he can be so sure about that and he said experience.
So here is the part that I thought was strange... he then proceeded to prescribe 3 weeks of lotemax eyedrops, 3 times a day for one week, 2 times a day for the second week, and one time a day for the third week. then he wants me to start using alrex eyedrops for the next two months one drop a day. That's some form of steroid drop for 3 months. Oh and he wants me to start using restasis again immediately, but he said he wants me to use it 6 times a day instead of twice a day. is it is strange? He says I have mild dry eyes with mild inflammation yet such an aggressive regimen? does this seem strange to anyone else? He also seemed 100 percent sure that I do not have any kind of oil gland disorder, is that possible when my eyelids itch and how I get globs of stuff on my eyelashes all the time? I walked away from the appointment relieved that I had no corneal abrasions but shocked that there seem to be so many contradictions in what he said. please give me your opinion on what I should do next...thank you so much!
He examined my eyes under a slit lamp and then put the pink stain in my eyes and then the green stain in my eyes. He seemed to be taking his time in answering a lot of my questions and explaining everything s but what he said next surprised me. he said that I had mild dry eyes and he saw no damage on my cornea although I have to pry my eyes open every morning by pouring eyedrops in them before I even open my eyes. I was shocked but happy and relieved that he said I had mild dry eyes; he even discussed patients like me who have severe symptoms and pain yet really symptomatically only have mild dry eyes. he said I did not have any plugged or oil ducts and that I only had a tear deficiency. I asked him how he can be so sure about that and he said experience.
So here is the part that I thought was strange... he then proceeded to prescribe 3 weeks of lotemax eyedrops, 3 times a day for one week, 2 times a day for the second week, and one time a day for the third week. then he wants me to start using alrex eyedrops for the next two months one drop a day. That's some form of steroid drop for 3 months. Oh and he wants me to start using restasis again immediately, but he said he wants me to use it 6 times a day instead of twice a day. is it is strange? He says I have mild dry eyes with mild inflammation yet such an aggressive regimen? does this seem strange to anyone else? He also seemed 100 percent sure that I do not have any kind of oil gland disorder, is that possible when my eyelids itch and how I get globs of stuff on my eyelashes all the time? I walked away from the appointment relieved that I had no corneal abrasions but shocked that there seem to be so many contradictions in what he said. please give me your opinion on what I should do next...thank you so much!