Is Apnea the answer?

[nutteetart]

Hello everyone
Im offering this update in case it can help anyone else with out of the ordinary symptoms.
I have been depressed and whining to you guys for some time troubled with severe dry eye and squinting to the degree i have been functionally blind. It has significantly affected my life as i cant watch tv, read or even function as my perception has also been affected.
Out of desperation we paid to see a specialist who was also baffled but requested i was tested for sleep apnea.
Well the results are in and i do have sleep apnea.
I will soon be supplied with a cpap machine and i will let you know how i get on.
Sometimes the strangest coincidences can hold a candle of hope x

[poppy]

I too have had an eye doc suggest a sleep study (he didn't mention sleep apnea specifically though). I guess the sleep study is what you had, it surprised me that my doc suggested it, doesn't seem very common for people here to get referred for this. He also suggested a neurologist which also surprised me but I didn't want to waste my money on another arrogant and useless jerk for something I probably don't have. I didn't pursue the sleep study as a) it would be extremely expensive and b) I probably wouldn't sleep at all so just waste my time and money and c) am not overweight, female young don't snore etc so didn't think it likely that I would have a problem.

I do hope your sleep apnea treatment gives you some relief from your dry eye. Let us know how it goes.

[NickJCrowley]

I think I have sleep Apnea (I definitely have a deviated septum) and don't breathe enough while I'm sleeping, and I too was wondering if this was part of the reason I had dry eyes. Have your eyes improved at all with the CPAP?

[grant555]

cpap generally made my eyes worse because of the blowing air. i think the only reason why sleep apnea would contribute to dry eyes is if you have floppy eyelid syndrome. they have been associated. dr. tseng in miami frequently suggests his patients to get a sleep study, but there are a couple stories of people who have gotten better with cpap specifically because they had floppy eyelid syndrome.