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Hi all,
I've been active on this forum for about a year and a half now, but I've been participating less and less over the last month or so.
Over the last year (since July 2017), I've had two "episodes" where I've spent way too much time on the computer in a short period of time, and it's led to a new "baseline" level of pain for me.
The most recent episode was just a few days ago. About 5 weeks ago I was prescribed carbamazepine by my doctor to manage my pain. It started working about a month after I started using it - but it was working a little too well. I had zero pain for a significant portion of the day, for a few days. This led to me not blinking as much (even when I wasn't on the computer), and I trusted my pain as a feedback system too much. I spent too much time on the computer one day, and the following day I had almost as much pain as I had before I started using the carbamazepine.
And one thing I've noticed about these episodes is that it seems to take less and less to "trigger" a new baseline level of pain for me. For this reason, I'm going to leave the forum for an indefinite period of time. I probably won't be back until some technology can actually reduce the number of pain signals my nerves are sending to my brain. Right now, all my doctor can do is prevent these signals from reaching the brain. On the plus side, I have plenty of meibomian glands left and if IPL can work for me again (I've tried IPL about 6 different times this year, to no avail), I might be back sooner than I think.
So long, and thanks for all the fish (oil)
pythonidler
I've been active on this forum for about a year and a half now, but I've been participating less and less over the last month or so.
Over the last year (since July 2017), I've had two "episodes" where I've spent way too much time on the computer in a short period of time, and it's led to a new "baseline" level of pain for me.
The most recent episode was just a few days ago. About 5 weeks ago I was prescribed carbamazepine by my doctor to manage my pain. It started working about a month after I started using it - but it was working a little too well. I had zero pain for a significant portion of the day, for a few days. This led to me not blinking as much (even when I wasn't on the computer), and I trusted my pain as a feedback system too much. I spent too much time on the computer one day, and the following day I had almost as much pain as I had before I started using the carbamazepine.
And one thing I've noticed about these episodes is that it seems to take less and less to "trigger" a new baseline level of pain for me. For this reason, I'm going to leave the forum for an indefinite period of time. I probably won't be back until some technology can actually reduce the number of pain signals my nerves are sending to my brain. Right now, all my doctor can do is prevent these signals from reaching the brain. On the plus side, I have plenty of meibomian glands left and if IPL can work for me again (I've tried IPL about 6 different times this year, to no avail), I might be back sooner than I think.
So long, and thanks for all the fish (oil)
pythonidler
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