Chronic Eye Fatigue For Two Years With No Answers

[tired_eyes]

Waterbee - I'm not sure what I'm allergic to. I was about to see an allergist when the one I was going to see - retired. All I got from my appointment is that I am an all year allergy prone person. I guess I should seek out another allergist. Nasonex is prescription. There's something similar, which is now over the counter = Flonase. Both open up the swollen tissue and allows the sinuses to drain. It sounds like you do have allergies.

[waterbee]

Waterbee - I'm not sure what I'm allergic to. I was about to see an allergist when the one I was going to see - retired. All I got from my appointment is that I am an all year allergy prone person. I guess I should seek out another allergist. Nasonex is prescription. There's something similar, which is now over the counter = Flonase. Both open up the swollen tissue and allows the sinuses to drain. It sounds like you do have allergies.

I went to the chemist today and was advised to start with otrivine,tried it and it did seem to help. I'm going to use it over the weekend and see if it continues, thanks for the information

[Phillips55]

Hi I developed Extreme eyestrain after Lasik because the surgery created an imbalance in my binocular vision. Vision therapy corrected the problem. it might be a longshot but if you're desperate I would have an eye doctor administer a binocular vision and eye teaming test to see if your problems are caused by a vision disorder.

[heyjude0701]

That is interesting, Phillips55. Right now I can only wear one of my PROSE scleral lenses and I can tell that my eyes are not working together and the binocular vision is compromised. I wonder if that is contributing to my severe eye fatigue.

[L8rgator]

My husband was having similar symptoms, that got much worse on days he was at work (he works in IT). He got a pair of computer glasses -basically prescription reading glasses, but set so that they are computer distance appropriate, and so that they have special coatings to protect from harsh light and radiation (? don't quote me on that) from offices and computer monitors. Reducing the strain at that distance made all the difference for him. He's unhappy that he has to wear 3 different pairs of glasses now (close, computer, far), but at least he doesn't have the pain and sleepyness now. Doesn't sound that that is your problem, since you mentioned you don't do a lot of close up work, but something that might be worth considering.

He got a cheap backup pair of computer glasses filled at zenni optical online, and with the computer package (coatings and whatnot) they were still very cheap.

[heyjude0701]

I have computer glasses, L8rgator and they are a life saver! I don't have the coating on them, but I have f.lux on my computer which filters out the high frequency lights. If only I could make the rest of the world as comfortable on my eyes as I have been able to do at home. It has gotten that I hate to go out anywhere. I use incandescent light bulbs in my house; everywhere else I go has CFLs or fluorescents, and they are so hard on my eyes. I have glasses from Theraspecs that have a rose colored tint to filter out the high frequency light (progressives, so I can read labels, etc since I need reading glasses) which I wear when I'm indoors everywhere other than my home, and TheraSpecs sunglasses for outdoors which are polarized and have the rose colored tint also. All three glasses are a big help, but my eyes still fatigue very quickly. At least on the computer I can enlarge the font as much as I need.

[Phillips55]

Right now I can only wear one of my PROSE scleral lenses and I can tell that my eyes are not working together and the binocular vision is compromised. I wonder if that is contributing to my severe eye fatigue.
Just given that information I strongly urge you to seek out a vision therapist and get not only a binocular vision and eye teaming test, but a depth perception test too. You can try this test at home, patch one eye and have someone hold a bottle cap in front of you about 4-6 inches, then try and place a marble or small ball in the cap. When they had me do this test I missed by about 3 inches past the bottle cap. I was dubious at first of vision therapy but I had symptoms even worse than your describing and now I am pretty much 100% again. There aren't many vision therapy places around the country but I'm listing a link here for the place I had therapy, perhaps they know of someone in your area or can provide other advice for you. http://www.thevisiontherapycenter.com/

[heyjude0701]

I never had good depth perception because until I had cataract surgery seven years ago, I had one near sighted eye and one far sighted eye. My far sighted eye is a lazy eye; even though that eye had much better vision, my near sighted eye was the dominant eye. The cataract surgery helped in that it corrected the vision in both eyes and I think I got better depth perception, but still not very good.

I'm on the waiting list at the new PROSE clinic at University of California at San Francisco. After I am fitted with the lens, I will consider finding a vision therapist, it sounds like a good idea

[Colin P]

Without reading through all the replies, i have sufferd this on 3 seperate occasions and i (arf!) put it down to eye strain, maybe optic nerve??. 1st was when 50" televisions became desirable here in the North of England, we got one (like you do!) and perhaps it was too bright? & big? As i could not watch the darn thing for over maybe half an hour. This was years before my dry eyes became apparant.
Just rememberd there has been 4 occasions, better tell you #4 before i forget.. No4- the very last time i went to the cinema and was running late all that was left was front row seats, i could not stand it and left half way through (it was tripe anyway(paranormal activity).
No2 when i drilled through the main electric feed cable at head height and got a massive 'welders flash' on each occasion i'd get the eyes wanting/demanding to shut to rest.
And finally, when i first got my dryeyes, i could not drive looking through the windscreen my eyes would close i'd be fighting to keep them open and end up looking at the floor, then window, then floor etc.
On each occasion i made a recovery, and i dont get it now, not had it for maybe 3yrs. I put it down to as i said something nerve? Strained. I reckon you're doing something in your everyday which is not allowing the strain and it's natural recovery to take place.

[tired_eyes]

It's interesting how several of you have mentioned eye strain and thinking it contributed to dry eyes. My sister started wearing glasses when she was 8 years old (she's now 37). The glasses kept getting thicker and thicker. Finally, she moved on to contacts. She discovered eye exercises and started doing them. She does it every morning - diligently. She continued to see the eye doctor and I'm not joking - her eyes started to improve. I'm too lazy. After seeing her do it every morning, when she visited me, I realized that that was not something I wanted to commit to, however, it might be something that one of you might be desperate enough to try.