So bad dry eyes

[hästen25]

Hello! I’m only 21 and my Schimer test is non existent. I have hardly 1 and 2 on my eyes. It gets worse and worse. I have tried to check for allergies, I have tried ikervis and antibiotics, both topical and tetralysal. I do massages with a hot eye mask every morning and night. I have moisture chamber glasses but don’t use them that often. I have mild blepharitis all the time and my glands are about 50% left. My eyes don’t produce enough tears. My everyday life is very bad, I always have head aches and pain in my eyes. I take antidepressants and birth control pills. My doctor is thinking that I might have Sjogrens but I don’t have any issues other than my eyes.

Is there anything I can try to help my eyes? Is there any hope left or should I just learn to live like this? What would your next steps be in my situation?

[knitre]

I would try out Scleral Lenses if I were you.

They don't directly fix anything, but they make the entire dry-eye situation A LOT more manageable.
I would basically be on sick leave without them.

Above that, I would start to experiment with my diet, in case anything in my diet was causing inflammation and/or deficiencies.
Diets like AIP protocol, a very fish heavy diet, or even an "all meat diet"

Disclaimer, I'm no medical professional - But have you considered stop using birth control pills? Don't they mess with your hormones?

If all else fails, I have my sights on this drug: AZR-MD-001, which, sadly is not ready yet.

[breathin]

Why don’t you use restasis? First you need to increase your tear production.

[Lynn*]

Many antidepressants have dry eyes as an adverse effect. Especially if you're in peri-menopause, hormones could have something to do with it... with autoimmune conditions and dry eyes. I highly recommend hypochlorous acid for the blepharitis. Lots of sleep, anti-inflammatory diet, prayer. Sending you blessings.

[hästen25]

Why don’t you use restasis? First you need to increase your tear production.

I live in Sweden and we don’t have that medication here, you can get it online but it’s so expensive. Doesn’t ikervis have quite the same effect?

[hästen25]

Many antidepressants have dry eyes as an adverse effect. Especially if you're in peri-menopause, hormones could have something to do with it... with autoimmune conditions and dry eyes. I highly recommend hypochlorous acid for the blepharitis. Lots of sleep, anti-inflammatory diet, prayer. Sending you blessings.

Thank you so much for the answer. I quit antidepressants for about a year but the eyes only got worse and my mental health was so bad that I had to start again. I will talk with my doctor about quitting my birth control pills but I get very bad acne and cramps and I don’t know if I can handle that + these dry eyes.

[hästen25]

I would try out Scleral Lenses if I were you.

They don't directly fix anything, but they make the entire dry-eye situation A LOT more manageable.
I would basically be on sick leave without them.

Above that, I would start to experiment with my diet, in case anything in my diet was causing inflammation and/or deficiencies.
Diets like AIP protocol, a very fish heavy diet, or even an "all meat diet"

Disclaimer, I'm no medical professional - But have you considered stop using birth control pills? Don't they mess with your hormones?

If all else fails, I have my sights on this drug: AZR-MD-001, which, sadly is not ready yet.

Thanks, I will defiantly look into sceral lenses! I stopped birth control for about 3 months but got very bad acne and cramps and I didn’t notice any difference about my eyes. I will talk with my doctor about it since it may take longer than 3 months to make a difference.

[hästen25]

Many antidepressants have dry eyes as an adverse effect. Especially if you're in peri-menopause, hormones could have something to do with it... with autoimmune conditions and dry eyes. I highly recommend hypochlorous acid for the blepharitis. Lots of sleep, anti-inflammatory diet, prayer. Sending you blessings.

How do you use hypochlorous Acid? Rub it on the eyelids? Is it dangerous to get into the eyes?