Very good days?

[huey]

Hey folks!

I'm a sufferer of blepharitis. I don't have any scaling or other oily build up but I do have enflamed (not too bad but well noticable) eyelids. My eyes are usually bloodshot > if an average person had 10% redness to 90% white, I'd be about 22% (red not white!). On a normal day I can get by ok. Might even go on a date when I can actually look the girl in the eye. Some days are ok, other times I get flare ups. You know the story.

Well anyway, In the last year I had three strange occurences. My symptoms actually dissapeared for a day or two. The most noticable one was - One afternoon I was having a pretty bad eye day, I had to go to a small house party at about 7pm so I tried to get some rest first. I didn't sleep a wink so I just had to go with tired bloodshot eyes. I had a nice few beers (i'm irish btw). I ended up sleeping over at that house and with 3 hours sleep I knew I was gonna have a 'real' bad eye day or so I thought. That day I decided to stay indoors. I happened to go on the net pretty much for the day, 6 hrs or so. Then it happened, I got this cool watery effect trickle down my eyes every now and again. I remember saying to myself 'wow' my eyes feel kinda nice. This had never happened before .I've had red eyes since 15, now 31. I kept surfin the net presuming my eyes were still lookin poorly and then I happened to glance in a mirror and there they were. Two lovely (almost) perfect white eyes. I couldn't believe it. I felt so great about my eyes I even started punching the air thankin God etc. I felt compelled to go out that night and boy what a feeling. I was looking people right in the eye not bieng one bit consious especially with girls. The following day was the same. I actually thought I was cured. A miracle! Sadly I wasn't. I then thought It was something I ate. I even checked the wine I drank. But couldn't find the answer. Bear in mind that no medication or drops were involved.

This happened another few times. Maybe not quite as good but not far off. Even in low sleep situations its happened. I'm wondering if it's a mind thing.

I've never felt such hope. And I can only hope for it again and that maybe it happens to you guys. Has anyone had any similar experiences.

Keep the faith and keep believing! And never, ever give up.

Huey.

[Lucy]

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Huey, I've always claimed it's the color of socks you're wearing on any given day. That's as close as I can come to any random "good/bad" eye days.

Obvious things nonwithstanding....such as a day in a smoky bar, casino etc. Your explanation is as good as any.

[dianat]

I always chuckle at Lucy's "color of your socks" joke. It makes as much sense as anything else.

I'm not an expert of blepharitis and really know very little about it, but I'm wondering if there is something about way you are sleeping. Could your pillow be causing you harm in some way? Are you shoving your eyes into it at night and messing with your lids? Critters in your pillowcase? (no offense) Sorry, man, this is the best I can do.

Our comfort fluxuations are as mysterious as why we might have a headache one day, and not the next. Who knows. I hope someone else here can give you some good ideas.

Diana

[Rebecca Petris]

Sheesh, girls, don't confuse things with socks and pillows. The obvious moral of this story is DRINK MORE BEER.

On a serious note, I'm thrilled you're having some very good days and wish you many, many more to come!

[Lucy]

Sheesh, girls, don't confuse things with socks and pillows. The obvious moral of this story is DRINK MORE BEER.

So that's WHAT Huey's message was! Sorry I confused things with socks. I debated before I posted, but I missed his message.

[dianat]

Okay, in a nutshell...

Drink more beer, don't sleep, surf the internet for 6 hours without blinking. Love your pillow, love your socks.

Erin go bragh.

[YGB]

I'll drink to that!

[dianat]

I hope Huey has a sense of humor.

[huey]

Lol

I'm one of those 'mixed socks' people. Never wearing a matching set. That day I had none at all!

Seriously dianet, I think you could be right about the pillow thing. I usually sleep face down in the recovery position ie. left of face in pillow. My left eye is always worse. I've only recently copped onto this. I'm a fairly hygenic & clean guy but I'll admit I don't replace the bedlinen often enough. I need a girlfriend!!

Heck I'm onto it. Glad I posted this topic even if it meant gettin slagged!

Lol,

Huey. Galway > Ireland.

[dianat]

Huey,

I have a couple other thoughts. You can get a hypo-allergetic pillow and pillowcase...not a half bad idea with blepharitis.

Also, there are some nighttime eyewear items available on this website called Tranquileyes. They would give you great protection at night. They can be used as humidity chambers or not. I actually opt for the simpler standard silky nighttime eye mask myself. I do think for you however that Tranquileyes might just be bulky enough that you'll be aware of them more, forcing you to train yourself to sleep differently.

And get yourself a girlfriend for pete's sake. There are a lot more perks to that beside forcing yourself to keep your sheets clean.

I'd never heard "slagged" before. I like it!

Diana

[clintsmommy]

Hello huey,

Sorry you are here, but its nice to meet you. I posted a thread like 4 days ago about alcohol and dry eye. There is some kind of connection, because I drink a pretty good bit and had about 4 hours sleep, and my eyes were better than they have been in awhile. I was able to watch tv without my eyes burning and watering. I did notice however, that I had a really bad eye day after the good eye day. Go figure. The good eye day was worth it though. I would love to know why the alcohol and a few hours sleep helps. Anyways glad you had a couple of good days, maybe you will have more

[dianat]

Gosh I keep having these really good thoughts coming to me on this issue.

I am certain that when I keep my eyes from getting bone dry at night (as they are so likely to do) I have better days. There was a time when I actually set an alarm for every two hours so I could instill drops and avoid letting them get so dried out that I can barely move my lids without pain.

It seemed to me that such a lack of any moisture was doing some damage to them. I am most certain that when I make attempts at this my days will go better. I swear it. My humidifier plays a role on this as well. I have better nights with it on, and therefore have much better days.

Perhaps when you stay up half the night or having a light sleep you are avoiding the abuse on your eyes and are therefore having a better day. I'll admit that there were nights with my newborn where I only got 2 or 3 hours of sleep and still managed my day pretty reasonably. My eyes were nothing to brag about, but they weren't impossibly horrible as I might have expected.

My guess is that when we are awake our metabolism is in a higher gear, therefore promoting tear manufacturing. Once we slow down at night (the sandman) the production drops off. Sleeping must be the ultimate slow tear manufacturing time resulting in great discomfort for most of us.

Perhaps I'll post this theory to our new guest doctor...

D

[huey]

Hello huey,

Sorry you are here, but its nice to meet you. I posted a thread like 4 days ago about alcohol and dry eye. There is some kind of connection, because I drink a pretty good bit and had about 4 hours sleep, and my eyes were better than they have been in awhile. I was able to watch tv without my eyes burning and watering. I did notice however, that I had a really bad eye day after the good eye day. Go figure. The good eye day was worth it though. I would love to know why the alcohol and a few hours sleep helps. Anyways glad you had a couple of good days, maybe you will have more

Still though, I rather my chances with a full night sleep and water instead! I had a very irritated left eye yesterday. Where the veins on the inside part of your eye take over (dunno what it's called). I found it impossible to concentrate and had to leave work early. I didn't drink last night (no choice!) and had a good sleep and I've made a full recovery today. The fresh bed linen helped too. - Thanks Diana.

[huey]

Sleep times

I never have a problem at night. Once I close my eyes they feel fine. Even yesterday when I had that irritation. When I would close my eye the sting would go. I guess the air movement is stopped and what little moisture there is, is trapped. Yeah the eye doesn't get as much tears at night but it's also sealed in a way.