Introduction

[eyeneedhelp]

Hi everyone, I made this account in hopes that people have had a similar experience to mine and can provide some guidance and support. I started wearing contact lenses in 2011 and had no issues with them until December 2016. I was diagnosed with giant papillary conjunctivitis and was unable to wear...

[sophie0416]

Hi, I know there a quite a few post about this subject but I couldn't find any recent one.
I developed dry eye due to my birth control, I've never in my life had any type of issues with my eyes, well just astigmatism..
First I was on a pill, to be honest I can't even remember the name I...

[EC1984]

Has anyone come up with any correlations yet for why we might be getting dry eye syndrome?

I ask because no one in my family has it. I have roseacea, but so does my mom, plus the doctors see no sign of ocular roseacea for me.

Three months before I got dry eye, I got a cat....

[magalvin]

Hi there!

So nice to have a place to talk to others going through the same problems. I am 24 years old, and just started to have extreme dry eye symptoms. About 1.5 years ago, my contacts started feeling a bit odd in my eyes, but never did I have the extreme pain I've been having lately....

[tiff]

I'm 33 and healthy, but have had problems with my eyes for about 4 years now. I have dry eye, issues with mgd, and am under the care of an optho who has improved my tear osmolarity through the use of the right eye drops and azasite, but I'm tired of still having some bad days and nights with my eyes....

[MCK]

Hello All,

I've been reading this forum for quite some time, but never posted, well, because frankly the more I thought about my dry eyes, the worse I felt. I tried to do my best and not dwell on the problem too much, other than doing as much research as possible in order to be an informed...