Originally Posted by eyevhadit I am 50 yr old female sufferer of dry eye for at least 25 years. Nothing has worked and I've tried it all: plugs, Restasis, compresses, drops, gels, on and on...I was on 200 mg doxycycline for about 8 to control the agony of dry eye. It was bearable, but barely. Anyway, interesting enough about 7 years ago I was suffering from hormonal acne and it would not clear up either. Finally, my derm prescribed spironolactone to treat it. My acne cleared right up and the strange thing is I suddenly noticed ...
A little background: At the age of 16 I started wearing contact lenses, was working under bright light and took a course of roactuane for acne. All this combined lead to severe symptoms of dry eye and a struggling immune system. My symptoms were/are: severe dry eye, tinnitus, cloudy head, dry mouth, dry nose, dry lips....at times severe depression!! Through self research and trial and error these are things to do which will drastically improve the condition ...
While I haven't had erosions lately (for a good week actually), today is a rather "dry" day, my vision is blurred, and the eyes feel dry. I instilled Systane Ultra ampules, but somehow they didn't last so long (a month ago I could swear by Systane!). I suspect what could lead to this: I drank very little water yesterday! Drinking water really makes it better, so today and onward I'm on a mission of drinking a glass every hour. Very simple step that really helps.
I've been waiting for this day, because it is a day I finally get some medical help in form of a procedure aimed at helping to clean my MGs, according to my diagnosis. Getting a referral for the procedure, I received a mentioning of "1 to 3 procedures" necessary to help the condition. They said in a hospital some people need only 1 procedure, and some need 2 or 3. It is strange to hear, since the lid hygiene is really an everyday thing, but I believe what they really meant was "1 ...
The day started a bit scary: very early in the morning I was rudely awaken by my husband's sleep talk (he had a nightmare), and I woke up so suddenly, that I opened my eyes wide open so quick! A second after that I almost got a heart attack thinking "what if I had me a nice fat erosion right here?!" Thank God, there was none! Really happy that this incident went well, phew. Of course, I had my ointment in. And what's funny, today my Tranquileyes arrived too! I'm going to try it out soon. ...
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