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I'm really concerned about my eyes. Please help me.

Hello,I'm 20,female.
In July I started having weird eye symptoms. It started with a squint in both eyes, more in the right eye. It's barely noticeable, it's more uncomfortable. The problem is more symptoms started to appear and I'm very concerned.

When I touch my eyes, both at the same time, my left eye is kind of popping out, it has more of an outward bulge than the right one. The problem is that it's not visible almost at all and doctors do not believe me, they brush it off and they even called me crazy, because all my eye tests are completely fine. But none of them touched my eyes to actually understand what I'm talking about. I went to neurologists multiple times, had 2 brain MRIs, they said it's nothing, just squint. On 6th of November I developed a droopy eyelid in my right eye. The eyes are uneven, and the right one appears smaller/sunken. Went to neurologist, said he can't see anything, but he didn't even look at my eyes. I tested for myasthenia gravis 3 times, nothing. Did many tests for autoimmune diseases, nothing,including my thyroid levels in case it was Grave's.

Everybody dismisses my symptoms. Doctors either say I'm fine, or that my symptoms are not possible, they dismiss me and call me depressed/crazy or that my eye thing is just a perception. I know I'm not crazy, because on this site I saw someone having the exact same symptoms. I'd like to mention I don't usually have pain in/around my eyes, just very rarely. I literally don't know what to do anymore. I'm living in the UK and I'm planning to go to have a casual eye test again and mention my symptoms. If I'm dismissed again, I'm gonna go to GP and maybe try get a referral to specialists at an Eye clinic, but I don't think that's possible because doctors think I'm lying, my bulging eye is not visible. I'm very stressed and scared, I don't know what to do.

I'd really appreciate any helping answer, thank you. And I'm sorry for the long text.
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177275 tn?1511755244
Given the time, money and testing you have had it is not likely anything serious.  Initially I thought you were hyperthyroid (Grave's Disease).   However an acquired droopy eyelid (ptosis) needs to be evaluated. You need to see a neuro-ophthalmologist. If you can make it to Moorfield Eye Hospital in London that would be ideal. You would need to take the results of all your tests especially blood work and MRI.  You would also need to take high quality facial [photos of yourself over the past 15 years so that they could document the position of your eyelids and the size of your pupils in the distant past.
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Thank you for your answer, it means alot to me! I know that an aquire ptosis is usually a bad sign, but the neurologist I've been to literally said he couldnt see any droopiness, even tho it is really visible (my eyes have different shapes). He didn't really looked at my eyes, just assessed my eye movements and looked at the back of my eye.

What are the other causes of all this?
I'm not going to go into all the causes, too many, some have been exluded.  What I want to tell you is that the training and approach to this probably are totally different between a neurologist and a neuro-ophthalmologist.  That is what you need to see, at this  point other types of physicians including general ophthalmologists are a waste of your time and money.
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