My Eyes Hurt When I Move Them...

[McFly_Mad]

Yesterday evening (18th) I started to feel like my eyes were a bit heavy, and during the rest of the day, they began to hurt as if they are being restrained or stretched too far if I tryed to move them to the left, right, up or down.
I woke up this morning and it was the same, so I took some paracetamol to see if that helped, it did seem to help as it wasn't as bad for a while, although I was outside doing activities so I wasn't really focusing on it to notice.

I went to my opticians today as my new glasses were slipping off my nose, so whilst there I told her about whats happening, she said she hadn't heard of any thing like this before, but said as I have just got new glasses, my eyes may just be getting used to the change, she also said if it still hurts in a couple of weeks, I should go see my GP.
Its not effecting my vision at all, its just a mild kind of aching pain when I move my eyes too far in any direction.

I am a 17 year old female who is short sighted (I cant see things far away). I normally wear my contact lenses everyday, except in the mornings and at night when I take them out. I had a glasses eye test last Wednesday, they sad my eyes were healthy and they gave me a new glasses prescription which is a lot higher than my old pair, Ive been wearing these new glasses in the mornings and nights since I got them on Saturday. My contact lenses are now a slightly lower prescription compared to my new glasses, so I am hoping that my eyes are just adjusting to the changes. I do use the computer a lot and Ive just started to read my books in bed with just a lamp on, and I read on the Internet that it could be eye strain.

I am really worried that its something more serious, so any help etc would be greatly appreciated.

[John C Hagan III, MD, FACS, FAAO]

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[McFly_Mad]

Thank you.

[John C Hagan III, MD, FACS, FAAO]

Leave your contacts out and go see the optometrist or ophthalmologist that fit the contacts to find out what the problem is.

JCH MD

[McFly_Mad]

Ok, thank you. So its not anything serious, I just need to wear my glasses for a while?

[John C Hagan III, MD, FACS, FAAO]

In a situation like this 98% of the time the problem is the contact lens.

JCH MD