eyestrain/dry eyes

[nathandewinter]

Hello

During a 4month period of computer overuse(8 hours a day or even more) i have developed this condition that just won't go away..and is having devastating effects on my life in general

When i first started noticing eyestrain,it was only on the inside of my right eye and a few capillairs were present there too

Later as the weeks got into months..the eye strain has gotten immense..my eyes were burning terribly and there were these capillairs all over..my eyes also seemed to have sunken when i would be feeling with my hands across my closed eyelids,compared to how they were before and how they are now,my right eye was more than my left ..later i also noticed a more convexed curvature when i would be feeling(which is still present)

1.5 month after drastically reducing my computer habits to just few hours a week i've paid a visit to an ophtamologist about this issue which didn't seem to go over(though it had gotten better,the capillairs were clearly reduced too) .He stated that my eyes were totally ''dryed out'' and prescribed me Ocugel

Though it had gotten a bit better,i was still very frequently experiecing eyestrain especially during cold and windy weather or when doing close work..even if it would be just reading a magazine for 10 mins,my eyes started burning. But by then my eyes were back to normal size when feeling with my hands..though my left was still kind of larger than the right one

So after another month i went to see another ophthamologist. He again diagnosed me with dry eye though still in the limits of the normal. He also said that my cornea wasen't damaged or anything and prescribed me Hyal Drop advanced and said that the condition should be over in 3 to 4 weeks..

So now(2.5 months later) After using Hyal Drop advanced for about 2 months i do not see any change,to the contrary,the eyestrain has gotten even worse..though this is probably cause i've started using the computer more frequently(4 hours a day appox.)

Can someone please help me?

[tripp399]

I have the same exact problem man. If you get the problem fixed, please let me know!

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

I suggest for  both problems you see a neuro-ophthalmologist. They are the Sherlock Holmes of the eye world. I do not think your problem can be addressed properly in this forum

JCH MD

[nathandewinter]

I couldn't post them in one question because i am restricted to 2000 characters max. and the forum is also divided into certain categories like : ''glaucoma'' ''dry eyes'' ''loss of vision'' etc..

Every case is specific,i wanted to document mine as detailed as possible cause it may be of importance. If i would have found sufficient information already i wouldn't be posting this question here(note that i have seen 3 ophthamologists and followed the given therapies which didn't help).

The idea is to provide people,who are struggeling with a certain condition and don't know what to begin with suggestions and answers which might be of some help and which might be usefull to other people reading this forum aswell.

I cleary do not see why it bothers you SO much that i've posted 2 different questions about 2 different problems both caused by computer overuse..

Shouldn't it be just easier to help?

I mean,i am struggeling with this condition since november last year and it just won't go away..and i know nothing about it and i don't know what do.

It's been seriously effecting my life in general,i can't go outside when it's cold or windy,i can't do any near work for longer than 20 mins without resting my eyes,i am having trouble playing sports..it's really very very annoying..and i don't know what to do about it to make it go away..

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

The idea is to give as many different people as possible a chance to ask a qestion. If you have two problems put them in one question.

Use the search feature and archives to review the extensive and in depth discusions of dry eyes including the latest research on new experimental drugs.

JCH MD

[nathandewinter]

It are two different problems caused by the same thing,so i made 2 different posts.. i'm both dealing with the issue of dry eyes/eyestrain AND the myopia that occured.

I don't know how you got the idea that i am double posting if you have read my posts..in this one i am explaining the issues of the eyestrain and dry eyes i am dealing with that won't pass and in the other my quickly progressed myopia..both caused by computer overuse but 2 different problems..

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

You have posted two different versions of your problem, in the other one which is answered you posed your problem as due to spasm of accommodation. Please do not make multiple postings on the same problem as it precludes others from asking their question.

The physicians of the AAO expert eye forum.