Topic by snakechamber

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For the past two years l have had this condition with my eyes that feels very similar to when you get bar soap in your eyes and wash it out,but you can still feel it.

l had contacts for a period of time but then stopped using them because of eye irritation (but it was nothing serious to my knowledge).So since then (about a year and a half) l have been using prescription glasses.l still feel the discomfort even though l do not have any contacts in.l did not feel this before using contacts.

l did use ReNu MultiPlus lubricating and rewetting drops quite frequently when l did have my contacts because of discomfort, but they never really helped.l have tried visine and visine-A (for allergies; even though l dont have any to my knowledge) but neither of these have helped. l went to an ophthalmologist at one point, but he just told me nothing seemed to be wrong.

What steps should l take from here?
It has really been a nuisance and l would give anything to do away with it
Edit: l meant l have seen an optometrist, not an ophthalmologist.

  Reply by Eazy

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Is there a problem with my eyes

your symptoms sounds like dry eye .
you need evaluation for followings
reflex tear production
basal tear production
tear break-up time
and meiobomian glad

then you can be adviced accordingly
if i get the result of those test than i can answer your question.

  Reply by Psaa

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Sounds like the good old dry eye.

Visine is the devil. It contains BAK, a preservative that is both irritating, disruptive to the tear film, & just plain un-needed.

Instead, try out a few types of preservative-free artificial tears. Nice 'lighter' feeling ones can be very helpful (although some prefer the heavier ones like refresh celluvisc, while I did not like it)- bion tears, refresh 'classic' (not refresh plus), for some people systane- buy a few different types & give them all a try, just make sure to read the active ingredient & make sure you're not getting the same thing twice.

Again, I cannot stress enough the importance that they r preservative free single use vials, NOT bottles, not the type like genteal advertised as 'preservative free in the eye'- just 'preservative free'

If proper artificial tears DO help, go to another ophthalmologist & get ur tear production & tear breakup times tested.

If artificial tears do NOT help, see another ophthalmologist in search of another diagnosis.

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I would go see the eye doctor (for lack of a better word). Tell him that the condition has been going on for two years. That should make a difference. Honestly though i have no idea what it could be.