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hi i am a newbie to this site,i have been suffering with this illness for 9yrs.,does it affect eye sight as mine has got worse,an my eyes are very dry.

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I have double vision and photophobia have you read this

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i will have a look thank you

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floozy

I too was suffering lots of pain behind my right eye and my optician said we have muscles behind our eyes that are affected by fm . He sold me some drops for dry eyes as this also occurs , but now i get them on prescription from my gp , they seem to help x

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thank you

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medication that you are on can affect your eye sight, i have fybromyalgia, osteo arthritis and ankylosing spondylitis and have been on meds for 23 yrs approx, and i am short sighted and am finding my eyesight is declining very fast, my optician has told me it is meds that does it, i have dry eyes too and that is a symptom of arthritis so ask your doctor, you can get drops from the doctor or chemist for dry eye, hope this helps motherhen52 xx

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thank you i am due an eyetest soon and i will ask optican

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pottydog

I suffer with dry eyes too, can sting like mad and send me a bit round the bend! I use prescribed eye gel, it's longer lasting than the drops. I would still get checked by your optician, it might be uncomfortable for some but still worth it for the reassurance.

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thank you for advise i will ask about gel

my eye sight has got worse and worse had two cataract ops two years ago but they are worse than the were before.and they ache behind them if that makes sense... petal

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sorry to hear about cataracts and yes my eyes ache behind them i understand what you mean

welcome to the sight , yes eyes can be affected your not going crazy .. dont forget to check everything out with your Gp or option (glasses people) gentle dyslexic hugs

had my ears checked and he found a referable condition something to do with neuro probs and he said to see doc and to mention my eyes were going as well as it may be related he would not be drawn out but was really firm about me seeing doctor asap. trying to get fitted in tomorrow with my carer or next wednesday. I really dont need anything else going wrong and dont know f i want to find out. i have fibro cerv spondolytis dengerative arthris odeama and am in heart failure and on blood thinning meds to avoid reoccur of clots on my lungs not to mention the hypatension lol. d....m wot a whiney list that was...... the only good side of this is how quickly people will move out of your way (mouthy teens lol) when you are driving a power chair........ am i allowed to be just a little bad????? petal.

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nanaanna

Hi motherhen, it seems 2 b common problem. I suffer from dry gritty eyes and my eyesight has gone down rapidly in last 2 yrs. I had eye check-up May 2010 and my eyes were perfect, by Sept everything was getting blurry and thought it was just tiredness but went back 2 my optician and explained what was happening. They discovered cataracts on both eyes but 1 on left was developing so fast (he said he'd never seen it happen so quickly in any1 but said meds had big part in it) I had cataract removed from my left eye last April, thankfully 1 on my right eye isn't growing as fast. I thought I was far 2 young 2 have cataracts as Im 45 (my parents dont even have sign of cataract yet).

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