Hi

[barbdockeray]

Just wondering if anybody has tried contact lenses . I have Sjögren x

[Guinea21]

Hi

I have continuous wear contact lenses. I wear them basically all the time, fresh pair at the start of each month. I have a 1 night break in the middle of the month, and a 1 night break at the end of the month.

I find them really comfortable. I think maybe because they have a very high water content and help keep the eye lubricated.

I have 6 month check ups at the optician, and it was the optician who noticed I had dry eyes at my last check up.

It's worth a conversation with the contact lens specialist at the optician.

[barbdockeray in reply to Guinea21]

Thankyou just was wondering about the Sjogren x

[JennaeClifford]

Hi - I have Sjogrens and wear contacts. Talk to your opticians but I was lucky enough that my optometrist has Lupus and Sjogren herself so told me to get the Hycosan drops for when my eyes feel dry and tired. Xx

[maggielee]

Yes wear gas permeable contact ( not very popular here but more affordable,) been wearing them most of my life, all day, take out at night. I do have to watch dryness with them but can add fluids if needed. Contacts improved my vision & i think help protect my eyes... 😎 ML

[AgedCrone]

I wore them for years.....daily ones...no need to buy cleaning fluids etc.

I only gave up as I dropped more than I got in my eyes when my hands were bad...thinking of going back to them now as my hands are behaving themselves.

They are so much more convenient than glasses....& you can buy

fashionable sunglasses that don't cost a fortune like prescription glasses do.

Go for it....opticians will give you about a weeks supply free to try them out. Don't forget to get them to show you how to take them out! You just pinch them off....no one told me & I was trying to get my nail under them to flip them off!

Unless you want to...don't sign up for one of their "Packages". I used to buy 3 months supply at a time & they often lasted much longer as I didn't bother wearing them all the time indoors.

Good Luck!

[panda22]

You should try the ones my niece uses. She went to a specialist optician and she has lenses which she wears while asleep. She takes them out in the morning and can see all day without them. Sounds strange but it true