blurry eyes and achey eyes ,

[kittykat68]

hi all i have syjorns along with the rest of the autoimmune family, but suddenly after 2 years ive got really achey eyes, sometime they go blurry and no difference is made by eyes drop dr seem to think it may be a metho side effect but why after 2 year would this suddenly happen ??

[KathinAyrshire]

Kittykat,

I have the same diagnosis and the same problem with eyes. The blurriness wears off I just have to wait until it does. I've tried various things for the achey problem, the best I have found is carbomer eye gel which is very soothing. Insofar as after 2 years on metho, I can only say my eyes were unpredictable even before any drugs whatsoever, you may just be goiing through a flare with the sjorgens.

Best of luck I hope it soon calms down.

Kath

[Briggsy]

Have you seen the optician? Mine said effects of metho can clearly be seen on a 3d eye scan! If this is the case stopping the metho should reverse the problem. Hope you get it sorted soon :0)

[kittykat68]

briggsy thanks for your reply been opticians thank you and eyes are fine , and stopping the metho scares the hell outta me its the only meds that stops my skin errupting so it looks like i have to put up with it

[kittykat68]

thanks kaths that helps to know im not making it up regards

[Voutton]

Yes I have those but it is all part of the dry eye dry mouth syndrome I get prescribed drops for my eyes and tablets for my mouth I drink constantly all day long So always on the loo Hope this helps x

[sebitha]

This may be useful.?

I just had a eye test, I must of had about 45 tests so far, and this guy was really thorough, he said my dry eyes where worse as my tear ducts were blocked.

He suggested I lay with a hot flannel over my eyes daily for 10 mins, then massage along both lids, then wipe away along the ridge between the eye and lashes. I have been doing this for a week and a half, the optician said to do it for two to three weeks. I used eye cream when massaging and I'm finding I don't need the eye drops, as my eyes hurt a lot less and I no longer wake with sticky eyes. My eyes are looking less baggy too.

In all my years of wearing glasses and the tests I've had since being on Hydroxy I know I struck lucky to get an optician that was so thorough.

[kittykat68]

voutton thats was i thought but then i was told it was hydrox doing it so i weaned off them and now im being told its the metho , sometimes i think shall i just wean myselff off the lot and see wot happens but then i get scared of my skin and the big plaque like blisters but then i think again and say to myself well i went 10 years without the meds , i just go round in circles some day dont know if im dizzy through meds or just general , plus i have a 15 year old with aspergus and i think well if i didnt take the meds whos going to be there for him, i bloody hate lupus soooo much rant over and thanx sebitha ive got a fantastic optician as my mum and nan have had glucoma so that was the other worry x

[stretch in reply to kittykat68]

hey kitty,

i was not on the meds that you are however,my eyes would be blurry after any waking and also aching eyeballs.blurred vision could last upto an hour or so.apparently it is due to the immune system damage to the tear ducts. hence why they put a strip of tissue in the eyes to test for how normal the watering works.i tried eye drops but they were very temporarily useful.strange thing is that the last few months both the eyeballs aching and blurred vision has reduced greatly ! so flipping frustrating this systemic thing.it moves around and flares up...then down. Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!

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