Eyes Ok.

[Rocketronzy]

Hospital doc say there fine for my age.

I was referred by options.

I told him by 10. At night my vision got v blurry.

He said could be dry eyes.

Suggesting artificial tears.

Anyone else have this problem. 🤔

[PMRpro Ambassador]

I've had dry eyes for years - probably the PMR. I think it is getting a bit worse recently. Ought to get some of the spray stuff I use...

[Rocketronzy in reply to PMRpro]

And what is that called please

Can I get it on prescription.

[PMRpro Ambassador in reply to Rocketronzy]

Not the sprays I don't think. You can get the drops/artificial tears on script though I think. I used to use something called Clarymist but it was quite pricey. It has a new name now someone said but I can't remember what it is. An optician should know. Or the chemist.

[Rocketronzy in reply to PMRpro]

I’ll quiz my grandson he is a manager in an opticians.

[Rocketronzy in reply to Rocketronzy]

Found this on line.

amazon.co.uk/Eye-Logic-Form...

[PMRpro Ambassador in reply to Rocketronzy]

Brilliant!

[lindaoquilts]

Dry eyes here big time. Ophthalmologist said to use eye drops as many times a day as needed. The blurry comes after too much reading, sewing, etc., because we don't blink as much then.

[SnazzyD]

Dry eyes every evening since being on Pred. Use whatever 'false tears' drops are cheapest at the pharmacy.

[Rugger in reply to SnazzyD]

I get 'dry eye drops' from Home Bargains for 99p. They contain the same active ingredient that my neighbour gets on prescription - Sodium Hyaluronate.

[SheffieldJane]

Yes definitely dry eyes Ronzy. I get drops on prescription, artificial tears - whatever make they have handy. I like the spray that you spray on to closed eyes, it's very soothing. Boots do it.

You seem to be doing great these days! 🏆

[Margot23]

Hi, I have Dry-Eye syndrome for decades, very well managed by prescriptive night time gels and daytime ‘artificial tears’. As another contributor says, it isn’t helped by too much reading, pc work, sewing etc. I recall it was my Optician who referred me to my GP, then I was prescribed with the gels on an on-going basis. Dry-eyes and cataracts are side affects of Prendiscilone, I now have cataracts!

[Amkoffee]

For years before I started prednisone I was able to control my dry eyes by taking 1100 mg of Omega-3. I didn't even hardly have to use Drops. Then when I started prednisone all that went to hell in a handbasket. So I quit taking it at my eye doctor's recommendation. Now I'm back on it but I don't know how well it's working this time. But it's certainly worth putting forth the effort and taking it for a while it will take a few weeks to see any change.

There is a specific disease called Sjogren's syndrome that causes dry eyes and dry mouth. I suffer from both horribly bad and have had the dry mouth for years and it's only gotten worse. So in two weeks I'm getting the test for Sjogren's. It requires a lip biopsy so it is a big deal to be tested.

[HeronNS]

I used to have dry eyes in the morning, such that before I got out of bed I had to move my eyeballs around before trying to open my eyes. But don't seem to have that problem any more. Has pred helped??? I use rather expensive preservative free eye drops when my eyes begin to feel uncomfortable. Also get a lot of red eyes, when little blood vessels break, and eye drops clear those up really quickly. Eye doctor unconcerned.

Reading or staring at a screen can make eyes feel uncomfortable and vision may be a bit blurry if you've looked at something for a long time without changing the focal length - as in screen time or reading 😵.

[Rocketronzy in reply to HeronNS]

Thanks for that. I think I will have to cut back on my internet chess etc.

All the best. 🍀🍀🍀

[HeronNS in reply to Rocketronzy]

Well that sounds like an easy fix!

[Rocketronzy in reply to HeronNS]

😲😱😤 not easy cutting back on Chess

They say it’s not a matter of life and death.

It’s much more than that. 😂😂

[HeronNS in reply to Rocketronzy]

Try to remember to take frequent eye breaks!

[SnazzyD in reply to Rocketronzy]

Might be you need to blink more when playing

[Rocketronzy in reply to SnazzyD]

Well could do. It’s not like playing table tennis 😂😂

[SnazzyD in reply to Rocketronzy]

Eh? I mean when you are concentrating on something on a screen it is easy not to blink enough so your eyes dry out. 🙂

[JD4pmr]

Me too, for the past 6 years ! Initially I was putting over the counter eye drops in every couple of hours at least, and overnight it was like tearing velcro apart which was alarming ! I was prescribed various eye lubricants like Viscotears which helped until I think I became allergic to it. Over the past 18 moths/2 years I have used Hycosan which you can get through Amazon - its expensive but has really helped, and is preservative free, lasts for 6 months from opening rather than I month. Because I only need to use it at night and first thing in the morning and maybe if I have been at the computer screen for too long, its actually quite economical. I also take Omega 3 in the form of Hyabak Caps, also on Amazon also not cheap [only take one a day rather than recommended 2 !] I think they help. It hasn't cured everything and I still get a kind of 'Vaseline filter' vision by the evening, but its manageable. I'm 77 and active again thanks to Pred and lots of advice on here so 'Just for to-day' all good. Hope you get it sorted !

[Rocketronzy in reply to JD4pmr]

I’m not too thrilled with artificial tears. Seem to make my eyes itchy. Is it the drops you use or spray.

Thanks.

[JD4pmr in reply to Rocketronzy]

They are drops and I find them better than anything else I have used BUT as they are expensive and your eyes are sensitive ... a difficult choice ! The spray didn't help me at although a lot of people recommended it. Horses for courses!

[JD4pmr in reply to Rocketronzy]

P>S> they are not really artificial tears. There is a reasonable amount on Amazon, and various questions, comments and ratings that people have made about them.