Eyes feel heavy and tired all the time for 2 years

[lee1347]

My eyes feel heavy and tired for over two years now. Its also effecting my appearance, I visibly look tired and I am asked why I look so tired or if I've slept. I also feel pressure beneath my eyes. At this point I don't even know where the pain is coming from. The entire eye hurts and I feel so tired all the time and I sleep well. I'm mentally prepared for the day by my eyes are telling me something different. I recently went for an eye exam and was told my eyes are fine, slight irritation due to dry eye. I have used every otc eye drop and nothing has made any improvement. Please help this effect my life on daily basis and I feel very depressed because I don't feel like doing anything due to the discomfort in my eye. If it wasn't for the discomfort in my eyes are would feel fine. Please help!

[John C Hagan III, MD, FACS, FAAO]

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[lee1347]

Ok, thank you!

[John C Hagan III, MD, FACS, FAAO]

Go down to the Today's Pulse on this page and click on the blue dots till you get to the article on dry eyes and read it.

JCH MD

[lee1347]

Drops were placed into the eye prior to my eye examination so I'll make sure next time they don't do that. One optometrist stated it was dry and I was also seen by an ophthalmologist which stated the same thing. A second ophthalmologist took a schwimmer eye test, this dr said my eyes are producing enough tears but the tears are evaporating. I don't see any droopy upper eyelids I just have large bags under the eye. Before my eyes started to feel this way, they began to feel jumpy or twitching. I was going through a lot of stress at this time, also I was wearing eye cosmetics that caused my upper eyelid to get red and scaly with severe itching, The red bump went away once I stopped wearing the makeup. My eye still also itches. Would any of this information be more helpful on what other questions I should ask?

[John C Hagan III, MD, FACS, FAAO]

You need to see an eye MD ophthalmologist. when you go in take 4-5 pictures of high quality of your face take 5-15 years ago. Do not let the techs put drops into your eyes until the eye MD sees you.

Show the eye MD the pictures of you. Ask if you have "ptosis" or one eye that droops. Ask if you have baggy upper eyelids bad enough to cause your eye fatigue.

Ask that he/she rule out myasthenia gravis.

Then have the normal eye exam. Ask that dry eyes be ruled out also.

You need to work through the possiblities with a properly trained eye MD physician ophthalmologist.

JCH MD