EYE PAIN AND PRESSURE

Posted By ASHLEY  on November 26, 1998 at 11:35:08:







SINCE AUGUST I HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH MY LEFT EYE.  IT FEELS LIKE THERE IS A LOT OF PRESSURE BEHIND IT WHICH IS EXACERBATED BY PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND SUNLIGHT OR ANY TYPE OF BRIGHT LIGHT.  I CAN FEEL IT ALL OF THE TIME, BUT THERE ARE PERIODS, ESPECIALLY IF I'M ENGAGED IN A PHYSICAL ACTIVITY, WHEN THE PRESSURE FEELS IMMENSE AND MAKES ME STOP IN MY TRACKS FOR ABOUT TEN SECONDS.  I SAW MY DOCTOR IN SEPTEMBER FOR IT, AND HE GAVE ME NAPROXEN, WHICH SEEMED TO HELP A LITTLE THEN.  NOTHING HELPS ANYMORE, THOUGH.  I HAVE ALSO BEEN HAVING SOME PROBLEMS WITH HEADACHES, AND I HAVE BEEN ON PAXIL FOR A MONTH OR SO, BUT THAT DOESN'T SEEM TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE.  I WAS WONDERING IF THE EYE PAIN THAT I HAVE BEEN HAVING IS ASSOCIATED WITH MIGRAINES OR NOT.  IT'S NOT A SHARP PAIN OR A THROBBING PAIN, JUST A CONSTANT PRESSURE.  IT DOESN'T SEEM TO CHANGE IN ANY WAY IF I HAVE A HEADACHE OR BE AN INDICATOR THAT A HEADACHE IS COMING ON BECAUSE IT IS SO CONSTANT.  IT'S BECOMING VERY BOTHERSOME, SO ANYTHING THAT YOU COULD OFFER WOULD BE MUCH APPRECIATED.  
THANKS SO MUCH,
ASHLEY