Hi there,
I posted recently about my findings from a private doctor. He said I had cells in my anterior viterous and I had a large hameoredge in my temporal retina of my left eye. However the doctor could not find out why I get the constant deep eye pain and swelling around my eye and also the redness on my eye. He said the symptoms matched scleritis but he checked for the condition and also did a b-scan but couldn't find any scleritis or anything wrong with the muscles.
I'm really at the end of the road I've had this pain for 10 months now and its the worst pain i've ever experienced in my life its so severe and keeps me up at night and affects my sleep. I can't concentrate on anything I avoid almost all activities. I've already got other health problems and having this eye problem completely ruins my quality of life I don't have one. It makes me very upset and desperate.
I've tried a few pain medications in the hope they would manage the condition but none have worked so far. I've tried gabapentin, tramadol, dihydrocodiene, co-codomal and recently Pregabalin (Lyrica). I haven't had success with any of these medications most do not even touch the pain or make a difference only one which numbs it is tramadol but it has horrible side effects and my doctor said it is not safe to take for long term.
I really don't know what to do i'm completely desperate which is why I'm writing on here.
The private doctor I went to see said I should maybe have tried 60mg of steroids to see if it reduces the pain. Problem is my doctor isn't to willing to give me steroids without seeing any inflammation in my eye. I wonder if stronger drugs like immunosuppresants would help? I'm willing to try anything and i'm just scared my doctors are gonna leave it as it is.
Anybody have any suggestions? I've paid £800 to see a private doctor I can't really afford to see another one. thanks for reading.
Neil.