Heavy eyes.

[Danni_32]

For the past couple weeks, at night, I have been getting extremely heavy eyes.  The best way to describe it is the feeling you get when you first wake up in the morning & turn on a bright light & you just can't force your eyes to open.  My eyes get so heavy, I can't even open them for about 15-20 seconds, then they open up.  Like I said, this has just come on & I am starting to get kind of worried.  Please help!

[misschrisco]

my 12 yr old son has rolandic epilepsy and has facial seizures as well as migraines.  for the first time today, he said he had a couple occasions where he couldnt control his eye lids and they felt real heavy but his vision went blurry and some what dark as well. I am assuming it was a type of seizure but cant find anything online about it.  any ideas?

[Abhijeet Deshmukh, MD]

Hi.

Do you have sensitivity to bright light or is it inability to open the eyes anyways ? It is not quite clear if you have can keep your eyes open for a long time, or this is a recurrent problem.

Is there any swelling around your eyes ? Do you have blood pressure issues or any kidney/urinary problems ?

Regards

[bhups1]

hi,please consult Eye surgeon initially to rule out Glaucoma(due to increase in intraocular pressure).

Although there can be number of causes like stress,sinusitis,benign intracranial hypertension etc,a consultation with Neurologist(MRI brain) may help.

bye and take care!