Hi, I am hoping you may have some info on my latest symptom/health problem. I am experiencing eye pain...like an ice pick going into my eye.
I went to the eye dr. today and she said it was eye inflamation and that it could be due to Lyme.
I am on Flagyl and have found that my eye has been more sensitive to things. I am not sure if that happened before I got on the meds in November (4 months ago) or if it was before that.
So, I am wondering if this is a Lyme issue or a Flagyl issue or something else. I would appreciate your information. Thank you.
Posted by Lymetoo (Member # 743) on :
You may want to up your B vitamin intake. See the other post about Flagyl.
Posted by Robin123 (Member # 9197) on :
I never had that Lyme eye symptom, but I had others. I drink mangosteen juice to clear up inflammationary eye symptoms. Healthfood stores carry brands - I like mango-xan as it's the most tart. I drink a little in the am and pm.
Posted by faithful777 (Member # 22872) on :
Lyme causes dry eyes. Ask your doctor for a prescription for restasis. It won't completely fix the problem but it will help.
Without it, I keep getting iritis or schleritis.
Posted by lpkayak (Member # 5230) on :
my eye pain went away when i treated babs
Posted by lpkayak (Member # 5230) on :
my opthalmologist told me restasis was really a bad drug and would make things worse...so i didnt use it. im not a doc of course-but just want to put it out there ... he said its one of those drugs the drug companies just want to make money on
he told me to use 1000mg flax oil in the morning. for me that helps a lot. i have terrible dry eyes.
but it doesnt solve the problem...but i do trust this doc
unrelated to eyes...i take reflux drugs...and i know they are hurting me and making other things worse but i jsut cant live without them-so we all gotta do what we gotta do
Posted by beaches (Member # 38251) on :
My eyes feel like they're going to fly out of my head from the pressure. They are also so very dry.
I've been to opthalmologists, including one who is LL.
I did steroid drops which did nothing. I've been on restassis for months which has done little to nothing. I've also been on Argentyn 23 drops which have also done little to nothing. I've also been drinking mangosteen juice which also has done little to nothing to relieve my symptoms.
I am constantly adding drops to my eyes to keep them hydrated. At this point, I'm beyond frustrated.
Posted by TF (Member # 14183) on :
My dry eye went away when I got good lyme treatment. I was so glad!
Posted by Holly Beth (Member # 39193) on :
That's weird because just last week I woke up in the middle of the night with shooting/throbbing eye pain. It was awful. I never experienced that before. I was diagnosed with Lyme in Oct.2012. Currently I'm on Doxy. I blame the eye pain on the Lyme disease/or Bartonella. I have improved some but still I feel each day I never know what symptom I'm going to have. The eye pain went away the next day.
Posted by faithful777 (Member # 22872) on :
Two prominent LLMD's told me to use restasis along with a well known opthalomologist who is lyme literate.
Don't know why anyone would be told restasis is bad. When I went off of it, I got iritis and almost lost my vision in my eye.
I take 1000 mg of flax and 3000 mg of fish oil daily. It isn't enough to fix the problem. I also use mangosteen juice. All help, but if I did not use restasis, I would lose my sight.
All will be better when Lyme is gone and I can stop the restasis, but in the meantime, my LLMD said to save my eyes at all costs. All the treatment takes time and you have to do something in the meantime to reduce the inflammation and dryness while you are treating.