Allergy Season

Spring is now in effect and that means for allergy sufferers like myself, the weeds and pollen must be avoided as much as possible. The best thing to do when outside is to wear sunglasses or have your regular glasses coated with uv protection to protect your eyes from any dry conditions.

With your eyes bothered, most likely you might notice more eye discharge than usual. Last weekend I noticed a good amount of discharge and was surprised/distraught by it but as a reminder, with dry eyes it is not something that simply disappears.

Natrol Omega 3-6-9 Complex: Finished the bottle yesterday and during the duration of use, my eyes didn't seem that dry but starting today I will either:

1. stop taking fish oil and see if my eyes feel any different

2. started taking TheraTears Nutrition once again. [May 2, 2010 - started taking TheraTears Nutrition (2 pills daily instead of 3)]

 3. new TheraTears Nutrition opened June 17, 2010.

Dry Eyes Explained (Source: University of Illinois)

TheraTears Omega 3 Supplement Review

Quick Review: It's been approximately 3 months that I have been using this product and I can say that they do in fact help with dry eye. After about 8 weeks, I was really starting to give up because my eyes still felt dry and I would have to fill my eyes with eye drops every single day. It was not until after using these omega 3 supplements for a little over 2 months did I feel any affect on my eye health. The box does state that you can achieve the best results if you use this product beyond 8 weeks (I guess it's not just marketing after all).

Now I hardly ever use my eye drops and even though my eyes are not as healthy as before I was diagnosed with dry eye, I am quite content with the results thus far.

Note: Your breath smells a bit like fish after you've finished taking the tablets but it is not intolerable. You just have to pop in a mint or two and your breath is back to normal.

** How I take care of my eyes now:

1. I take three TheraTears tablets a day.

2. I use hot compresses on my eyes once in the morning and once at night.

OCuSOFT Lid Scrub Plus

I've been using OCuSOFT Lid Scrub Plus Eyelid Cleanser since November and about a little under a month now there has been a rash over my right eye. Today as I was cleaning my eyes with the lid scrub, I notice there is a rash formulating under my left eye. The only other things that I am currently taking are the TheraTears Omega 3 capsules, TheraTears eye drops, and applying warm compresses twice daily so I have a feeling that the eyelid cleanser might be causing the rash. I must look more into this.

Thus far, the lid scrubs seemed to be a great product (I would scrub my lids once in the morning and once at night and occasionally once midday) but I think starting tomorrow, I will stop using the lid scrubber for awhile and see if the rash disappears.

TheraTears & Restasis

1/09/10

I've completely finished my second bottle of TheraTears Omega-3 Supplements that everyone raves about on amazon.com. I had many high hopes for the product but I feel a bit indifferent thus far. The bottle states that you should take 3 capsules a day and continue use beyond 4 to 8 weeks which I am currently doing. I will make comments after this third bottle is finished. Their website states that the omega-3 capsules assist in providing the fatty acids needed in a healthy diet and furthermore, "TheraTears Nutrition provides the omega-3s your oil glands need to make the healthy oil that coats your tear film to reduce evaporation.* This healthy oil protects and moisturizes the eye and supports healthy tear function.*" I guess we'll see what happens in another month.

01/07/10

I finished my supply of Restasis. I've used the product since November 19, 2009 for a little under 2 months. I'm also indifferent about this product since I'm not sure if it helped my condition as much since I used it in conjunction with TheraTears eye drops. I wish I could comment more on the product; a part of me wants to say the drop of restasis in the morning the the drop at night did help but it could just be  hopeful/wishful thinking.

6 Hour Trip

Before I was diagnosed with dry eye, my eyes never really felt that dry. There was just the annoying stringy discharge in both of my eyes. However, about a month ago I went on a trip and drove for about 6 hours from northern California to southern California and truly felt the effects of this condition. My eyes were dying to dive into a deep oasis. The drive back was quite unpleasant  to say the least.