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[Annie0710]

Bless you Kathleen, it's horrible isn't it ?  Are you on hrt ? When I had my hyster at 32 I was fine for 6 months, then I started having bad night sweats and creepy crawly skin feelings, vaginal dryness, lots apart from flushes (still haven't had one) I had no idea what was wrong but my lovely doctor where I used to live knew straight away and fid bloods, my oestrogen was very low so she put me on oral hrt, it was heaven almost straight away but 2 weeks later symptoms returned so she put me on max dose, and then for 13 years I felt great and back to normal
Until peri hit me.......

Annie x

[Kathleen]

Hello Annie0710.

I was 54 when my periods suddenly stopped in 2010  and I just battled through as best I could but after 3 years I noticed my main symptom of anxiety became much worse and I began experimenting with HRT.  As I still have a womb I need both oestrogen and progesterone but I clearly haven't found the magic formula yet. My GPs have been helpful but they are not specialists and of course we only get a 10 minute appointment.

My main symptoms have been psychological and my flushes have been mild, even at night. In the past I have been guilty of  lying to doctors and telling them that I do have night sweats and lots of flushes because that seems to be what they are looking for in the menopause and it means we can stick to the subject! I think I'll be completely truthful when I see the Gynae though!

Wishing you well and I hope you get the regime that works for you.

K.

[Annie0710]

Thanks Kathleen, you too X


Annie x

[CLKD]

I posted a bit about thyroid function tests on here somewhere by James Le Fanu …….. can't remember where though 

[Annie0710]

I'm more inclined to think my thyroid will be ok, it's just this double vision is bothering me, and the cause , 5 months after that started the 'through the night' dry eye started along with diffuse hair thinning/loss, all 3 could be linked to various conditions and I'm not getting any help from dr's as to why

The myasthenia diagnosis is still ?is it/isn't it? But neuro discharged me with instructions to book an appt if I deteriorate but I wouldn't class my muscle weakness severe enough

I don't think my eyelids are fully closing while asleep, which isn't a problem IF you don't get dry eye on waking up, but I get the dry gritty discomfort every morning and can't open my eyes without a fair bit of discomfort for about 15 mins

Plus @10llbs has crept on in the last year, and I can't seem to lose it

Annie x

[CLKD]

Could you use the spray-on eye 'drops' ?  Or an eye mask?

[Annie0710]

I've tried the gel drops eye clinic recommended (I'm a day contact lens wearer) but they didn't do the trick, still woke up with sore eyes but also had greasy eyes all the next day

I bought an eye mask and that didn't keep them moist either

I have dropped off to sheep a few times and woke not long after seeing a slit of light which makes me think the lids either can't stay closed or are turning up /inside out type of thing, I even asked my fiancé to try look while I am sleeping but woke frightened stiff when he was staring in my face so he didn't get chance to see


Annie x

[CLKD]

Do you have ingrowing eye-lashes which might cause irritation?  Have a word with a local eye-test person [name gone  ]

Mine have been itchy and gritty for years, fortunately they aren't too bad in the mornings.

[Milamam]

Annie, one of my very first symptoms of peri were dry eyes . One time they got so bad I couldn't keep them open. I think now this might have happened due to a sudden dip  of estrogen which affects the meibonian glands (sp?). The doctors gave me eye drops to apply daily but what worked best are:
- very strict eye lid hygene
- warm pads on eyes evening and morning and as needed. These keep the lipids flow more easily;
- good Omega 3 supplement.

With these measures, my eyes improved within days. It is a very disturbing condition, wish you luck to overcome it!

And - contacts futher worsen this condition, can you stop wearing them for a while to allow your eyes to recover?

Milamam

[Annie0710]

Thanks ladies

I don't have any dry eye (watery or dry at all day or during the evening)

However, if in the evenings (later) my eyes will dry if I'm playing on my phone (so my eyes are in down position ) so it seems it's a weakness/swelling (but not a visual swelling to me) if I don't play on my phone I'm fine until I go to sleep.  No eyelash problem
I go to orthoptic at hospital every 6-12 weeks to monitor the double vision but to be honest I think they're giving up now with the double vision, they tested the serious things, tumour, diabetes but don't seem interested in looking for other reasons

Oestrogen is fine, 774 was last level

It literally is the period of closing them during sleeping that dries them out, googling the symptoms it's identical to nocturnal ophthalmos which 2 reasons are the most common : laser surgery which I haven't had, and thyroid

Annie x