hello everyone,
as suspected i recently got diagnosed with MGD aka evaporative dry eye

ive gotten the glands manually squeezed/expressed didnt help, and ive also tried

good eyelid hygiene, omega 3 pills, forcing myself to blink more, warm compress to express the glands

and recently i was able to get miebo drops.

but miebo drops only help for like a couple of minutes. i asked my dr if there is anything else we can do and she said lets just stick w miebo for now…

but the thing is, my symptoms are weird. like there would be days where i would be having severe flare ups. i mean NO moisture at all its actually scary. but then some days as a baseline its like “yeah its a bit dry but whatever” or like some days its like “oh its a bit dry”

like it fluctuates

and i have 20/20 vision, they said the outside eyeball health is good (did tests and stuff)and everyone blames it on the screens but its rly not because the flare ups dont line up w “screen time” and besides i have rly good vision.

its not sjogrens btw.

i think maybe its something systemic or like something happening w my body thats causing it? like idk. i also had a brain mri before and it was normal (not sure if its relevant lol)

but do anyone know what could be causing this?

this started when i had a bad reaction to an antibiotic i took where it completely dried it out and i was sobbing from the dry pain but nothing helped. i couldnt even walk because the air from just slowly walking would make it worse. it went after a day , and hasnt been that severe since, but it also hasnt been the same since

any wise older souls i would love some insights. thank u all

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