A friend of mine in Dallas has had serious problems with glare for the
past year and no one she has gone to can help her.
Even with sunglasses she has much trouble driving during the day
because of the sensitivity to light. Her eyes are constantly blinking
and she is pretty much feeling her way around.
At night she doesn't suffer nearly as much, unless there are a lot of
approaching headlights coming her way.
She has been to several regular doctors and some opthamologists. They
can't find anything physically wrong with her eyes.
I need to add that she is bipolar and is on at least half a dozen
prescription medicines for this and other disorders. She thinks this
may be responsible for the trouble.
Some people think she may be going blind. My biggest fear is that if
nothing is done then she could needlessly suffer additional eye damage
or even go blind because she hasn't seen the right kind of doctor.
Can anyone help us?
g.gatti@agora.it - 20 Jan 2005 21:09 GMT
The only cure is sun.gazing.
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retinula@hotmail.com - 21 Jan 2005 03:36 GMT
ignor this man. He is a fool.
g.gatti@agora.it - 22 Jan 2005 22:40 GMT
and you are a great idiot, very very big.
Gert Masline - 21 Jan 2005 04:26 GMT
Has she discussed her visual problems with the psychiatrist who has
prescribed her medications? If the drugs are causing the problems,
there may be another drug available that she could try that may cause
a visual disturbance.
My daughter took many different drugs for depression, anxiety, etc.
and had visual side effects. She learned to live with them over time,
and now that she is off of all of the medications, all of the symptoms
have disappeared.
Your friend can look up known side effects of the drugs that she takes
on the internet, or you can look them up for her.
If the side effects are affecting her quality of life, she needs to
communicate this to her doctors.
I wish her well.
>A friend of mine in Dallas has had serious problems with glare for the
>past year and no one she has gone to can help her.
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>or even go blind because she hasn't seen the right kind of doctor.
>Can anyone help us?
Dr Judy - 22 Jan 2005 21:56 GMT
>A friend of mine in Dallas has had serious problems with glare for the
> past year and no one she has gone to can help her.
[quoted text clipped - 17 lines]
> or even go blind because she hasn't seen the right kind of doctor.
> Can anyone help us?
If she has had several opinions from eye doctors and they all agree her eyes
are fine, then likely they are.
If she has bipolar disorder and other mental health disorder, then the light
sensitivity could very well be a symptom of her disease. She should discuss
it with her psychiatrist. Medications can cause eye problems, she should
discuss this with the doctors that prescribed them and her pharmacist.
If she has an obsessive compulsive disorder, then you and her other friends
are doing her no favours by speculating that she has an undiscovered eye
disease that will make her go blind.
Dr Judy