Hi all,

Not sure if this is the best group to ask about this but I really need
some help so I thought I'd ask.

I've been battling dry eyes for about 1.5 years now.  I'm 26 and I work
in an airconditioned environment and use a computer for most of the
day.
Even when I wake up in the morning my eyes feel dry - as well as after
having a shower.

My left eye gives me the most pain - it feels like I have something
stuck in there.
It gets so bad that I can't stop blinking when its particularly
agitated. I've noticed that I have a small circular lump (about a mm
wide) on this eye on the white part - half way between the pupil and my
nose.  I think this is what is causing me to think there is something
stuck in my eye.  I've also had yellowish deposits in the white areas
of both eyes for as long as I can remember.

Has anyone got any ideas as to what this might be and how I can treat
my dry eye condition?
I've tried a variety of drops, gels at night, gels for day, even a
steroid one - FML, and none have given me relief (FML did work a
little, I only used it for a week and it doesn't really help the cause,
just the pain)

I've seen an eye specialist who pretty much just took my money and did
no testing at all  - he just blamed my airconditioned environment
(wasn't happy with him at all). There must be more to this as why do my
eyes feel drty when waking up, driving even not at work... and there is
no aircon during these times.  Also, I worked at this job for 2 years
before these symptoms arose so why now?

Desperate for some help on this one... anything...