Severe dry syndrome can be a great teacher

Dealing with severe dry eye syndrome can be really difficult and tiring. It can be physically and mentally draining to struggle through every single day. Remember though – it does have a very important part to play in your life. It might be a temporary phase and not last all your life. A bit of faith and belief will help you tide these difficult times over!

All good things in life come to those who wait and have faith. Looking back, sometimes you need to look really hard and from a few different angles, before you can see that the series of events actually make sense, or brought about something positive. The troubled times that you go through in life condition you and make you stronger and more confident. They give you the tools to kick ass in what life has in store for you!

Ophthalmologists around the world can contribute very little when it comes to dry eye relief. Making the decision to cure myself of DES took massive courage and belief, especially as I was feeling so demoralized after having been to every specialist, doctor, eye hospital, acupuncturist, herbalist, naturopath, kinesiologist etc. But it was sheer faith and belief that changed my quality of life and helped me find out my dry eye causes. You know what, I did. I try to help others do the same.

A friend once told me to not to compare someone else’s outside with your inside. This means that some people might seem fit to our eyes but it might be so that they are suffering from ailments that are invisible to the eye. Just because people choose not to share the pain of things troubling them, physical or otherwise, doesn’t mean that you – as a dry eye sufferer – are so much worse off.

Severe dry syndrome is difficult to conceal unless choose to wear dark glasses. Eyes are the most honest and communicative part of the body and an integral part of the communication process. But even if you are wearing dark glasses people would make out as your eyes would be all red and itchy and you would be applying eye drops every 20 minutes! It is not like any other ailment which you can easily hide. So while your eyes are dry, red and hurting and you think everything for everyone else is fine, it very well may not be the case. So it is very necessary to be very honest and open about everything and remember that there might be much more to a person and his health than what the eyes can see.

Another positive outcome of having DES is that you have an automatic friend filter – DES tests the quality and genuineness of the people in your life.

People around you who do not understand or sympathize with you when you are suffering from the itchiness, inflammation and pain caused by dry eyes are definitely not worth spending time with and being called friends.

It is really unfortunate when family members even fail to realize or feel your pain. Or if they forget you have dry eye symptoms and they ask why you’re putting eye drops in!
Speak freely to people about the symptoms of dry eyes if they are not already aware and see how they react to what you say. More often than not it will be positive, and you get all possible support from your friends and family.

We need to build awareness of severe dry eye syndrome by talking about it more and hopefully this will have a ripple effect and get back to the medical industry. There should be an all-round effort to find some dry eye relief measures that are effective and affordable.

A person needing dry eye treatment goes to an average of eight ophthalmologists before they give up on their situation. This situation should definitely change and people with severe dry eye syndrome should be taken seriously and given all possible support and care.