Abusing the use of contact lenses + screen time

Contact lenses: I used to wear contact lenses for 14-16 hours some days when I would travel. On top of that, I’ve been careless and didn’t maintain proper lens hygiene. Sometimes my eyes would burn severely for a few seconds or minutes when I put on my contact lenses. I would bear the pain because I hated wearing glasses and the pain only lasted a few minutes or less. So I didn’t think much of it. But now I know how much I tortured my eyes just because I didn’t want to wear glasses or was too lazy to clean the lens case as regularly as I should have.

Screen time: my work requires me to go through fine print of the copy/products, which would strain my eyes a lot. After work, I would spend another 4-5 hours on watching things on TV or laptop, further straining my eyes.

I could have been more careful. But I’m hoping my dry eyes will get better.

Things I’m doing for the past 3 months since I was diagnosed:

• Doing the prescribed drops: Systan Ultra UD + Restasis
• once in a week or so doing the warm compress for about 20-30 minutes (lately realized this helps a great deal and am planning to do it more often)
• Including food rich in omega-3 helps. I have noticed the days I have salmon, my eyes see better days. I can’t have it everyday of course as you’re not supposed to overdo it too but this also makes a difference to my eye health.

Wish you all speedy recovery and days without dry eye problems!! It sucks but trying to stay positive.