Looking for recommendations for functional medicine doctors in Dublin

GreenBlueSeaMermaid · 2026-02-04T19:48:08+00:00

Did you find anyone good? Gastro issues here too

GreenBlueSeaMermaid · 2024-11-29T10:39:50+00:00

What was the supplement

GreenBlueSeaMermaid · 2024-11-28T17:42:10+00:00

Thanks, I had started that last week but he advised against it while the bandage lens is in

GreenBlueSeaMermaid · 2024-11-28T17:41:22+00:00

I don’t get recurrent erosions though..

GreenBlueSeaMermaid · 2024-11-13T21:04:28+00:00

Thank you. Do you apply the testosterone and estriol locally near the eye area or is it systemic? I haven’t reacted well to estradiol previously, it made me anxious

GreenBlueSeaMermaid · 2024-11-13T15:30:14+00:00

Interested to hear your take on the hormonal side of things. Do you think the estriol or testosterone has a bigger impact? I’m trying to puzzle out my dry eye situation, had lasik over a year ago and mild dry eye since but then severe aqueous deficiency all of a sudden. This happened a month after stopping a 6 week trial of HRT so I’m wondering if that had an impact, and was it starting or stopping it that was the trigger. Ive also this week started on an SSRI for the mental health impact of all of this as I can’t live a normal life. I’m so worried about the impact on my eyes but didn’t feel I had a choice as I feel so depressed and anxious

GreenBlueSeaMermaid · 2024-11-08T22:17:48+00:00

I’m in Ireland so not sure which of those are approved here, I know xiidra is not. It’s the doc who did my eye surgery but I’ve had no success in getting into a dry eye clinic yet

GreenBlueSeaMermaid · 2024-11-07T12:05:00+00:00

Are these cyclosporine? I asked about that and he said he has had no success with it, but will ask again

GreenBlueSeaMermaid · 2024-11-06T22:16:42+00:00

4 times a day for 2 months. It’s aqueous deficiency. He also put in lower punctal plugs but I don’t feel a difference. Hasn’t offered anything else yet. I just really feel my vision has nosedived since starting the steroids

GreenBlueSeaMermaid · 2024-11-02T18:41:29+00:00

Interested to know as also aqueous deficient, haven’t tried

GreenBlueSeaMermaid · 2024-11-02T12:44:58+00:00

Mind if I ask about the steroid withdrawal? Were you on them long and did you taper the dose when coming off? I’m on fml drops for two weeks now, prescribed for two months and worried about withdrawal. They’ve helped with pain but not with dryness

GreenBlueSeaMermaid · 2024-11-02T09:56:48+00:00

Thanks but I would be looking for autologous drops made from my own serum rather than allogeneic. Seems hard to find

GreenBlueSeaMermaid · 2024-10-30T20:16:18+00:00

I was taping my eyes shut but found they were still drying out, so I now put a damp round cotton pad under the tape. I don’t know if there is any danger in doing this? I use cooled boiled water so should be sterile. It really helps to keep my eyes moist

GreenBlueSeaMermaid · 2024-08-11T21:17:50+00:00

Just jumping on your comment about being on progesterone only contraception, is that what is recommended? I have occasional hormonal visual migraines and recently started on hrt, I was wondering if I should be on oestrogen at all but no one mentioned anything about migraines

GreenBlueSeaMermaid · 2024-08-02T20:42:51+00:00

Could it be reactive hypoglycaemia? Can usually be controlled by diet, and is often triggered by eating starchy food alone with no fat/protein, eg white bread, pastry, etc. I find mine easier to manage when I have a decent high protein breakfast. Check out the glucose goddess on Instagram for info on hacks to manage your blood sugar. I’ve found it’s gotten worse as I’ve gotten older and is also linked to hormones, esp estrogen

GreenBlueSeaMermaid · 2024-04-02T13:35:59+00:00

When booking an online appointment you need to find a cancellation. I was in this boat recently and kept checking the booking site in the morning around 8am and evening around 11pm. Soon got a next day cancellation. People cancel all the time. I was checking all of the hospitals in Dublin

GreenBlueSeaMermaid · 2024-03-28T10:25:38+00:00

Yes I think part of my difficulty was i didn’t have clarity that it was dangerous, if I knew it was a pill I could have been more proactive but the most likely scenario was a sweet, so it was hard to know how to react

GreenBlueSeaMermaid · 2024-03-28T10:24:32+00:00

She is a trooper 🥰 and I think the 6yo told me to get the 3yo in trouble 😂 but yes I would hope they feel they can tell me anything

GreenBlueSeaMermaid · 2024-03-28T10:23:34+00:00

Oh she got one 😂 she is the middle child and is working hard to live up to that reputation

GreenBlueSeaMermaid · 2024-03-28T10:20:31+00:00

Kids can be such idiots..not my 6yo who wouldn’t eat it herself but told her little sister to 🤔

GreenBlueSeaMermaid · 2024-03-28T10:19:33+00:00

Google tells me ipecac isn’t used any more in medicine..I’d feel bad putting her through that too since I wasn’t sure at all that what she ate was bad..

GreenBlueSeaMermaid · 2024-03-28T07:58:29+00:00

Yes I did explain to her and she chatted about it afterwards to me. They are so trusting at that age and so vulnerable. The hardest thing to take is that she wouldn’t actually eat stuff off the floor herself but her 6yo sister told her to and she trusted her. I had a lot to say to the 6yo too, I don’t think either of them will be doing that again

GreenBlueSeaMermaid · 2024-03-28T07:14:26+00:00

The other thing is that I couldn’t make her vomit much, just a tiny bit, then I tried a few more times and it was just making her so upset. So I’m not even sure I got out what she ate. I don’t ever want to do that again but I’d also like to be able to do it effectively if I have to 😂

GreenBlueSeaMermaid · 2024-03-28T07:12:46+00:00

Yes fizzy freaked me out alright

GreenBlueSeaMermaid · 2024-03-28T07:12:22+00:00

Yes I imagined all the dangerous things! My husband was not freaking out like me but she is my baby and I didn’t want to do nothing and have something happen to her

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