Eye Drops?
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From: Farnham
Eye Drops?
Hi All.
I'm not a pilot at the moment (class 1 on Tuesday and hopefully BY later in the year!), but was just wondering if anyone had any advice in the eye drop department. Every now and again after a big night out, and if I haven't had much sleep, or wake up and watch TV etc. I find my eyes feel very "tired" until the afternoon, and are a bit blurry (I guess it feels like the rest of my body!).
Blinking and rubbing don't really do much, splashing water helps to wake up a bit, but are there any eye drops you can get that get the eyes back to normal. (I don't wear glasses, good vision etc. etc.)
Thanks in advance
NW3
I'm not a pilot at the moment (class 1 on Tuesday and hopefully BY later in the year!), but was just wondering if anyone had any advice in the eye drop department. Every now and again after a big night out, and if I haven't had much sleep, or wake up and watch TV etc. I find my eyes feel very "tired" until the afternoon, and are a bit blurry (I guess it feels like the rest of my body!).
Blinking and rubbing don't really do much, splashing water helps to wake up a bit, but are there any eye drops you can get that get the eyes back to normal. (I don't wear glasses, good vision etc. etc.)
Thanks in advance
NW3
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I'm not sure I've got a definitive answer, but I also tend to suffer from dry/itchy eyes - usually after too long spent staring at a computer screen and not out of a cockpit.
Speak to a pharmacist about something called "artificial tears", which are a treatment for "dry eye syndrome" and can be had over the counter.
Failing that, good old "Optrex" is good stuff.
G
Speak to a pharmacist about something called "artificial tears", which are a treatment for "dry eye syndrome" and can be had over the counter.
Failing that, good old "Optrex" is good stuff.
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I'm not sure for the circumstances you describe that a slight blurring/difficulty focusing, is to do with a condition that eye drops/artificial tears can help. I think the root cause may be more neurological than an external factor for eyes. People with migraine headaches have trouble focusing and suffer vision difficulties. I think it may be tied in with this. Long nights/headaches/hangover/'stuffiness' from too much time on a computer- I think it more likely to be a deeper cause in the brain. What do you think?
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Nights out... they always seem such a good idea at the time 
The 'condition' is more like the kind of thing where you blink a few times and vision is back to normal, just doesn't seem to work. I guess Optrex is the trick... will have to give it a go next time!
Thanks for the advice everyone.
NW3
The 'condition' is more like the kind of thing where you blink a few times and vision is back to normal, just doesn't seem to work. I guess Optrex is the trick... will have to give it a go next time!
Thanks for the advice everyone.
NW3
