So, Daylight Savings Time has ended and with that, the need for anti-halos drops increases. I'm resisting, though, as, well, frankly I'm sick of squirting stuff in my eye. The halos are a lesser concern at the moment because for the last year I've been battling an unrelated infection/inflammation that I've just not been able to shake. It started with severe redness and increased dryness about this time last year - so red that I found myself not looking people in the eye for fear of grossing them out. I remember thinking on Christmas Day that the whites of my eyes looked like pepperoni - all red, bumpy, etc. Awful.
I had a follow up appointment scheduled with my ICL doctor, so of course while I was there the redness was discussed. At first the opthalmologist (not my surgeon) said it was a dry eye flare up (I had dry eye prior to surgery) and she prescribed a couple of things. Tried that for a few weeks with no results. Went back, was prescribed something else. Again, no results. The prescription given to me at the third visit turned out to be something I was allergic to, so I only used it twice. At that point, I decided to call my regular optometrist, as the allergic reaction needed immediate attention and getting into my surgeons office last minute is virtually impossible, and by this time I was ready for a second opinion. My optometrist prescribed something that made the whiteness go away, but every time I tried to taper it off (per my doctor's instruction), the redness came back. A few months ago, the tearing started. Copious amounts of tears. I had to keep tissues on my at all times, I was dabbing at my eyes every few seconds, having to apologize to strangers and tell people that 'no, I'm not crying'. It was a ridiculous amount of tears, and the redness was creeping back.
Fortunately, two weeks ago my optometrist gave me a new prescription that is working! Within two applications, the tearing had stopped and my eyes are white again. It remains to be seen if this will hold once I start tapering off again. But so far, so good.
Anyway, with all the stuff I've been squirting in my eyes this year, anti-halo drops are an afterthought. I still use them when absolutely necessary, but otherwise I'm just living with the halos.
