I have burning, itchy, red, watery eyes. Not sure why. I tried Savella but it caused stomach pain and hands and face swelled up and turned red and burning. Had lots of energy and lost 8 lbs.

I then tried Lyrica and it really helped with the pain. Only problem was it made me really groggy and out of it. Couldn't even walk straight and certainly couldn't drive. Also my vision was blurry, and I can't tolerate that since I also have early macular degeneration.

My only course of action now is to take 1 Trazodone and 1 Gabapentin at night to sleep, and 2 Tramadol's during the day.

I'm not sure what to do about the eyes. My opthalmologist told me awhile back to use allergy eye drops. I haven't done that for quite some time--I probably should try and see if that works.

This is a source of pain and discomfort for me about 7-10 per month. My eyes drain, itch, are red, and feels as if someone is poking their thumb in them. My doctor prescribed an antibiotic drop, but I found that Clear Eyes works really well for me. Before finding that I just suffered..
I hope that you are able to find something that works because this really lowers what we are able to do each day! Hugs to you,Kimmee

Allergies, dry eyes, Sjrogins, thyroid, MS, sinus pain, toothache, or a migraines, etc are just a few things that can cause eye pain I would start with your eye doctor, if he gives you the thumbs up then talk to your PCP and have a blood test to look at other causes, ruling out any seasonal allergies first!

Thanks so much!!!

Thank-you for these 3 replys! I will try the Clear Eyes.

I had vision problems, pain, ichiness. I went to see the most awesome eye doctor on the planet and he told me that what was happening with me was that all the meds I was taking for the fibe (my name for it hehe) were causing little pits in my eyes. I had to take steroid drops for a bit and it cleared it right up. Not sure if this helps....

YES! I recently started having eye pain!! Just went to the Eye doc.
I had horrible pain in the sockets, and also once in awhile a stabbing pain. You are not alone! It is just part of this crazy illness :(

i get this with terrible headaches and it sucks. I have no idea how to stop it just deal with it. I have tried all types of glasses and contacts thinking it was my vision. I was wrong? I guess its the fibro. I also get teeth pain and jaw pain. Does anyone else get that.

If you are able to I would encourage you to see a eye doctor to make sure of the cause. Just to many things that could cause this and to affectively treat it you need to know what the actual cause of it is.

I wish U the best in finding the cause and a treatment to resolve the problem.

take care
gentle hugs

Mine eye pain turned out to be sinus - without any nose symptoms at all - a sinus infection. never had one before. Pain feels like it is in and behind eye and up to head a bit.

Sinuses or on the computer too much both can cause eye pain

I have been on Cymbalta and Wellbutrin for 8 weeks now..I have a problem with one eye only..it had a horrible infection and now that the infection is cleared up my eye only opens half way..which causes me not to be able to see much on my left side..i never thought that the meds could cause this but i am seeing the opthamologist in a few weeks.. i worked for one for 11 years and had to google to find out how to spell it..my brain does now seem to remember words..trying to type is also a problem..the words get turned inside out and talking is even worse..at least when i type it puts a red line under mispelled words but nothing controls the words that come out of my mouth...

Eye pain can be caused by myofascial trigger points in the large muscles in the neck called the sternocleidomastoid. Here's a link to an article on head and neck pain explaining it. The large dots are the trigger points that need to be massaged, and the red areas are the referred pain areas with the heavyly shaded areas being where the pain is felt most severely and the speckled being less severe pain.

http://round-earth.com/HeadPainIntro.html

Along the same line, in the last several weeks I have been having what I thought was a sinus headache due to what I assumed was a high pollen count. This continued off and on for a couple of weeks until I finally looked up the pollen count and saw that it wasn't high enough to account for my headache. I decided it might be from an active myofacial trigger point so I got out my trigger point therapy workbook and found where trigger points in the sternocleidomastoid can cause sinus headaches. I found the offending trigger points, and after massaging them for 15 or 20 minutes, the headache subsided. The trigger points are still tender, but the headache hasn't returned.

Other great myofascial pain resources are the book at triggerpointbook.com, triggerpoints.net that has the most extensive collection of trigger point and referred pain diagrams I've come across online. Another helpful resource is lifeafterpain.com where you can sign up for a free trigger point course that includes a great PDF file that has a sort of interactive trigger point finder--it's not complete, but does give you an idea of where trigger points and the referred pain patterns are.

I keep eye drops on hand, as I get sinus infections easily, and the first sign of a sinus issue is the dry eyes.
I experience a tremendous amount of jaw pain and thank you, hayley for the link to the myofascial pain trigger points. I just found where the tender spot is, and boy, does it feel better just touching it.
I have nasal drops as well.
Here's hoping you feel better soon!

I have tons of facial (eyes, ears, jaw, etc) pain! Just as I have "shots" of pain & parasthesias elsewhere. I just lump it all in with NERVE PAIN!! Not much to help it though...at least not in my case...not from Big Pharma anyways!
~tj