Never have thought of it

I have been complaining about an eye pain for a long time now, probably for about five years already.

It wasn't so severe then and it wasn't so frequent. If I am not mistaken it was only two years ago when it has gotten worse and became recurrent.

But it was only last year when I did something about it. I went to an eye clinic. The opthalmologist found I had astigmatism on my right or left eye (hahaha, I couldn't remember!). She asked me to use a prescribed glasses.

And so I did. But it hasn't stopped me from experiencing intense throbbing pain around my eyes, the right eye suffering more.

I tried taking pain relievers but nothing seemed to work. And so I endured. The only thing that really stopped the pain was for me to sleep it off. The problem was if it happens during the day, I'd have a hard time shutting my eye. And a short nap doesn't work either. It has to be an eight-hour sleep. Sigh.

Last week when I was in Manila, I decided to go to an opthalmologist. I was hoping I'd get some medicine to stop the pain at least. I didn't get the prescription I was hoping for. Instead, I was referred to a Neurologist.

The opthalmologist told me it might be a case of migraine. Migraine? I didn't have any idea that migraine attacks the eyes as well. She told me that there are several kinds of migraine and she thought the pain on my eyes are caused by a migraine.

When I think about it, I would suffer the throbbing pain ( I sometimes vomit when the pain is almost unbearable.) when I am stressed and have less than enough sleep.

Since I am easily stressed and I don't have enough sleep all the time, I do have the pain weekly.

I wanted to go to the Neuro that day but the Neuro was not available. I was asked to come back after three days. Unfortunately I was flying back to KL that day so I decided, I'd have a check up here in KL instead.

I'll probably visit the hospital next weekend. I hope and pray that something can be done about this. More than the pain, it's become irritating already because it stops me from doing anything.