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Amitriptyline and contact lenses
I've managed to get off the amitriptyline (did it in very gradual steps to avoid side-effects). It's now pretty much definite that it is what was causing my problems with the contact lenses.
My eyes watered quite a bit at first, which clearly shows that the amitriptyline was making them dry, but more importantly, a week after I'd finally stopped taking half a tablet a day (the final step down after one tablet a day), I was able to wear my lenses for a whole day at Baycon, a board-gaming convention.
The eyes aren't 100% recovered yet, but this problem was months developing, so I'm not expecting one week to cure it totally.
However, the difference between being able to wear my lenses for a max of 10 mins and a max of one day is a vast improvement!
(I'll talk in a later post about how I'm managing to get to sleep without the sleeping tablets.)
My eyes watered quite a bit at first, which clearly shows that the amitriptyline was making them dry, but more importantly, a week after I'd finally stopped taking half a tablet a day (the final step down after one tablet a day), I was able to wear my lenses for a whole day at Baycon, a board-gaming convention.
The eyes aren't 100% recovered yet, but this problem was months developing, so I'm not expecting one week to cure it totally.
However, the difference between being able to wear my lenses for a max of 10 mins and a max of one day is a vast improvement!
(I'll talk in a later post about how I'm managing to get to sleep without the sleeping tablets.)
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