Eye issue and Contact Lenses

[mos3z]

Has anyone else experienced problems wearing contact lenses during constant kava use?I think my body is getting so dry that it is affecting my eyes.My contacts have been bothering me a lot the last few days

 

[The Kap'n]

Yes! I actually had to start wearing glasses. I was getting styes on a weekly basis. Probably the most painful side effect I've had.

 

[mos3z]

crap, thats what i was afraid of, you ever find anything that helps? or did u see an eye doc about it?

 

[kavalover]

I don't wear contact lenses, but I can't even imagine this! My eyes get bad enough when I drink kava too regularly, the addition of contacts sounds horrible (smiley: frown) Have you tried any moisturizing eye drops made specifically for contacts?

@kapmkrunk - I get styes all the time too, man they're a real pain in the ass.

 

[The Kap'n]

Once it started, nothing really helped. I saw the optometrist and he prescribed me to some RIDICULOUSLY expensive anti-biotic/steroid eye drops. They work, but the problem kept turning up. Got glasses and since that day (knock on wood) I've not had any problem.



A stye would literally kill days of my week and they would happen so frequently I was at my end with it.

 

[kl.TylerKTB]

Anytime I drink regularly every night without breaks, my eyes dry up for sure.

 

[Ed!]

My eyes were really dry last week, which was a heavy consumption week. I don't wear contacts, but I can see how it would have sucked if I did. All back to normal now.

 

[mos3z]

its strange, probably a coincidence but I took out my contacts for 2 days and the styes got worse.

 

[krunkedout]

I don't wear contacts or glasses but I remember I used to get this blurry vision when I drank kava and it pretty much went away (or I just stopped noticing it) when I started drinking more water.

 

[Ed!]

I don't wear contacts or glasses but I remember I used to get this blurry vision when I drank kava and it pretty much went away (or I just stopped noticing it) when I started drinking more water.

I still get that on occasion. Maybe three times in a year of drinking kava, only once in a significant way. With my recent eye soreness I didn't get that. You would think that they'd coincide.

 

[kl.onepointnine]

Can't say I can report anything significant (I wear daily disposable contacts whenever I go out). Some days my eyes feel dryer than others, but thus far (perhaps because I didn't see this thread 'til now, ha ha), I haven't made any correlation between kava use and eye dryness. I'll keep an eye out, though. (Pun only kind of intended!)

 

[The Kap'n]

I just remembered what he said. I just posted in the "kava allergy" thread. My optometrist told me to start taking Nordic Naturals® Omega-3 supplements.