What is your diagnosis (or diagnoses if you have more than one)?
Anterior Basement Membrane Dystrophy
How long have you had it?
Since birth but with extreme symptoms for a year
What do you wish more people understood about dry eye (or eye pain if that's your main issue) and how it affects people's lives?
It controls your life. Between the pain, the treatments and the fatigue, it is the factor you organize your life around.
What has helped you the most?
Taking action to figure out what works for me. This means keeping detailed records of treatments and symptoms and environmental factors to determine the right mix of prescriptions, OTC drops, and environmental/lifestyle choices (humidity, sleep, moisture googles, heat masks in my case)
Are there any dry eye resources you'd like to recommend?
Dry Eye Foundation, doctoreyehealth YouTube vídeos/podcast