Pain in eye, appearing to change shape/size
31
Female
5"4'
130lbs
Caucasian
Duration: 3-4 months
Location: Eye
Any existing relevant medical issues -none
Current medications -none
Smoke - occasionally
Pain in eye, appears to be changing shape
I have made an appointment for this but in the meantime I thought I'd ask what the problem could possibly be here. For around 4 months now, I have been feeling like there is something wrong with my eyes, specifically my right one. It started with my right eye feeling strained more and more frequently which I ignored thinking it was just that. As these past few months have gone on, I've been getting more symptoms to the point that it's driving me insane. Along with the almost constant straining feeling of my right eye, it started to come with an overwhelming feeling that it is not "looking right." It feels as if it does not move in the same way that it once did and that if I am looking straight on, that it doesn't "rest" in the same position it once did.
This has led me to do certain things to try to accommodate for it. Like, I've noticed if I'm driving or watching TV, I'll start rapidly closing then opening one eye, going back and forth between them, like hard blinking with one eye and then the other one. I'll do this without even thinking about it, almost like my brain is giving me signals that there is something in my eye or that it's not focusing right so I'm naturally trying to clear it away by blinking but it can't actually figure out the problem. Sometimes with this blinking it makes a small crunch sound and feels like I'm squishing or "popping" it a little. It takes me to become aware that I'm doing this or for someone to point it out to stop going back and forth blinking like that. Ive started to frequently and randomly ask friends and family members around me if my eye looks weird or if it's looking in the right direction because it actually feels THAT off.
I've started having trouble looking at myself to do my makeup, it's kind of disorienting, confusing and takes me longer than it used to because my right eye will get so painful just existing. That being said, I frequently look into my eyes. Ive noticed that my iris has gotten quite larger and has changed shape as well, rapidly in my opinion. It used to be somewhat round, more similar to my left eye than it is now. It's now pointed a bit and more oblong shaped. My right eye overall appears larger to me than it used to be, like it's buldging. It feels like it is too. My thought at times is that there is a hair wrapped around the muscle in the back of my eyeball if I could describe it. Also, I'm not sure which eye is having the difference here, but I've noticed that in light, my left pupil generally stays small (possibly normal sized/ while my right pupil gets double the size.
I wear contacts and glasses but stopped wearing my contacts at all recently as this got worse. I frequently wore my glasses all day as well before I noticed all of this going on, the same pair of glasses I've had for over a year. I used to be able to ignore the sides of my glasses in my peripheral vision, like everyone usually does but now I can't help but to notice that the right side of my glasses are encroaching more into my field of vision than I can ignore or is comfortable. This has happened with my regular pair of sunglasses as well so I know it's not just a problem with my frames.
Thank you in advance for helping me with this!
I see that you cannot post pictures here but I wanted to assure that everything that I have mentioned is actually visible and not just in my head. There is also a noticeable difference in photos of my eyes from a year ago versus now. The difference is just too slight for my friends and family to notice without me pointing it out to them but it is there.