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[dryeye]

[Well, this is...probably as good a place to ask as any. Not like he has a lot of other options to look through, and it's now happened enough times in the last week that he's pretty sure he's not just seeing things anymore. But after a few attempts at writing and rewriting he eventually decides to just cut to the chase and keep it simple:]

Has anyone here experienced having their eyes glow red at random brief intervals? If you don't but know somebody that has, that's relevant too. I know odd impossible things happening to eyes isn't actually very new here, but I haven't heard of anything exactly like this yet.

I'd like to find something to correlate with so I can figure out what this is.

[....And a couple minutes later, edited on:]

Recommendations on eyedrop brands that moisturize the most effectively would be welcome too.

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[dryeye]

"Troublesome" is one way to put it, certainly.

[Okay let's put away the dry humor for now, though, it seems like this guy's actually trying to be helpful here--]

But that's a good question, now that you mention it. I guess... [Let him think on this for a bit.] I've been startled when it happens. Not by seeing it, but rather before it occurs, by other unrelated things. Like those clinging garlands plaguing the shopping center lashing out, or knocking over a glass at the bathroom sink this morning. "Little jumps", I suppose.

[And he hadn't really drawn that connection until just now, actually, so he takes a moment or so to try and decide what to think of this. .....He's not sure.]

Perhaps my eyes have decided to get jumpy as well now, every time I'm surprised by something.

Seems excessive...

[thole]

Jumpy eyes sounds like quite the predicament in and of itself, never mind the fact that they should glow red while they do so.

But I suppose that... Most people's eyes widen when they're startled, this is perhaps only just taking this that one step further. Is that all that happens, then? Glowing? You don't feel as though you're about to start firing eye lasers at a person who should happen to step out from a corner and startle you, do you?

[Look, it's an honest question. Even if it does sound a bit ridiculous when written out in front of him.]

[dryeye]

To say the least. I've been pretty happy with my eyes being just the way they are, before all this. Can't really say these new additions are an improvement in any way...

That's true, though. Guess this would probably file under a "visceral" kind of reaction in that vein, if you look at it like that. But yes, as far as I can tell so far there's just...glowing.

[And--well, his hair moves around rather a lot more than necessary too, but that's neither here nor there and trying to actually describe it feels like a hassle and a half. Why would the hair on your head correlate with weirdness happening to your eyes anyhow?? It's ridiculous. He hates it.]

I can't say I'd be able to tell whether I feel like firing eye lasers or not, considering I've never done any such thing in my entire life and have no plans to in the near future if I can help it. [It really is...almost comical reading this over in text form....it'd be funny if he weren't so tired and Done with things already, maybe.] Surely that can't be likely, though, can it? If it were something like that, I'd probably have accidentally fired off something already by now...this has been happening for about a week, I think. My eyes have been very dry for about a week, anyway.

[thole]

Well... I suppose that's something positive, at least. Not that you've had such dry eyes, of course, but that you've not experienced any other serious side effects besides. The symptoms have settled, as it were.

It seems a rather random side effect otherwise, though. And quite annoying, as well. My apologies.