Do you get sort of lethargic after having your eyes dilated? Got back from my major inspection yesterday and could barely stay comatose.

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Release the Kraken

I was a little sleepy from my annual Medicare exam. I used a $1 bottle of Equate eye drops for red eyes when I got home. Applied the drops every hour. In 4 hours I had clear vision again, after 8 hours pupils were normal.

I physically felt better after the 2nd application of drops.

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No can't say that I do. I have worn glasses since 5YO and have had plenty of dilated tests.

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14 S&W Revs none with locks!

I think it’s the fact that you can’t focus your eyes for 8-10 hours and tends to make me squint to try to focus. Why not take a nap, can’t focus very good anyway. When I get my eyes dialated the bright sunshine just really bothers me to the extent I stay inside until my pupils start coming back to normal. Next day all is well.

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James
On the Llano Estacado

I usually get my eyes dilated at my every 2 year eye exams and they take pictures and send the results to my PCP. The only problem I ever had was it always seemed to be on a sunny day, and sunglasses were a must, but if I ever felt lethargic or whatever, I don't remember. I'm only (?) 66, but I'm kinda lethargic anyways compared to 20 years ago, so right now I may not notice any difference. But no, except for the bright sunny days, I've never noticed anything. I could see how it might make some people maybe have an upset stomach or something. I will try the eyedrops next time, though; couldn't hurt and good idea.

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Waiting For The Sun.

I have been dilated often and never experienced any type of Tsetse fly reaction. I'm not saying it's not possible but with my high tolerance to state alterers they would have to use a two liter dropper.

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The most common drug used to dilate your eyes is atropine sulfate. Atropine usually causes an increase in heart rate, and may cause dry mouth. At the doses given to dilate your eyes, any side effects should be minimal, if any at all, from systemic absorption.

I had my Eyes Dilated Daily a long time ago
and it would Literally Knock me out on occasion

I would think they have a better Med Now
But who knows

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Compact 9mm Just my $0.02

Not lethargic but slight nausea/motion sickness or slight hungover feeling. Probably affects everyone differently.

I sure do. The best way to treat this is one, and one only, Large adult beverage along with a 2-3 hr. nap.

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Always Stay Strong!

Nope and doc always checks yearly.
I wore a yellow shirt one time, not a fun drive home even with the RoboCop shades.

I have amassed quite the cheap sunglasses collection.

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At least once a month. next week in fact with needle in both eyes. It does mke it hard to focus and see well. Otherwise known as stressing you out

I tried, honestly, to stay away from anything I may have done back in the 70s, but my tolerance is well established. Not proud, more kinda ashamed, but I regret nothing. I’m healthy and every solar trip is a gift, or blessing. I don’t have to read government literature to know when my kids are, or were indulging.
There was a Dr. Hook song, I was (something) and I missed it. Good excuse…not really

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Waiting For The Sun.

My doc uses a different technology and I have not been dilated in several years. I was really sensitive to that stuff, too. I do not recall anything but being hyper-sensitive to light. I have yearly exams looking for diabetic damage, and so far so good.

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NHI, 10-8.

Watch the South Park episode where Cartman gets his eyes “dibelated “

Never happened to me. I would ask the optometrist - he's probably heard of most fairly common reactions.

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My eye's get dilated a couple times a year, and going out into the bright sun then driving home is a challenge. I usually try to spend the rest of the day indoors.

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H Richard
SWCA1967 SWHF244

maybe because it was nap time......

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I refuse to admit that I am old enough to need naps!!


Mutter, mutter, grouch, grouch.

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Release the Kraken

LVSteve..I feel the way you do ...but those naps sneak up on you from behind.. Next thing ya know... It's an hour later...maybe more!!

Old post....
I'm ophthalmologist, and of course I dilate pupils of thousands patients....
The usual drug we use is not atropine, but tropicamide. Its effect is faster and it faints after a couple of hours.
These eyedrops happily have no side effects, apart the blurred vision, the hypersensitivity to the light (of course, given the huge amount of light received by the retina with dilated pupils), and the risk of increased ocular pressure in rare cases - easily recognized BEFORE the examination thanks the iridocorneal angle.
If, for some reasons, your ophthalmologist chooses another medication, as cyclopentholate, it is likely to have nausea, vertigo, redness of your face, hallucinations and sleepiness.

Wife has just finished having her eyes done for cataract surgery. For some reason the day after both they dilated her eyes and she is pretty comatose... But it may because she had to get up at 0500 to go to the office to be checked. She was scared stiff before the first eye was done...bit better for the 2nd...but she said that she can't believe how much her vision was impaired. She's been napping since we got home at 1400. Told me her dark glasses weren't dark nuff coming home...but it was a severe clear day in Big Sky Country. Best kind of day for flying...wish I still had a plane

Just had my eyes examined last month. No issues at all and am glad. MD is a nice looking lady Iv’e known for years and all her staff are nice looking too. Medicare is getting messed up as the refused to pay for the most important test they used to cover????.

To quote Coover Bennett (Justified) “Girl, I’m a ******* professional!”

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50 Years of Wish You Were Here

My doc always dilates on the day with the most glaring summer sun.

The tech at the VA eye clinic, have known him for years, advised to use an eye cup with distilled water to rinse the chemical out a bit sooner.

Loved flying but boating won.

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Have Fun/Stay Safe

I have a eye doc appointment for next week. I will get another dilation . He does a very good exam and as I'm a diabetic that helps.

He used to be very strict about insisting you have a driver to get you home after the exam. One time a last minute occurrence I lost my copilot. He made me sign a couple papers about me driving home. (CYA)

Since then he consolidated along with a few other eye docs and the driver issue has not been talked about. As a retired welder
and well used to "bright lights" I just put on my script sun glasses and go home. His new office and the time of the day puts the sun at my back.

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It doesn't bother my wife too much,but affects me something awful. Muc sensitivity to light and get drowsy.

Always give me a splitting headache...

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I usually had my eyes dilated at my annual eye exam - and always had to linger in the waiting room for 2 - 3 hours afterwards before driving. I can't recall it making me sleepy or lethargic though.

However, both last year and this year my opthamologist's clinic has used a machine that takes a picture of the eye - with a temporary, somewhat blinding flash. By the time the exam is actually conducted a few minutes later, that partial blindness is gone. When the exam is over, I head to my truck and drive home. I assume this technology is fairly new. If someone knows the name for it, let me know.

Don't know the name, but my optometrist, also, has been using this device for a few years. I have had no problem at all with the flash, even when he occasionally has had to do it twice on one eye.

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Formerly Model520Fan

I now know why I'm lethargic, but I didn't know those drops lasted a
whole year.

I have never heard of using Equate eye drops for red eyes (or any eye drops for that matter) after getting eyes dilated...if you just wait the eyes will clear up on their own...I believe if you had NOT used Equate eye drops you WOULD have had clear vision in 4 hours anyway just by waiting for the dilating agent to dissipate...maybe the ophthalmologist (diecidecimi in post #22) can weigh in on this one...

You being an ophthalmologist can you address the idea of using an eye drop to "clear up" your vision after getting your eyes dilated...I have never heard of this...your vision after dilation usually becomes clearer after 4 hours or so on it's own...

Not new. My doc has been doing that for at least the 28 years I've been going to him. The old machine used a Polaroid. The newer one is, of course, digital. Takes the place of dilation in terms of looking at the retina. It's unpleasant, but the effects are short lived. That and the puff of air to check internal pressure are the only unpleasant part of the visit. Well, and the fact that he keeps telling me the cataracts are getting closer to requiring surgery.

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Or something like that . . .

...makes my eyes tired and if my eyes get tired, the rest of me gets tired, too. Last time it seemed to take longer to get back to normal, so I was a little worn out. I can't say the drops make me sleepy, but I believe the stuff is Belladonna, so it might have some adverse effects.

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"He was kinda funny lookin'"

You're right.
These eyedrops are Glycerin 0.25%, Naphazoline HCl 0.012%, a lubricant and a derivative of adrenaline. They have not relief on pupil dilation, at the contrary making it even worse. The only relief you can feel is the lubricant activity and the freshness from capillary constriction.
It exists, a drug that can convert the simil-atropine effect..... but it is not recommended : only under medical control.

Dont visit the doc wearing a yellow shirt on a sunny day.