Hello all

The muscles around my eye sockets feel stiff and constricted. This has been the case for some years, mildly, but in the last month it has become quite severe. Often people say that I have a staring gaze and feel uncomfortable around me.

I consulted a few ophthalmologists and endocrinologists. They agreed that there is a staring gaze and asked me to get my thyroid tested, because this is a typical sign of thyroid illness. The tests say I am a little below borderline hyperthyroid, so the doctors said it wouldn't be right to take any thyroid medication yet - which I would have avoided even if they had prescribed it.

The doctors also said that this problem is not necessarily because of the thyroid but just because of dryness and muscle weakness, which is already part of a chronic eye condition I have called convergence insufficiency, which makes it difficult for the eyes to focus on an object.

Over the month I have been doing a lot for the eyes - castor oil drops, Eyebright eye wash, under eye cream, Bates eye exercises, dry skin brushing. Plus, I have done a bit of bowel cleansing - enemas, castor oil and soon, Colosan, and kidney cleansing in the year past, and will do my third Liver Flush tonight. I am also on a high raw, living foods diet for almost a year now.

I don't want to do a parasite cleanse yet, until I am done with liver flushing. This is partly to keep my life simple, partly to avoid too much of a gap between flushes, and partly because Andreas Moritz 's views on parasite cleansing - he is not for it - make sense to me.

Since the thyroid might be involved, I am researching Iodine and selenium supplementation.

What could be causing this problem with my eyes?

Is there anything else I can do to help with it?

Could the cleansing have made this problem worse? It is only in the last month that this has become severe, and the last month is when I completed my first kidney cleanse and did my second liver flush. I wonder if these have released toxins into the bloodstream, or if there might even be a stone stuck in my colon. I don't have access to colonics or colemas but have done plenty of 2 quart enemas.

This eye stiffness and staring gaze have a major impact on my social relations and I find myself staying away from meeting people, increasingly. So anything that would bring relief or healing to this would be really helpful.

I would be grateful for any thoughts on this.