Are you using ointments or drops? I have severe cornea damage due to chronic dry eye (a late effect of radiation similar to sjogrens) which caused the middle layer of my only eye to flare. Once diagnosed it took about a year to get relief and I still experience pain at times if I'm lax in administering drops. For about 3 months I used ointment all day and night to keep air from reaching the exposed areas. It was blurry all the time but it felt better. Then I switched to drops all day and ointment at night (just otc drops, restasis was not any more helpful and super expensive.) I also slept with a hydrating eye mask (goggles with wet sponges in them). I take prn dry eye fish oil capsules every day and use drops all day long. It finally feels tolerable a few years later and my sight stabilized. If I sleep with a fan I HAVE to use the mask and/or ointment or it starts all over again.
It's a horrible pain. I hope you get a second opinion and find relief!

Both uveitis and conjunctivitis are inflammations of different parts of the eye, so that could cause a fair bit of pain. Definitely consider seeking a second opinion, there may be some options for relieving the pain.

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I have bilateral panuveitis. I use medical cannabis. It helps a lot with pain.

I have almost daily headaches from eye strain. When they are unmanageable, I will supplement my eye drop regiment with an ice pack to reduce the inflammation. Another method involves an ice pack on my neck or head, and warming my feet, this causes vasoconstriction, forcing blood out of your head and to your feet. This usually gives me enough comfort to take a nap or quietly listen to an audiobook.

A few tangentially related anecdotes:


1) I quit drinking soda about five years ago and noticed a significant lapse in, what I thought were glaucoma related headaches. My IOP also dropped below 20 mmHg, but that might have been because I stopped smoking. Ironically, I smoked because it helped quell those headaches.


2) Especially this time of year, I have really bad allergies. I realized about a decade ago that antihistamines turned my eyes into raisins, and thus, I decided that sneezing three dozen times a day is a price I'm willing to pay so that my eyes don't dry out and scrape in their sockets (often debilitating). Without allergy meds, I still have to use heavy lubricating ointment (Retaine PM) two to three nights a week to keep em fresh.


3) Today for lunch, I had the spiciest Thai food I've ever eaten. For the first time in my life, my nose was sweaty. Anyway, my eyes are REKT and I'm going to bed early after I finish typing this.

Have you tried CBD oil? Cannabis?

Could you get another doctor’s opinion? Does wearing dark sunglasses help?