i strongly recommend you see an actual ophthalmologist. Optometrists are not MDs. They have done a fantastic job of convincing the population that they are equivalent to ophthalmologists by constantly referring to themselves in marketing materials as 'eye doctors.' They are not eye doctors. They are experts in fixing people up with glasses and contacts. They have an extremely rudimentary understanding of eye disease and its management.

I do not intend to bash optometry here, because it does have its place, but if you are really having eye pain, you need to see someone who can really help you. That would be an ophthalmologist.