Clomid Problems & side effects

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​Many of my friends have been successful with clomid, it's the first step and a simple approach. Unlike those lucky ones, Per my fertility doctor I can not take oral clomid again. At 38 years old ttc#1, my first (5 month) use of clomid went fine with only a little bloating and it helped regulate my very irregular cycle. 

​We then moved on to IUI. Higher doses of clomid gave me, I now have learned, two of the worst and most dangerous clomid side effects; depression and eye pain/light sensitivity. Thankfully, the depression lasted only 5 days and subsided 2 days after the last pill. The next IUI attempt I was aware of the depression side effect and was ready for it but it didn't happen. Instead, a headache started two days into taking clomid. The headache escalated into excrutianing, bulging eye pain - it felt as if my eyes were going to burst. This pain was accompanied by piercing sensitivity to light leaving me with the blinds drawn, sunglasses on and my head under a pillow. Ostrich-like for two days and unable to research on-line with the computer's glowing screen, I finally asked my husband to look into this experience. Of course, looking up medical pains online never results in a happy outcome. I left a message for my specialist about my pain and they called back immediately in the most concerned voice I've ever received from a doctor, they were ordering me to stop taking clomid immediately and informed me my approach will be altered moving forward. I had finished my 5 days of clomid so we proceeded with the IUI. It seems the internet was accurate in the scary outcomes of my eye pain experience. I didn't get pregnant but Our silver lining, my eye pain subsided without permanent damage.