Visual symptoms only?

Just wondering if anyone else here only gets the visual symptoms from severe dry eye (glare, contrast sensitivity, photophobia, trouble focusing, eye strain etc) but not necessarily the hallmark red eyes or the gritty painful feeling? Cause this is me 100% and want to feel like I’m not alone. It’s made me second guess if it’s even the dry eye causing it and not something else but I’ve had two different specialist insist my surface is very dry and irritated and will “absolutely” be causing it. The visual disturbances are quite problematic and really affecting my quality of life as they impact the quality of my vision quite substantially. Thought maybe if I heard of other people experiencing the same thing I’d feel less confused and alone!