Brumating Dragon Blues

[Desdemona]

So, my Bearded dragon has been sick for a little bit. I had her in and out of the vet's office, 5-600 bucks later, no change. One of her eyes looked infected but nothing he gave me changed anything and she stopped eating. So, I left her alone, she started eating again (stress from the Dr. visists played a role I am sure) but still wasn't super active and her one eye still looks the same. It, at least, doesn't look worse. I tried honey on it, but that didn't change anything either. She had a fecel done during the above visits but the Dr. said it was normal.

She keeps on hiding from her light like she wants to bromate. She has a pretty expansive branch area so lots of options for heat monitoring plus I temp check. I will put her in the heat, at a good spot, but usually after an hour she crawls off. She is a very stubborn brumator and last year wouldn't wake up to poop (though it seemed like she should have needed it) no matter what I did. I finally left her alone, she finished her thing, pooped, and was perfectly fine. She seems to be doing the same stubborn thing as she did before.

So, would you find another vet or let the dragon brumate? The last two days I've left her lights off but I bought some reptiaid, wax worms, and calciworms last night. I plan on making a hornworn order as soon as I get paid since she has always liked those a lot in the past. Last year when she was refusing to eat/etc (brumating) I ended up taking a trip to see my Aunt in SoCal and took her outside. She perked right up, but it was a little later in the year. Might plan another trip down south.