Dry eye anyone?

I was told to use eye drops every day. I find it helps, particularly last thing at night.

I get a very good sort of artificial tears from NHS, Use them a lot esp last thing at night. Oddly ,during s recent hospital stay did not need them at all.

I use moisturising eye drops twice a day
Was told by the optician it was yet another generous gift from the menopause! Lack of oestrogen causes dryness everywhere not just intimately

My dry eye was very much symptomatic, l was later found to be vitamin D deficient and after supplements it cleared up. I did have many other symptoms too, none of which l realised were due to vitamin D deficiency.

I have Sjogren's syndrome, an autoimmune disease. I have precription eye drops, which were developed for dry eyes caused by Sjogren's.

This are the drops I use

Gardenersdelight

This are the drops I use

I use these drops too!
I tried a great variety of eye drops before I tried these.
They are expensive but worth it ........ my eyes rarely trouble me now

These are my prescription ones.

Hyoscan was suggested by my opthamologist, but they stopped helping, hence the prescription ones. Gel tears were useless for me.

Yes, Hycosan Red for me too!

I used Hycosan for a long time, needing them 4 or 5 times daily. About £12 per bottle. I then tried Optrex drops at less than half the price and they are better. I only need these 2 or 3 times daily.

I found the plunger on the Hycosan bottle really difficult to use. I felt I was going to poke the nozzle in my eye.

I now use gel Viscotears which are a bit blobby and gloopy..
I like the spray Actimist by Optrex very much but doubt it is very good. The optician wasn't very impressed when I said I used them, but also said whatever you use regularly is better than none.
I am reading the replies with interest.

I found that Hycosan Night ointment stayed on my eyes all night and lubricated them so that the lids didn't feel like sandpaper when I moved my eyeballs to look around me in the morning. It has some lanolin and vaseline in it . Dry eyes are often not exactly dry - in fact they react by watering profusely sometimes - but they have too little of the tiny proportion of oil contained in tears, so the tears don't stay on the eyeball.

It took a while of using a tiny bit of the ointment every night, but I now only use it if my eyes feel gritty. I think perhaps when the eyes are irritated by being a bit dry the ducts which supply the oil get dry and blocked, which cuts down the amount of oil available for lubrication even further. Applying the slightly greasy ointment may be good for the ducts, as well as for surface of the eyes, though that is only a guess.

Blink Intensive eye drops in little easy to use vials and a heated eye mask I use daily before bed .

Is Hycosan night similar to Lacri Lube? That tends to make my eyes blurry the next day. I struggle to put re make up on these days as my eyes stream when I do. I’m using Hypromellose most of the time as I find they make my eyes feel fresher. I used to dislike them as they used to make my eyes sting.

I’m having prescription eye drops four times a day after a cataract operation that had complications. That was six weeks ago and I needed 14 times a day in the beginning. Normally I use Boots eye drops just because I’m a writer. I do welcome the liquid of eye drops.

MayBee I haven't used Lacrilube. Hycosan had that effect through the night, but was OK next day.

I have the conpletevopposite my eyes run in all weathers so when out in wind, cold, rain etc my eyes always drip My dads did too wonder if it’s been passed on !

I suffer from Blepharitus and Dry Eye and use HycoSan extra and also this heated mask.
I have used a number of different drops and haven’t found one that I think is really good. But wouldn’t be without my heated eye mask.
My optician also told me to do eye massage which I have recently started doing.

Bluebelle my husband has the same thing, his eyes constantly stream and have for many years. He was referred to a specialist about six years ago and he found that both of his tear ducts are blocked. He had day surgery to unblock the one tear duct which helped things for a few years, the other tear duct is twisted and the surgeon said if he did the procedure it may make things worse. It may be worth asking your GP to refer you.

1summer I suffer from blepharitis too and find the heated eye mask invaluable. My friend recommended Blephagel and you clean the eyelids with it twice a day paying attention to the inside of the eyelid, it does help to keep it at bay but every so often I get a flare up.

BlueBelle

I have the conpletevopposite my eyes run in all weathers so when out in wind, cold, rain etc my eyes always drip My dads did too wonder if it’s been passed on !

My optician told me watery eyes are a symptom of dry eye. Sounds odd but the tear glands overwork to compensate for the meibomian glands that makes the oil that lubricates the eye when they are blocked.

Jane43

1summer I suffer from blepharitis too and find the heated eye mask invaluable. My friend recommended Blephagel and you clean the eyelids with it twice a day paying attention to the inside of the eyelid, it does help to keep it at bay but every so often I get a flare up.

Same as me wouldn’t be without my eye mask when I have a bad flare up. It’s very frustrating I can be ok for a couple of months then it flares up and really bad and hard to control for months.

Well blow me well I m learning something new but anyway my eyes have watered for years and after two cateract ops and told I ve got a hole in my macular I ll leave them dripping 🤣 not having anything else done unless 100 % necessary