Has anyone been diagnosed with "Dry Eyes"?

Smiley, every treatment I've been on has had the side effect of dry eyes. And so can natural menopause. I use Systane ultra or Systane balance drops morning, night, and as needed in between. They also make a gel for nighttime if you need more.

I use refresh tears and refresh liquigel. In the morning I start with about 4 drops of the tears in each eye, blink slowly a few times and repeat 2 more times. I basically oversaturate. Oversaturating also helps flush out any potential allergens too like pollen, dust, etc.I repeat at night before bed. If they are really bad at night I'll use the liquigel. The only thing with the liquigel is everything is super blurry for a while after it so I try to make sure I'm already in the bed before I use them.

Yes. I am not stage 4 but saw this post. I believe radiation gave me my dry eye problems with tamoxifen not helping. Back in the spring I had actual dry patches on my eyes. Eye doc had me use 4-5 drops a day of Retaine MGD, and it healed the patches. I now use 2 drops a day morning and night to maintain. $$$ stuff but it's a good product and I happily buy it so my eyes feel good. I can't really wear my contacts anymore but that's ok. Glasses are better than burning eyes!

smiley, definitely try the otc stuff first. It will probably help and be all you need.

Its been, gosh, 15 years or more since my husband had lasik surgery on his eyes to improve his eyesight. He was then instructed to use Blink eye drops several times a day and he used them for at least a year. His eyesight was greatly improved by the lasik, altho he eventually got a very mild eyeglass perscription for when he drives at night or when day conditions are cloudy.

But in the past year, he complained about his vision a bit more often. I got him another box of the Blink tears and he says he was urprised how much they make a big difference in his vision and eye comfort. He doesnt even need them every day, but will use them as needed. We keep some in the car and at home.

The Blink tears come in small, individual dose type containers. This is apparently to keep comtamination down. Dh can get several uses out of one dose. They are also "preservative free" which is supposed to be the better way to go with eye drops. I googled information on eye drops when dh was having the eye issues recently and you will find lots of good info out there. I cant say that you really need individual dose eyedrops, but I got them because I could keep a few in the car. Best wishes

I did get a little bit of blurriness at the beginning. It was mostly scratchy burning pain. I thought I had just been wearing my contacts too much.

With the OTC drops, make sure they are lubricant drops for dry eyes, and not the drops to clear redness or it'll make it worse. My eye doctor also sent me right to the preservative free drops, saying the preservative ones can make it worse. That might have been because of my tendency to be allergic to everything though. Hard to say.

So yeah, I like the Retaine. My husband has eye problems as well and his eye doctor had him using I think refresh tears preservative free single vials after a procedure, and that seemed to work out well. I admit I recap the Retaine...the eye doctor told me it was ok (and she actually recommended it), as long as the tip or the tip of the cap touches nothing, and it's tossed at the end of the day. That said, I am a germaphobe so sometimes I toss it anyway after a single use. But when I'm in a really clean situation and feel like I capped the vial well, it goes in the fridge upright in an empty Rx bottle. If I haven't used it by the end of the day I throw it out (per doctor instructions). I probably wouldn't recap if I'm out and about somewhere.

Tepid. And, I figured it out on my own out of desperation. Reading = life.

I have had huge issue with my eyes including 3 detached retinas. Dry eyes are a huge issue for me. I actually had a punctal plug placed in my tear duct by a eye specialist. It redirects any moisture back into your eye and I have noticed a big difference. That along with preservative free eye drops have made a big difference. Good luck.