Eye drops/gel recc

[Pasta4Dinner]

I’ve had dry eyes for a few years and I’ve been using eye drops. Occasionally it’s worse and they just aren’t enough, waking up and can hardly open my eyes.
Any recommendations for something better.

Obvious caveat about seeing an optician etc.
I use a night eye gel, night is when dry eye can be the worst as it sticks to your eyelid and then there's ten fold of irritation when you wrench them open in the morning. The night gel is greasy, so only for overnight as it makes your vision blurry. The one I use is Hycosan Night, the optician recommended it.
Edited to add, you don't mention your age, but dry eye can be a menopausal thing.

I’d see an optician and try to understand why you have dry eyes. Different eye drops will work for different conditions.

Get some sea buckthorn capsules, I take two a day. These have helped to sort my dry eye along with hycosan eyedrops.

I get pipettes on prescription.. diagnosed with dry eye syndrome.

Hi, I have the same problem. I saw a specialist and he told me the glands around the edge were blocked. I needed various creams I think steroids and antibiotics? After a month or so I had to keep up a daily routine minus the creams - use an eye bag every morning followed by blephaclean wipes then drops. He recommended a night gel but I couldn't get on with any of them. The only gel day or night that works for me is Theoloz duo gel capsules ( not drop). They are honestly the only thing that works and were actually recommended by my own optician. Happy to answer any other questions and hope Ive helped

I did see an optician and she just recommended drops. I’ve not been well this week, not been out, with the heating on and I think it’s made it flare up.
It just seems to be a menopause symptom for me, it comes and goes. I didn’t use anything for months me was fine, this week has been bad.

I’ll try the sea buckhorn. I took something else which helped but they gave me indigestion so I stopped.

Can you remember the other tablets you took?

I’ve just looked and it was sea buckhorn DAMN!

Heated eye pads everyday seem to help with unblocking the eyes.

Oh that’s a good idea. I half had the idea I should make myself cry to get everything going.