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My eyes were definitely better before I started using ANY drops.

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  • My eyes were definitely better before I started using ANY drops.

    This is nothing but a rant post, just so you know. There's very little constructive in here. No, scratch that, there's nothing constructive in here. Just an extremely frustrated guy who has come to the conclusion dry eye drops of any kind make your eyes WORSE over time.

    Before I started using any drops, my dry eye was manageable. Annoying, but manageable. I'd get pain and the dry feeling alot of the time, but if I forgot about it or just gave my eyes a break for 30 minutes or so it would usually get better a bit. Then I started using Systane.. it felt okay but just didn't last anywhere near long enough.. so from there went on to Thera Tears... from there I took the usual path of obsessively collecting dry eye drops, in the process spending about $400-$500. I've tried every dry eye drop OTC that you can get here in Australia.

    And I regret it. My eyes are worse now. Every single drop I've tried has been pure crap. They all do *exactly* the same thing. They relieve nicely for about 20-30 minutes, then you get this feeling of the drop 'drying up' in your eye and it feels worse. So much worse. Especially the gel-type drops which dry up into a lovely disgusting crusty layer so you look like you have leprosy or something to your work colleagues. So you need to put more drops in to make it feel normal again. It's just a terrible cycle.

    So, the moral of this story is, if you have moderate dry eye and are thinking of going on the quest for the ultimate eye drop, don't do it. Just try plugs or something. Drops are baaaaad. My personal experience of course, they must work for some people. But then there must be some out there who are like me.


    BTW, the only drops I haven't tried are the specialised ones from America like Dwelle, Dr. Holly's drops, Restasis, etc. I doubt they would be any different at all though.

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    I honestly think your dry eye got worse, because your dry eye was going to get worse anyway. Do you know what caused it? Have you been doing Eye Spa? Hot packs? I honestly don't think the drops caused it. Drops only treat symptoms, they don't treat the cause.

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    • #3
      you know I've felt the same way. I feel as if mine has gotten worse since I've started using the drops also. My eyes remained the same for a couple months, I started using the drops and now, I feel like I am depended on them all the time.

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      • #4
        i agree! my eyes feel better without eyedrops....they all make my eyes feel worse. i've read in several places that this happpens because eyedrops wash away important components of your natural tears.
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        • #5
          Hi Archaeon! Welcome to the Drop-Collectors' Club!

          I think it's a stage everybody with dry eyes goes through--- Drops--it's a love-hate relationship.

          I am now using FreshKote, Dwelle, Nutratear (daytime) and Genteal Gel and Tears Naturale Free vials (nighttime).

          You're right--most OTC drops don't last long, your eyes feel drier afterwards, and worse in general.

          But---if you're getting corneal damage from dry eye, you must hydrate them somehow or permanent damage to vision will be the result.

          Holly's drops leave the residue, but they work much better than OTC types. I tried them first 3 years ago, and since then--tried and gave up on them because of the crustiness. Because of some posts here, I tried them again recently, and I've gotten them to work. The 2 things I did different this time were: I only use them 2-3 times a day, and I carefully wipe the excess and dried residue from my lids and lashes with a wet tissue.

          Calli

          Keep posting--keep ranting--it's OK.

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          • #6
            Originally posted by calli66 View Post
            Hi Archaeon! Welcome to the Drop-Collectors' Club!

            I think it's a stage everybody with dry eyes goes through--- Drops--it's a love-hate relationship.
            That's so funny, Calli66. I thought, "Yeah! I love the drops for the nanosecond that they hit my eye, and I hate them when they make my eyes feel worse." The worst PF drop like this for me is TheraTears. I might as well have cried for 15 minutes, which we all know can be terrible for dry eyes.

            I'm down to Dwelle (day and night) and Genteal Gel at night. I'm off of all others.

            --Liz

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