Dry Eyes Support Group

Dry eyes is an eye disease caused by decreased tear production or increased tear film evaporation. Symptoms include burning and a sandy-gritty eye irritation that gets worse as the day goes on. The symptoms are often caused by a loss of water from the tears that results in tears that are too "salty" or hypertonic.

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Donna-Jean-Capps 06/17/2012

My eye doc just put me on Restasis. I just got it yesterday afternoon so I used it last night and this AM. I thought it was odd that when I woke up and washed my face and wiped off my eyes - there wasn't a lot of stuff on them just some crusty stuff from sleeping... well I put the restasis drops in and then a few minutes later there was this green goop coming out of the tear duct area of my eyes. There was a lot of it. I cleaned it off and a little bit later there was a little bit more. Does Restasis do that - help clean the gunk out? I thought it just helped increase tear production and that it took about 3 months to even get started. Anyone else have this?

I should add that he also had me start using two other things and I used them a couple of days before I got the restasis. puralube ointment and Similasan dry eye relief drops (homeopathic) so it could be those I guess.

deleted_user 09/13/2012

I used restasis & didn't have this.

deleted_user 10/04/2012

My eyes felt very goopy and I stopped the Restasis. Started it a few days later and it went well. Good luck!

deleted_user 10/05/2012

Hi Donna,

When I was first diagnosed with meibomian gland dysfunction and blepharitis in May 2011 I started using restasis. I am not sure if it was that or just how my eyes were at the time but yes, each morning I would wake up and there would be gook in my eyes as well as crusty bits in my eye lashes. It does go away after a while. I have been using over the counter dry eye ointment to sleep in since last Christmas and there is no gook when I wake up. Are you using a warm compress on your eyes to unclog the glands? Is this a part of your eye care routine? It is for me and I've noticed that being consistent with my eyelid care eliminated that gook and crusty stuff. I am also not losing as many lashes as I used to. Good luck!

deleted_user 10/11/2012

I use Restasis Twice a day and have been for almost 2 years. It isn't that bad but expensive and I don't really see a lot of difference. I find my right eye is find no problem at all with is and only 5% moisture. My left eye is BAD. It has all the problems with it and it also has a stigmatism in it too now. The doctor had to scrape the chemical out of that eye for two weeks every second day. So that is what cause the Stigmatism as it reformed my eye. The dry eye no one wants to say was caused by the chemical in it. I say yes but who am I. The eye doctor I saw 3 months before the Chemicals said no sigh of it and my eyes were perfect.

deleted_user 02/12/2013

Interesting comments about restasis..my optho is thinking about putting me on this because my left eye get so blurry it is hard to see out of. I am currently on prednisole drop for blurred vision and on Refresh drops for the dryness. Thanks you!

deleted_user 04/27/2013

I tried Restatis, it did nothing for me.

deleted_user 05/09/2013

I just started using Restasis. Took it for 2 days,but it made my eyes feel sandy and they ached. Most of my dry eye is coming from taking bio identical hormones and diabetes. kind of a recent development. need some other ideas. It's getting harder to work in front of my computer everyday.

also taking primrose oil, flaxseed oil and am about to add fish oil. any other ideas? it's making it difficult to go to work right now.

deleted_user 08/15/2013

Does any of it work for you

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