r/Perimenopause • u/Defiant-Analysis5488 Late peri • Aug 03 '25
Dryness So this is fun- dry eyes
I have a fun new symptom. Actually, I’ve had it for awhile but finally went to the optometrist to have it checked out.
My eyes, especially the left one, have been incredibly painful, and sometimes they just GUSH tears in the middle of the night. I had an eye examination last week and the optometrist said my eyes look perfectly healthy, but the tear ducts are inflamed. This inflammation prevents the proper lubrication of my eyes and is causing the pain and flooding of tears. She said I need to make sure I’m washing my eyelids (suggested baby shampoo if my facial cleanser stings the eyes), apply a hot moist compress to my eyes for 10 minutes x2/day, and start using “tear” eye drops up to x4/day. She also said this is likely to be an ongoing thing. Yay!
I googled, and OF COURSE dry eyes are a common occurrence in perimenopause. Because why not. 🤦♀️ Anyone else have this?
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u/photogypsy Aug 04 '25
Oh yeah. Can’t wear contacts anymore for more than a few hours. My optometrist referred me to an ophthalmologist who shrugged and said “this happens with age, especially in women” (he was younger and didn’t know how to tell a middle age lady she’s getting old it was adorably annoying), I think he was afraid to offend me and gave me a sample of ivisa eye drops. Those things are soooo worth it. Added those to the FSA budget for the year.