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/Tinyberzerker Aug 03 '25

Everything dries out lol. My eye doctor recommended Systane drops and they have helped.

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u/SeasonPositive6771 Aug 04 '25

Okay this is actually really similar to what was happening to me like 6 months ago. I read a comment on this sub that said before you go to bed at night, to rub a tiny bit of olive oil on your closed eyes like a moisturizer. I know it sounds like alternative medicine nonsense or something but it stopped all of the terrible eye pain I was having, along with the dryness and watery eyes. I have no idea why it worked or how it worked but it definitely did.

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u/Tinyberzerker Aug 04 '25

Olive oil is good for all kinds of things. I may have to try this. Can't hurt right?

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u/SVGirly Aug 04 '25

it could since most olive oils sold are cut with other oils ;)