OPTASE® Moist Heat Mask, 1 Count

Dry eyes can definitely cause vision to drop a line or two and cause you to strain even more to see things.

I used to work in the ophthalmology field, here are your best and easy solutions:

1. Artificial Tear Eyedrops (look for preservative free). Brands like Systane and Refresh are available at every pharmacy and will do the job. My recommendation for the best drops that I like are from Optase. They recently released a new drop with ingredients that support restoring the quality and layers of your tears so honestly that's what I would get but their regular intense drops will also help you. They are thick and last the longest out of all the brands I've tried.

2. Punctal Plugs. These are absorbable little plugs that are inserted by an Opthalmologist into your lower eyelid where your tears drain out. They will slow down the drainage of your natural tears for 2-3 months until they dissolve and you will need it done again. Just make sure that the Dr is putting in dissolvable ones and also key here is to ask what duration plugs he has available, let him give you options usually it will be either 3 month or 6 month, you want the 6 month just so they last you longer, if you don't specify this they might put in 3 month to get you to come in sooner, usually will happen with private practice.

Optional while at Opthalmologist: Tell them about the red eyes, here in the US they will prescribe you some NSAID, basically an aspirin for the eyes to get rid of redness. It's a very cheap and safe drop to use now and then and great to just have at your house if your eyes flare up before you go to a party or some event. Prolensa is a brand name and Ketorolac is a generic (usually cheaper).

These are your easiest external solutions. Other people in the thread have given good things to try as well so see what works for you. Take breaks as often as you can get yourself to, and maybe set your fonts a bit larger. Remember to blink! Put in drops every hour or two during a computer session. If you are over 40, have the Dr or an optometrist also check your vision to see if you need glasses. If nothing helps ask for more advanced treatments like a drop called Restasis that increases your own tear production after 4-6 months of daily use. There's a lot of gimmicky procedures out there to heat up your eyelids and stuff, they are mostly nonsense and have ridiculous cost do not try them. You can buy a heat pad and put it over your eyes if you want to try something like that, Optase also sells one I'll link it all below.

Regular Optase Drops: https://www.amazon.com/Optase-Dry-Eye-Intense-Drops/dp/B088P...

New drop that has ingredients that support restoring the layers of your tears: https://www.amazon.com/OPTASE-MGD-Advanced-Dry-Drops/dp/B09X...

Mask: https://www.amazon.com/Scope-Optase-Moist-Hydrobead-Technolo...