@hopeful4, You ask a good question, as it definitely can be difficult to wade through many discussions looking for specific topics in a higher level group. I think the new more specific condition groups are created based on more and more discussions being created for the more specific condition. At least I think that is how the Neuropathy Support Group was formed as it wasn't a support Group when I first joined Connect in 2016 looking for more information to help me after being diagnosed with idiopathic small fiber Neuropathy. I believe the Neuropathy Group came about in 2017.

I'm speaking from my personal experience but I think the great thing about Mayo Clinic Connect is the continual focus on improvement to make it more usable to help patients find answers to their health condition related questions. One of the biggest improvements I have seen in the past few years was when the Connect programmers and tech team made major enhancements to the search function. I'm a little biased due to my tech background but I use the search all of the time to help other members find discussions and topics. Now it's easier than my previous method of using Dr. Google coupled with various search parameters 🙃

The workaround I would try, if you haven't already done it, is to use the search function of Connect for "dry eyes". It pulls all of the discussions related to the different eye conditions together so that you can scan through the discussions, member comments (over different groups and discussions), related newsfeed posts and more. Here's the search results - https://connect.mayoclinic.org/search/?search=dry+eyes,

I'm tagging our Connect Directory @colleenyoung to see if she may have some thoughts on your question.