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Excessive tearing (epiphora, not dry eye)

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Hello,
I know that you asked this question over a year ago, but I have the exact same symptoms you described in your post. Have you found a solution to this problem? I'm frustrated with it and can't find a solution.
Thanks!

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Doctor has me on Restasis 2x a day and I used Systane Complete 4x a day. It worked. I stopped the Systane but I must stay on the Restasis 2 a day.

@laeapple
I'm so sorry you are experiencing this. Eventually, after several months or more, the tears gradually stopped, with no help or diagnosis from 3 different neuro-opthalmologists. One thing I did, perhaps after the first month or so, was to fill an eye cup with a body-temperature sterile saline solution, hold it firmly against each eye (holding my head upright), and blink hard 8 or 10 times in the hopes of getting the solution into the corner of my eye and into the lacrimal sac, in order to stimulate the lacrimal pump mechanism to start functioning. (I was told that it was not working, but no doctor know why). I have no idea if this helped, but as I said, I did get better, and it has not come back, at least so far. One doctor gave me a prescription cream (triamcinolone, I think) to put on the sknw around my eyes (NOT in my eyes) because the skin was so inflamed from the salty tears. Have you had cataract surgery in the last 3 or 4 months? I had had that surgery done about 3 moths prior , and had read somewhere there might be a connection between that and tearing, even months later. You don't say how long you've had this. Be patient; I hope you will get better.

@laeapple
Correction: I meant three oculoplastic surgeons, not neuro-opthalmologists.