How do you deal with dry eyes?

Have you gone to PT - I have an osteopathic one, who does adjustments. I broke 7 ribs/2 vertebrae a few years ago, have scoliosis and degeneration. But the stretches really help. The one in groin area for me was hip flexion, which was waaay tight. When I do the stretches, I am nearly pain free, despite what is on the xrays. My pain is often due to foot/knee/hip not being aligned as I am on hypermobility Beighton scale. Orthotics and correct pronation of shoes matters - I like walking in water best as it provides resistence without being load bearing.

I do a gentle scrub of eyelids in the shower and it seems to activate tear ducts.

I have MCTD and so lots of baseline tests. But they seem to be labeled CT Head/Chest with a date. I guess Dr. knows what they want to see on the Medical tests. But, usually I just print the things with big changes. The rest resides on my computer, or I give them the DVD/CD to take what they want for their records.

@marye2 Another thing I've noticed say when I get angry next day I have a flare does your emotions work that way with fibro flares

@marye2 I'm starting therapy this week hope it helps Wow I'll can imagine the pain with the ribs ouch My Dr is a Osteopathic Dr soiled she has helped a lot Yes exercise helps and if I can get them to show me how for groin area that will be a lot of relief Maybe the hip flexion is what is causing mine Thanks

Yes, my eye doctor recommended Systane Gel.....not drops. The gel lasts all night!

I forgot to tell you in prior message, that I also had the eye doctors block my tear ducts. That combined with Systane gel has really helped!

Do the 2 meds you mention help?

I have dry eye from Sjogrens autoimmune and use Klarity C eye drops compounded by Imprimis . They are 0.1% cyclosporine which is stronger than Restasis and burns much less. I tried Xidra for 5 months which burned and did not help and was expensive. Klarity C are $60/month. I get them through my doctor at Carolina Eye Clinic.

Hello @jbk and welcome to Mayo Connect. It sounds like you have found the perfect eye drops for Sjögren’s syndrome dry eyes. That’s just great! Do you see an ophthalmologist who specializes in autoimmune disease and how I’d you find him/her? Maybe you could tell the other members how you found this doctor, if you don’t mind.