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Originally Posted by coletaterbug
I take baclofen, nortriptylan, neurontin, valium and zanaflex. I never stop and think about it being the medicine that causes it. I had a prescription for some dry eye medicine about a year ago it was the gooey stuff you put in your eye before you went to bed.Didn't care for it to much. Trust about the dry mouth my mouth feels dry all the time.I am going to set a appointment with eye doctor but will probably go see the best eye drops at Wal-Mart that might help.
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Last spring, part of my dry eye problem was probably allergies, but I think the amitriptyline that I was taking was making things worse. I was thinking that either the MS had screwed up the nerves that supply the tear ducts, or that I had Sjogren's or something like that. Quitting the amitriptyline helped and then getting the Rx eye drops helped a lot more too. After a couple of weeks, I had nice soggy eyeballs again.
Not everyone can quit their medications tho. I was only taking the ami because I had insomnia. Now I try to not take anything for the insomnia if I can help it. (not everyone can do that either) Sometimes I just dont sleep. But, at least, so far this year, I dont have massively dry eyes.