# eyes watering in morning **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 2, 2004, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eyes-watering-in-morning/232028 "2004-03-02T02:48:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2004, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eyes-watering-in-morning/232028/1 "2004-03-02T02:48:35Z")
Quite often, right after I wake up, my eyes water. Sometime sit lasts for hours. Then I must wait to put on make up. Does anyone else get this? ---
**Author:** ![Lillith\_Fair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/bb73d2/32.png) [@Lillith\_Fair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lillith_Fair)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2004, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eyes-watering-in-morning/232028/2 "2004-03-02T03:13:17Z")
Yes, I get my eyes watering in the morning, sometimes more in the right eye. I don’t know why. It is strange. Maybe related to age? I’m 45. ---
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2004, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eyes-watering-in-morning/232028/3 "2004-03-02T04:16:14Z")
Me too! (45) ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2004, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eyes-watering-in-morning/232028/4 "2004-03-02T04:25:05Z")
Do you wear contacts? ---
**Author:** ![onnagurui\_akki\_the\_unseelie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/5f9b8f/32.png) [@onnagurui\_akki\_the\_unseelie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/onnagurui_akki_the_unseelie)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2004, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eyes-watering-in-morning/232028/5 "2004-03-02T04:30:03Z")
I am only 24 and this happens to me. I am a compulsive morning showerer so it usually goes away by the time I am finished. ---
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2004, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eyes-watering-in-morning/232028/6 "2004-03-02T04:31:43Z")
haven’t worm them in over 10 years, unfortuantely (I look bad with glasses, haven’t ogtten asked on a date since I wore contacts!) ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2004, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eyes-watering-in-morning/232028/7 "2004-03-02T04:40:13Z")
Well, _there’s_ the solution! You need a date! I think it’s more your shyness and your telegraphing your fear of being hurt that’s keeping you from being asked out, not your looks!\* Plus, if people irl knew you (your personality and natural sweetness) like we know you, you’d never be home on Friday night, for sooth. \*remember, Private Dancer, I’ve seen you 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Violet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ebca7d/32.png) [@Violet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Violet)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2004, 8:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eyes-watering-in-morning/232028/8 "2004-03-02T08:31:03Z")
> [@vanilla](#): > > Quite often, right after I wake up, my eyes water. > Sometime sit lasts for hours. > Then I must wait to put on make up. > Does anyone else get this? I think I get this sometimes from allergies. ---
**Author:** ![inkleberry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f17d59/32.png) [@inkleberry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/inkleberry)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2004, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eyes-watering-in-morning/232028/9 "2004-03-02T16:51:09Z")
> [@vanilla](#): > > Quite often, right after I wake up, my eyes water. > Sometime sit lasts for hours. > Then I must wait to put on make up. > Does anyone else get this? Sounds allergy-esque. Do you also have dark circles like black eyes under your eyes, esp near nose? Those are known as “allergenic shiners” and a certain sign of allergies. Try taking benedryl or claritin or some similar thing before bed and see if it helps. ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2004, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eyes-watering-in-morning/232028/10 "2004-03-02T22:45:31Z")
Do you get the same thing on the morning after you put fresh sheets on the bed? If not, it could be from dust/dust mites. Do you use a specific product on your face just before bedtime? Try skipping it. Do you watch the late news just before bed? You may be weeping in your sleep. No cure for that, unless you ignore news altogether. Do you sleep nude? If so, refer to the recent pinworm thread, and prepare to get the heebie-jeebies. ---
**Author:** ![KidCharlemagne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed8c4c/32.png) [@KidCharlemagne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KidCharlemagne)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2004, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eyes-watering-in-morning/232028/11 "2004-03-03T00:38:06Z")
Do you guys use down pillows? ---
**Author:** ![Stainz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecd19e/32.png) [@Stainz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stainz)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2004, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eyes-watering-in-morning/232028/12 "2004-03-03T00:45:09Z")
Hi … it happens to me too (I’m 33) … but not when I first wake up, it happens to me when I leave the house … and 99% of the time it’s just in my right eye … which can water during the entire 10 minute drive to work. It definitely happens more in the winter. A couple of years ago it was so bad that I actually had chapped skin under my eyes … VERY attractive! ---
**Author:** ![Tikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5daacb/32.png) [@Tikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tikki)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2004, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eyes-watering-in-morning/232028/13 "2004-03-03T00:56:17Z")
Contrary to what you might think, it could be a sign of dry eyes. As you know, when you sleep, your bodily functions slow down. It could be that your tear glands aren’t producing enough lubricant at night. Then, when you wake up, they go into overdrive. I’m not sure why it is, but somehow this just doesn’t help. My left eye waters sometimes. I use a product called Clear Eyes to stop it but any over-the-counter eye drops should work. Try that in the morning and see if it helps. I also like the allergy theory. As for the pinworm reference, I’ve avoided that thread so far and don’t think I’ll check it out now. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2004, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eyes-watering-in-morning/232028/14 "2004-03-03T03:55:43Z")
hmm. never had an allergy. Don’t use pillows. Not the sheets. I’m thinking it May be the fact that I don’t get ALL the eye make up off before bed. i wash with soap and water and not all the black eye pencil probably comes off. Maybe I should try make up remover. NoClue, come here and dry my eyes.🙂 ---
**Author:** ![pokey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ebca7d/32.png) [@pokey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pokey)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2004, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eyes-watering-in-morning/232028/15 "2004-03-03T04:43:08Z")
I thought it was normal. My eyes have always watered in the mornings. They’re getting ready for a long day of blinking. Lubin up for all the rolling to come. ---
**Author:** ![KidCharlemagne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed8c4c/32.png) [@KidCharlemagne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KidCharlemagne)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2004, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eyes-watering-in-morning/232028/16 "2004-03-03T13:03:31Z")
It could also be your detergent.