# Why might I have one eye watering?  For weeks?

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**Created:** [October 25, 2007, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-might-i-have-one-eye-watering-for-weeks/423936 "2007-10-25T07:03:01Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 25, 2007, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-might-i-have-one-eye-watering-for-weeks/423936/1 "2007-10-25T07:03:01Z")

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I’m not seeking medical advice, but I’m curious as to what may be going on here. Basically, for the last three or four weeks my right eye, and _not_ the left, has been watering. Here are the symptoms:  
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[li]It usually only does it at night, starting at 7 or 8 p.m.;[/li][li]there is no discomfort or itching at all;[/li][li]the liquid in my eye appears to be just like tears, and it’s coming from tear ducts;[/li][li]the eye is not pink; and[/li][li]there is no discharge that I’ve noticed (other than the “tears”).[/li][/ul]  
It’s not uncomfortable; it’s just kind of annoying when I’m trying to watch a movie and my damn eye keeps filling up with liquid, so I have to clear it out.

I should note also that I’ve beeen under massive stress from many directions lately. (I started to list every shitty thing that’s gone down in my life in 2007, but I got depressed and stopped.) Maybe the stress has something to do with it?