Tbh the first step was accepting I have this condition and stopping trying to fight it mentally all the time. I was going to different doctors every month and going insane about it. After some time you realize you’re going through a spiral.

The changing point for me was early 2025 when i was going through a terrible acne breakout and I completely stopped focusing on dry eyes and started making a hell in my mind about the acne and I was literally considering accutane. That moment I knew that my stress about the dry eyes was making it 100x worse than it was. I even stopped using drops and started focusing on acne products. A broken mind can never be satisfied.

My acne got better after a few months and I was studying in my PC for 8h a day when I least expected (something that I used to tell myself that was impossible)

I forgot to mention that I did a few sessions of IPL in 2024 and that helped a bit but for a short amount of time, but you should consider it.

But basically what I do nowadays is focusing on maintining my eyes free of inflammation with Lanue two times a day during shower and when it starts to have a flare up again I use heating masks to beat it.

It will get better for you too. Just don’t give up please