When I wake up my eyes are stuck together?!

When I wake up my eyes are stuck together?

During the day, my eyes are fine.. not red maybe a little watery.. but as soon as night time comes around they start stinging a lot.. almost as if i got shampoo in them, and when I wake up they are all goey and gross and stuck together..

what the heck is going on??

I believe it is very possible you have a low grade chronic bacterial infection. Now what does THAT mean? Low grade means your body's defenses are controlling the amount of bacteria in your tears but are not able to completely kill them off. So during the day while you are blinking and producing adequate amounts of tears, your tears are able to flush enough of the bacteria out to keep them from inflaming your eyes. Now in the evenings you tend not to produce as many tears so the bacterial byproducts begin to build up in your tears and begin to inflame your eyes. When you actually go to sleep then there is almost no tear exchange whatsoever. This allows a large overgrowth of bacteria. The metabolic byproducts of the bacteria while you are sleeping is what makes up that gooey gross stuff that sticks your lids together. This can become chronic in that your body just can't quite muster enough of a defense to completely kill all the bacteria.

So, if indeed you do have a bacterial infection, the best solution is to prescribe a topical anitbiotic such as Zymar or Vigamox. These antibiotics are potent and able to rapidly decrease your bacterial load and completely kill all the offending bacteria in 7 to 8 days. To be sure this is what is happening, though, you need to go see your optometrist or ophthalmologist. They will be able to make a diagnosis and treat you appropriately. Hope this helped.