Can antipsychotic medication cause permanent dry eyes? if you change or reduce the meds can it go away?

Dry eyes: Some antipsychotic medicines can definitely cause dry eyes, but this usually improves with dose reductions or medication changes. Meaning, this should not be permanent. Please tell your prescribing physician about what's happening, and monitor your other systems such as urinary, GI including mouth dryness and constipation, etc. Your doctor will want to know how those are working too.

Yes it may improve: Reduction or discontinuation of the medication may allow the dry eyes to improve.

Dry eyes temporary: It's a common side effect of antipsychotic an anticholinergic side effect. It usually goes away on discontinuation or decrease in the dose of antipsychotic. Ask your physician to either decrease if possible or else change the medication.

No.: Once you stop or change medications the dryness will improve. If you can't stop/change medications then you can use artificial tears to reduce the dryness symptoms.

Reversible: Dry eye due to medications is almost always reversible upon med discontinuation or dosage reduction.