My eyes have gone from dry to tearing all the time

I have had dry eyes since my 30s, about 45 years. A year ago I hot serious about helping myself. Now my eyes tear up so much more. I have honestly from not being able make tears to waking up to tearing up eyes. I have tears duct plugs now. I take omega 3 supplements, as well as other supplements for my macular degeneration. My vision has greatly improved and my eye doctor even said that my macular degeneration has improved. I do have cataracts too. After 18 years of not changing from pin point size my cataracts are enlarging and hopefully can be removed soon. The tearing of my eyes stop for the most part the middle of the day and my vision improves drastically. I have experimented with not using the ointment at bed time and using Tera Tears, or Refresh Gel. The gritty eyes say the same and the tearing in the morning hasn't changed. My eye doctor was blunt about me using the ointment at bedtime. But I am open to suggestions. But according to my eye doctor prescription drops or ointments are off the table.