An interesting concept, applying a mydriatic/cycloplegic drop before bed
time to assist the relaxing of the ciliary muscle.  Not sure if that's
been tried. As long as your anterior angles are wide open or not
occludable, I see no big risk in a trial of it, say for a week or two.

You'll need to find a somewhat experimental minded o.d.

w.stacy, o.d.

I doubt if using drops at bedtime will affect your refractive error in any
way.  From the description of your symptoms, I don't think myopia is the
problem either.  My vote goes to dry eye, try OTC lubricating drops 4 times
a day and see what happens

Dr Judy

 Dr Judy wrote:
Eyestrain is a vague term and can have many causes.  If you are approaching
forty or are moderately hyperopic, extended near work can fatigue the
muscles that focus the eyes at near.  That can result in discomfort and
blur.  If you do not have good tear quality, your eyes may be drying out
towards the end of the day and that will also cause discomfort and blurred
vision.  Humans cannot think and blink, when you are concentrating (ie near
work), your blink rate will drop from the usual 12 to 15 times per minute to
2 to 5 times per minute.  That long interval between blinks will allow the
eye to dry; the effect is worse in people with poor tear quality.
 I am 28 years old Dr. Judy. I don't know if I have good tear quality. I don't know how it feels
 when it is dry in your eyes, I assume it would be red and burning, I don't usually get that,
 only sometimes after shower, yes that happens.

 Red and burning is more likely to be allergy or chemical irritation.  Dry eye very often manifests as "strain", "pressure" and blurred vision at near.

   Tension in the facial muscles, especially the muscles around the eyes and
   across the forehead can also be called "eye strain". If you are squinting
   to read due to blurred vision or if you tend to furrow your forehead when
   thinking, then you may be tensioning those muscles excessively and will note
   discomfort.

 No not this either.

   Are you using contact lenses --- protein build up can happen to contact
   lenses. When they are coated they will dry out and cause blurred vision and
   discomfort.

 No Dr Judy, I am not using any lenses, my last eye exam revealed (non-cyclo) -.50 right and -.25 left
 and was somehow able to read 20/20 with both, I am amazed, don't know how. I usually have the 20/20 line
 slightly blurred on the chart I have in my room.

   Patanol will help if your eye discomfort is due to allergies. Allergies
   will cause itchy, burning, watery, dry, "pressure" feelings and, due to the
   effect of allergies on the tear film, can also cause blurred vision
   especially when the blink rate is low during concentrated visual tasks such
   as driving, reading and computer work. Patanol works by acting on the cells
   lining the eye ball and lids to normalize them so they produce normal tears
   instead of poor quality allergic tears. If you have eye strain due to
   conditions other than allergy, Patanol won't help.

 What is a tear film?

 The tear film is the layer of tears covering the eyeball
If your eye strain at near is due to use of the ciliary muscle, it is easy
to relax the ciliary muscle without drops by using low power reading glasses
for near tasks.
 Yes, I use +1.00 or +2.00 depending on the closeness of the work, usually +2.00 for computer and
 +1.00 at work. Most of the time, I find myself taking them off at work though.

 Unless your computer is only about a foot away from your face, +2.00 is too strong for computer use, especially if you are a -0.50 myope.   You are likely leaning in closer to see it and that will cause neck and back muscle strain which may result in referred pain in the forehead/ eye area.
 That amount of plus will also reduce your normal accommodative convergence, leading your medial recti eye muscles to work overtime to keep the eyes aligned.  That could be the source of your strain.

 Are you more comfortable taking the reading glasses off for near work?  If so, leave them off and use artificial tears three to four times a day instead for a few weeks to see if they help
There are no over the counter drops to relax the ciliary muscle.  However,
if there were, they would cause blurred vision at near and make your near
eye strain worse.  Some oral medications affect the same part of the nervous
system that controls the ciliary muscle and may have some relaxing effect --  
of course they would then cause blur at near and increase eye strain.  Anti
nausea drugs like Gravol and some anti histamines are in that class, they
also cause dry eye so eye strain would be increased two ways -- near blur
and fewer tears.
 What are the drops you use before your examinations? Suppose I used these drops before going
 to bed, would it help relax more during sleep and once in the morning would provide better relaxed vision?

 The eyes have a variety of natural muscle tone during the various phases of sleep.  Interfering with them may well disturb normal sleep and cause more discomfort.  The drops would be worn off in the morning.  Even if they were not worn off, the relaxed ciliary muscle would provide worse, not better vision for near tasks and you would have increased eye strain.
 The underlying assumption that you are making is that use of the ciliary muscle is the cause of your eye strain.  This is the least likely cause.  

Over the counter eye lubricants like Systane, Tears Naturale,  Tear Gel,
Liquigel will help increase comfort if your only problem is poor tear
quality.   If your discomfort is due to uncorrected hyperopia or presbyopia,
drops (anti allergy or lubricating) won't help but reading glasses will
help.  Over the counter anti allergy drops are largely ineffective in
relieving allergic eye discomfort, prescription anti allergy drops like
Patanol do work for allergic eye discomfort.
 I just got out of shower and my eyes were red and burning, I tried my roommates Visine Tears.
 I didn't make any difference at all.

 Red eyes after the shower can be due to soap, shampoo or even simply water in the eyes.  Visine mostly makes decongestants which will not help dry eye.  The various kinds of Vision artifical tears contain preservatives that many people are sensitive to.  Try the other OTC artifical tears I mentioned.

 Thanks for your response....