How long does it take you to recover from eye drops?

If I put drops in my eyes, or if water gets in my eyes, it hurts. It is never soothing initially. I need to shut my eyes. If I put drops in one eye, I have to wait some time, at least 20 seconds, to be able to open my eyes for more drops in the same eye or drops in the other eye. Whenever I am at the eye doctor he seems like I should be able to just put drops in one eye to the next with no waiting. I find it annoying he won’t wait an extra 60 seconds for the other eye, and instead tries to hold my other eye open or keeps telling me to open my eyes and how sensitive they are. Just wait!

I have friends who don’t understand being so sensitive to water in my eyes. I have been like this since a child.

My eyes have always been very clear, not blood shot, not irritated at all, except fairly recently they tend to be very dry probably because of my thyroid condition.