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Having had a very interesting conversation with another tonometer user today concerning questions related to the corneal and glaucoma, I decided to post this article I recently came across.
Here is the full pdf link..
Hello,
I was wondering if antidepressant raise the pressure in your eyes?
I saw an interesting program on television where a woman giving birth went into a very serious seizure. The doctors were scrambling to find magnesium to handle the seizure, but they were out! They searched and searched and finally found some. The magnesium was administered via IV. Once the magnesium was administered the seizure stopped. However, the patient become unresponsive and was unconcious. They had found in their rush to find the magnesium, they had administered too much. Luckily the lead doctor was studying recently for an exam, and knew the antidote to magnesium overdose is
Hi. I'm Steve. I am 65 years old. I have some experience with health research, and see the whole glaucoma issue from a slightly different view...
In health research, the halfway point is often marked by being able to answer the question: "Why is this illness really a good thing?!!!" The answer usually comes in the form of an explanation of how you would have already died a horrible death if not for the "disease process" intervening. I see no reason to suspect that glaucoma is any exception.
A couple of weeks ago I suddenly suffered from high IOP on one eye, resulting from a 20 year affliction with Fuchs Uveitis Syndrome where glaucoma is known to be the main complication. The IOP was 40/10 but came down quickly with diamox and eyedrops (cosopt and xalatan) and the good news is that there is no damage to the optic nerve yet, according to my opthalmologist. Since the event IOP was monitored weekly, and turned out OK at 17/15 and 16/16. I have now been told to stop with medication and IOP will be checked again in a few days.
Does anynone here know of technique consisting of compressing one's eyeball to open Schlemms's canal and thus opening it? My doctor recommended me to do this 3 times a day and it results. After compressing the eyeball, my IOP goes down significantly. Yesterday I went to an Optical firm (an optometrist) and, when i entered ther, my tension was at 35. After compressing the eyeball it went down to 22 and after compressing it again, it went down to 18.
For the second time this year my IOP hit 24. I am 58 . My mother went blind from glaucoma ( in the boston area no less ) in about 2002 at the age of 72. She had been doing everything U Mass hospitals and associated doctors could come up with operations , stents, drugs etc. My younger brother lost significant vision in one eye at 43 ( about 2005). I was hoping I had my dad's physiology but alas more evidence that I don't. Although now at 90 my dad has macular degeneration ( wet ). My results so far are no damage yet so technically it is not glaucoma. Optomologists prescribes xalat
I came across an article about rolfing which makes it sound quite useful/healthy.
Ref:www.nytimes.com/2010/10/07/fashion/07rolfing.html
But the pain issue makes me suspicious that it may increase IOP. Has anyone measured their IOP before/during/after rolfing? And if you have and the results were positive, do you have any recommendations for those of us who have not rolfed? Eg, are there any precautions, techniques to avoid, or techniques to request?
My cataract surgery is scheduled for November. After doing much research online, I decided not to have the cataract surgery at the same time as glaucoma surgery. And I chose the doctor in my University ophthalmology department who performs the most cataract surgeries. I will see her in October and will discuss IOL choices with her. I prefer to do monovision (near vision in one eye and far vision in the other) with monofocal aspheric lenses.
I went to the eye doctor for a check up last week. Well before I went I drank two cups of coffee on a empty stomach, and the night before was up all night feeding my newborn. Anyway I went to the doctor and he said my eye pressure was 26 in the left and 21 in the right. He check my optic nerve and said it was fine. After I left the doctor I stopped drinking caffeine and also started taking a multi vit for eyes and began a weight loss plan. Well three days later I went to get new Pres Glasses, and the guy at the shop checked my eye pressure, it was 17 on the left and 18 on the right.
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