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vitamin C is very  important  for retinal health ! best got with it's cofactor's from  pasturized fruit

 “The brain has special receptors, called GABA-type receptors, that help modulate the rapid communication between cells in the brain. GABA receptors in the brain act as an inhibitory "brake" on excitatory neurons in the brain. The OHSU researchers found that these GABA-type receptors in the retinal cells stopped functioning properly when vitamin C was removed.”

i can't really prove it but i think that since eating thryoids regularly i have moved out of the danger sphere!

“ In Graves disease, IOP may be raised as a result of contraction of the extraocular muscles against intraorbital adhesions or orbital congestion due to increased tissue volumes. In the case of hypothyroidism, excessive mucopolysaccharide accumulation within the trabecular meshwork acts like a surfactant, sticking together adjacent endothelial membranes. ”  

http://www.medscape.org/viewarticle/582123

i hope david doesn't mind me using his message board like this, but i find it useful to post and think through research i am reading

the primary mechanism of damage is excess glutamate on the optic nerves and also presumably the retinal ganglion

now injury to the nerves inducts the release of glutamate

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2603269/