Any Quick Way To Lower Eye Pressure In Two Weeks?
So I have glaucoma and ive had it for a while now. i use drops (cosopt iopodine and travatan)..but ill be honest I do forget to take them alot. its not like i avoid them or anything i just forget sometimes. I am really worried because I have had surgery for my other eye (right eye …the left one is still kickin) and it not only wanders and looks weird but i cant even really see out (bleb possibly blocking it but doc doesnt want to take the risk of removing it or changing the wandering thing because of possible risk of infection and more problems) of it and im worried that ill have to have surgery for this one too. I have had a laser procedure in july and now have a doc appt in two weeks to see how it is going…if it didnt drop the pressure then i will probably have to go in for surgery. I know i miss eye drops sometimes but i usually am ok with it. I am just so worried about it tho. I dont want to not be able to see out of both eyes… i have no idea how i would do things (im in college and i have tonssss of homework on a regular basis).
Also three weeks after my laser thing in july … I had a syncope episode and broke my nose… the ent also found a tumor growing in between my eyes and stuff and it was close to all the nerves and brain and it was pressing on the nerves… i had it removed and im fine now… do you think that that could possibly have lowered the pressure? (i hope it did) …my eye doc does not know about the tumor thing yet but i will be sure to mention it to him on my appt.
I remember when i woke up after the removal of it .. it was like i could see tons better and smell alot better (but it kinda went away could have been the anthesia)
I just want to know is there any quick way to lower the pressure.
ex: double the eye drop doses … vitamins… diet… exercise… letting the peeps rest… idk.
much appreciated.
=)
(oh and sorry about telling so much i just wanted you guys to get the full story.)
exercising lowers eye pressure
DON’T DOUBLE UP ON YOUR DROPS. IF YOUR EYE PRESSURE IS GOOD IT COULD MAKE IT DROP TOO LOW AND YOUR EYE WOULD DEFLATE AND YOU’D LOOSE YOUR EYE.
i have glaucoma too and i forget to take my eye drops a bit too.
just try hard to remember to take them and your pressure is probably just fine so don’t worry about it.
(just a few weeks ago i went to the eye doctor for a pressure check and i was afraid that it may be high cuz i had been forgetting alot cuz i was always on the go and would be so tired i’d just crawl into bed without thinking about it. but my pressure was normal)
if you need another procedure i’d ask about getting a tube placed in your eye to help drain the fluid out cuz the laser procedure is not reversable and if they “kill” too many cells that produce the fluid then your pressure will drop too low and your eye will deflate and you will loose it.
the tube surgery is totally reversable and you have much less risk of loosing your eye.
good luck.
Taking more of a drug than prescribed will not reduce your eye pressure further. You just need to take the drops exactly as prescribed. That’s what the doctor wants anyway. He wants to know what your pressure is when you are treating your eyes as directed. That way he will be able to make an informed decision as to how to proceed.
Not trying to be rude but it never fails to astonish me how a patient will claim to be worried about going blind from glaucoma but then refuse to take their eye drops as directed. It just doesn’t make sense. If you are truly worried about going blind in both eyes then there is a very simple effective solution. Just take your drops like you should.
EDIT: I agree completely that you do not need a guilt trip. That is not what I gave you. What I gave you was simple and cold honesty. That is what you need. The world generally is pretty simple if you break things down. If you do things like you should you generally will do pretty well. When you don’t do the things you should — that’s when problems occur. So be honest with yourself and commit yourself to taking your drops like you should. Not rude. Just honest.
There are some pills that can lower the pressure but they have to be prescribed by a doctor. How old are you ? What is your vision, what is your current pressure, your average pressure and the highest pressure you’ve had?
Oh and yes it’s very important todiscuss about the tumor which could have been causing pressure “from behind” called papiledema. Was this a pituitary tumor ?
Please go asap to your ophthalmologist, preferably one subspecialized in glaucoma.