I have been prescribed eye drops to treat my present glaucoma. The presumption (or hope) is this will slow down the deterioration of eyesight. I don’t think there is anything that can restore my vision to the way it was some 10 years ago. I now refrain from night driving whenever I have the choice. I drink Green Tea. This may also help preserve what’s left of my eyesight.
I’ve had glaucoma for about 15 years. I’ve used every drop there is. I’ve also had laser surgery and a trabeculectomy on each eye. My pressure has normalized after years of numbers from the low 20s to the mid 30s.I also no longer drive at night, but I’m grateful for the vision I still have. I’ve lost most peripheral vision.
I am going to encourage both of you to consider the following:
- Slanting your bed (especially if a side sleeper)
- Ergothioneine (an antioxidant) or eating mushrooms several times a week
- Astaxanthin (4 mg)
- Life Extension Eye Pressure Support (special bilberry extract and pycnogenol)
- Citicoline (1,000 mg)
- Nattokinase
Some of the eye pressure can come from your own high blood pressure. Laying down increases eye pressure, too. Nattokinase can help remove artery plaques, as can statins (a prior study I posted on Free Republic shower the statin benefit). Citicoline was found to help glaucoma as a neural protectant, independent of eye pressure. The Eye Pressure Support formula was found to “significantly reduce interocular pressure” by the three month point. Ergothioneine is a fallback antioxidant when a cell’s normal antioxidants have been used up, as happens in eye cells under duress.
Someone I know just got the good news that their early stage glaucoma was basically reversed, with mostly these changes, coupled with looser clothes. Also, this person was taking brimonidine-only drops. Cells came back to life that looked dormant in the last scans.
This person also started taking multiple types of fiber they hadn’t been getting before, which could have helped their cholesterol lower.