i know i have posted here before about help for eye problems but even after taking pills and eye drops my eye pressure is not coming down and i am very scared because vision is only getting worse and i dont know what to do,i have tried the mangosteen juice but it did not help, maybe one capful is not enough but i think i need stronger since i also have a possible retina occlusion and optic neuritis, does anyone know any effective alternitve things i cando to lower the pressure and to improve the blourriness and dimmness or darkness? please pleae help!! i cannot travel to see a specialist, so suggesting that is a waste of teim, thanks Radha
Posted by Nemo (Member # 22783) on :
Radha, sorry you are having so many optic problems and your pressures are up.
I wish I could offer you more help than what I am about to say, but I am in the 'eye' business and I can't stress enough your need to get to a qualified optometrist or ophthalmologist for care. Lyme can mess up your eyes in so many ways and you DON'T want permanent damage done. You only have two eyes that have to last you a life time.
If you can't get to a ophthalmologist, PLEASE try to see an optometrist to get your pressures checked and routine testing done. Insist that you have a dilated exam and he or she thoroughly checks your retinas and optic nerves.
Good luck. I wish I could tell you that I know alternative treatments, but I don't. I use drops myself and have messed up optic nerves so I share your fears and concerns.You may need a procedure called an SLT if you are not responding to drops, but only a trained professional can judge that.
Take care.
Posted by Radha (Member # 8464) on :
hi Nemo, thanks so much for replying, what do you mean you are in the eye business? unfortunately any trave is impossible even to save myeyes, and so i have been trying very very hard to find someone to come to my home, but no one will, and even if they come, i dont know wht else they would do excdept prescribe eye drops and i have already tried neptazane, and i cannot travel to have laser su surgery, if there is any alternative or other supplement you know of to help lower eye pressure and help vision, please please let me know, thanks Radha