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If you have glaucoma or elevated intraocular pressure, do you believe it is "in your genes?" If you believe glaucoma is entirely genetic, do you also believe you are stuck with glaucoma the rest of your life? The orthodox view is that glaucoma has a large genetic component and that if you develop...
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Dear Glaucoma Patient, Welcome to FitEyes.com ! I am Dave and I founded FitEyes.com two years ago. This site publishes original articles about intraocular pressure and vision health from participants in our unique self-tonometry research program. I and...
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The IOP Querent
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Dave
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06-15-2008
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Filed under: Eye Pressure, Xalatan, Timoptic, lifestyle, Emotions, Western Medicine, Glaucoma, tonometer, WeightLifting, research, intraocular pressure research, vision
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Welcome. If you are new to FitEyes.com, please read about how to revolutionize your glaucoma management here. Posture can have a profound effect on intraocular pressure for glaucoma patients. I have even found that lying down, which is something we all do almost every day, can elevate my intraocular...
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It is time to start Chapter Two of my blog. I believe there will be many more chapters. However, it feels like Chapter One has come to a close. Chapter One of my personal blog started with the idea that I would report my observations on the role of nutritional factors and activities on my own intraocular...
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Paresh posted an excellent message about dealing with glaucoma in the FitEyes.com forums. He asked seven great questions. I decided to do my best to respond to each question. I'm going to take them one at a time. Paresh's first question was , "what we can do in daily life to limit further damage to eyes...
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I've written several articles about the very clear relationship between my eye pressure and my stress levels . As I pointed out (in the comments to that article), the standard medical opinion is that stress does not affect eye pressure (intraocular pressure). For example, see "Glaucoma - Frequently Asked...
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In my first true 24-hour eye pressure monitoring period, where supine eye pressure measurements were taken, I found out that my eye pressure is much higher at night than expected. I also found out that my blood pressure is much lower. That's a bad combination of pressures for the health of the optic...
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The IOP Querent
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Dave
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01-30-2007
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Filed under: Eye Pressure, Xalatan, Timoptic, lifestyle, Emotions, Glaucoma, sleep, oral care, optic nerve, postural changes, stress
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A little more than 60 days ago, I wrote a blog post and asked, " Does Stress Increase My Eye Pressure? " At that time I looked back and noted that my intraocular pressure had increased as my business situation had gotten more stressful. Since then, we have collected a lot more data. I think it will prove...
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Today I compared several eye pressure measurements on the basis of a normal measurement vs. a measurement after 1-2 minutes of relaxed breathing. I wanted to see if my eye pressure is lower when I do simple deep breathing as a form of relaxation. The deep breathing I did was very simple. I took normal...
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Today's Lesson: It requires both medication and lifestyle to fully control my IOP. Either one alone is not enough right now. This is the middle way . I would like to control my IOP without medication (or even without Timoptic), but attempting that right now would be too extreme. (I have a tendency to...
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Today was not a typical day! For one thing, we took 200 IOP measurements today! For another thing, my IOP values were not well controlled. It was like my emotions were directly connected to my IOP today, and my emotions were varied. Consequently, today's data shows a large range from the maximum value...
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Today felt like an up and down down for my IOP. It seem like whenever I worked, I felt stressed and my IOP went up. But it also felt like my IOP also responded well to my efforts to lower it. In that regard, today does reinforce my conviction that I have some control over my IOP. I believe that the way...
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Today's values seem to show that when I stop thinking about business (or other financial issues), my IOP is lower. Today's overall averages are: Left 15.2; Right 15.2 (differential 0) The differential is going in the opposite direction from what I have seen in the past. Normally, it increases slightly...
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Today, I intended to do all the things I did on 8-Nov to keep my IOP low, including working out twice and managing my stress. Unfortunately, I didn't do those things quite as well today . I spent part of the morning researching some regulations that could cause a problem to a new business venture I'm...
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I didn't sleep enough last night, and I felt a little dull today. Consequently, I just went through the motions in most of my activities today without pushing myself very hard -- and without putting much effort into the positive habits I've been developing, either. For example, I did not do any weight...