Starting with my first true 24-hour period of intraocular pressure data collection I was shocked to see how high my eye pressure rose while I was lying in bed and sleeping at night. My eye pressure more than doubled while I was sleeping, going from around 12 to around 25 mmHg. The diurnal intraocular...
Someone recently asked me where I keep my tonometer. When I started self-tonometry, I kept my tonometer in my office in a convenient location so that I could check my intraocular pressure while working without getting up from my desk. I could check my IOP while talking on the phone or using the computer...
As you know from a couple recent posts on my blog, I have been recommending Eckhart Tolle's A New Earth webcast series with Oprah. I recommended a particular episode to a friend. I want to share his reply and my follow up response. He says, "It was interesting, but not really useful and I do believe...
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...
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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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
If you are continuing to experience deterioration of your optic nerve in spite of having low eye pressure (such as normal tension glaucoma - also called low tension glaucoma), you may find this information very interesting. In fact, I think all glaucoma patients who have any progressing optic nerve damage...
For the last 26 days my averge daily IOP has been below 15 in my right eye. Given that my right eye tends to have higher IOP, I have been very happy with these numbers. Our plan was to continue this for 30 days (at least) before making any changes in my routine. However, today something unplanned happened...
Today's overall eye pressure averages are: Left 12.4; Right 13.1 (differential 0.7) These are some of my best eye pressure values ever. This is my 14th consecutive day on the new medication routine. On this routine, I use Xalatan in each eye and I use timolol maleate 0.25% in my right eye only without...
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...
Today's IOP values include an interesting exam in the middle of the night (4:15 AM, which is the middle of the night for me). They also include data for 2:36 AM the following morning, when I was awake and working late. I have seen some indication that my IOP can reach the high twenties (or more) in my...