Spicey245
Well-Known Member
- Messages
- 294
- Location
- Isle of Man
- Type of diabetes
- Type 1
- Treatment type
- Diet only
- Dislikes
- Working full time, fairground rides or anything which makes too much adrenaline!
I am a 36 year old Type 1 diabetic and have been since 1992. There is no family history of Glaucoma but in late 2014, after a routine eye check, the Eye Clinic told me the pressures in both my eyes were quite high (around 26-28) and that this could be a symptom of Glaucoma. The Consultant said it is called optic hypertension and prescribed some eye drops for me. I tried several different types of eye drops and none of them were really helping. I resorted to Googling the condition to see if there was anything natural I could take to lower the pressures. I came upon a couple of websites which said that a herb called Coleus Forskohlin (Forskohlii Root) was good to bring down the pressures in the eyes as well as taking Omega 3/6/9 capsules so I bought some and have been on it for over a year. I take one tablet every other day as they have quite bad laxative effects!! I know it was naughty but I took a chance and stopped taking the eye drops as they were aggravating my eyes (I'm a contact lens wearer and I found I couldn't wear my contact lenses with the drops).
Anyway, long story short, I went and had my pressures checked last March (2015) when I'd been on the tablets for a short time. The pressures were the lowest they had been in a long time (even while I was taking the drops they were never this low), I was 21 in one eye and 22 in the other. I have just had another check up today and was amazed that they had dropped again to 18 in one eye and 20 in the other (both within normal range!).
I wanted to share my experience in case anyone else had this problem. Instead of Omega 3 now I tend to take 1000mg of Evening Primrose oil capsules instead as I had heard these were also good for the eyes. Not too sure if that's what's made even more of a difference. The fish oils usually repeat on me and were not very pleasant!
Anyway, I am VERY happy with the results!!
Anyway, long story short, I went and had my pressures checked last March (2015) when I'd been on the tablets for a short time. The pressures were the lowest they had been in a long time (even while I was taking the drops they were never this low), I was 21 in one eye and 22 in the other. I have just had another check up today and was amazed that they had dropped again to 18 in one eye and 20 in the other (both within normal range!).
I wanted to share my experience in case anyone else had this problem. Instead of Omega 3 now I tend to take 1000mg of Evening Primrose oil capsules instead as I had heard these were also good for the eyes. Not too sure if that's what's made even more of a difference. The fish oils usually repeat on me and were not very pleasant!
Anyway, I am VERY happy with the results!!