New to the idea of having Glaucoma need help to cope with medication.

Hi Arlene, thanks for your comments. I didn't think to ask what my pressure numbers were as i was so shocked at the diagnosis at the time, I was only told it was high and that was the cause of the bleed into the back of the eye (ocular stroke) not the coughing fit. ??   Xalatan is Latanoprost and also causes dry eye. I see my gp every 6 months and at my last check-up everything was fine, blood pressure under control. I saw an opthalmologist in 2013 after my optomotrist said my eye pressure was high and he told he I had thicker lenses/corneas (?) than normal and I did not have glaucoma!. No medication was prescribed. I saw him 3 times for testing and everything was normal - or so I thought. However, the damage to my optic nerve seems to indicate that the pressure has been high for some time - or could damage to the optic nerve have occurred from the traumatic incident alone? No-one seems to be able to tell me. 

If you are doing fine on Latanoprost then I have hopes that my system will settle down on it too! I only know since I started taking the medication the coughing, sneezing, stuffy head etc.started too and has still not abated (the cough okay now though). 

Hi Patricia, I pray you feel better. I Google alot, maybe too much. I have dry eye now for about a year. I didn't even know that the Latanoprost causes it. But I would rather keep my pressure under control. I use certain eye drops everyday for the dry eye.

My eye dr. Recommended besides all the drops for the dry eye that I should take Omega 3 vitamins. I have been doing that. I actually googled it too and it has other benefits such as the heart. Which runs in my family. And I am trying to have more greens and fruits. But I also eat quite a bit of junk food. I know I shouldn't. I also have cataracts and she wants to do that surgery in the next few months, which I'm petrified about. Cause she said it would make the glaucoma better" which is the main reason. I hope you have a good Sunday and feel better.

When I have cough and cold problems I take Coriciden HBP. Which is ok with high Blood Pressure, hence the HBP. It works well. But be careful cause there are a couple of kinds and only one is ok with glaucoma.

Making the glaucoma better by having cataract surgery?  Be sure first to ask your doctor why the Mayo Clinic's most recent recommendation is to first deal with the glaucoma (or other eye diseases) before having cataract surgery in order to avoid excessive risk of complications.  Everyone thinks that cataract surgery is no big deal, and it is known to lower eye pressure -- which is good for glaucoma -- but people with glaucoma are at greater risk of complications.  Most doctors say that cataract surgery should be done if the cataracts are affecting your vision adversely; if they aren't, then don't.

Thanks Minnie. Yeah I haven't heard that before. I don't have to go back for 3 months. I guess she's a good doctor. Always rushed. The blurriness is from the dry eye and glaucoma. I was shocked when I asked yesterday if I have cataracts and she said yes. Maybe when it comes time for any major decision like the cataract surgery, I'll consider another opinion. But I wouldn't want to lose her as a Dr either. She is a glaucoma and cataract specialist. Not a general eye dr. I'm thankful I found this site. Cause while others are interested in knowing how I'm doing. And I know several people with dry eye and cataracts. Not one person with glaucoma. I worry about my eyesight. She said Friday that I'm stable now. I didn't need the laser iridotomy in the second eye. I think cause it wasn't effective in the first.

My pressure now is 19. It was only 17 and 16 a month ago. I wonder if stress affects the pressure in the eyes like it affects everything else. Cause I was extra nervous before this last appt.