Glaucoma/pressure behind eyes

[tembo]

Anyone get a lot of pressure behind their eyes?

I seem to get it very often these days, along with red eyes and, now and then, prolonged painful headaches.

I am wondering if the Rogaine is causing these problems, since it is supposed to reduce blood pressure -- and I might have become reliant on it?

 

[hairwegoagain]

You should go visit an opthamologist. While it may not be anything to be concerned about, symptoms like you're describing (pressure) are nothing to mess around with....

 

[Curly2bald]

hairwegoagain is right, they will do a very simple test to see if you are in the specs or not. Don't wait.

 

[bathtbgin]

Get a Glaucoma Test ASAP, but i would like to ask a few other questions about the headaches.

Can you describe them for us, do they favor one side? is the pain located above/around one of your eyes?

 

[tembo]

Thanks guys! I went to Wal Mart first and they said that the eye exam (something like $55) would include a glaucoma test, but if they did detect glaucoma, they would send me to an opthamologist.

I ended up going to an opthamologist (very cute and sweet female by chance) for my very first ever eye exam (excluding reading the letters eye exams I have had). The whole examination took over an hour and I couldn't read the computer screen properly for a few hours after that. I was also examining here during this time

Eye pressure came out to be excellent (low end of normal), vision was 20/20 in both eyes.

Now the hypochondriac in me wants to check for a brain tumor, but realistically, it is probably sinus/allergies based on what the opthamologist said, and based on some workmates similar problems due to changing weather. I have also been getting red eyes frequently these days, and visine is addictive according to the opthamologist who gave me some other medication.

Thanks again for the advice.

 

[ShedMaster]

If you are experiencing that then I would certainly give the rogaine a rest for a while to see if that is causing it. I have never heard of it having that effect but if you suspect it is then I would stop just to make sure.

 

[saucemcbrolock]

it makes my eyes very puffy