Vitamins for Eyesight (50+, supplement, crying, retirees)
Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
Maybe this belongs under "Health" but it relates to older people more.
Just wondering how many retirees , over 65, take some kind of vision vitamins like Octivite, Healthy Eyes, Preservision, or something else containing lutein?
Is this important in old age? My eyes are getting worse every year and now I need new glasses again. After being on CD for 2 hours, I have blurry vision. Anyone else?
I'm seriously thinking about it..my 82 year old dear friend has taken them for decades and she swears they have helped her. She doesn't even have to wear glasses (only readers) but she does have macular degeneration...but she thinks the vitamins slowed that down too. No medical proof of that though...
Maybe this belongs under "Health" but it relates to older people more.
Just wondering how many retirees , over 65, take some kind of vision vitamins like Octivite, Healthy Eyes, Preservision, or something else containing lutein?
Is this important in old age? My eyes are getting worse every year and now I need new glasses again. After being on CD for 2 hours, I have blurry vision. Anyone else?
I take Centrum Specialist Vision. At 60 years old I've already had cataract surgery (when I was 58) done on both eyes and then I also had both eyes yagged (YAG laser capsulotomy) last year which I've read only impacts 20 percent of the people who have had cataract surgery. You can read about it here but the latter is an office procedure and is painless, no anesthesia needed and you can even drive home immediately after it.
The cataracts felt like I was always looking through a fishbowl and the posterior capsule opacity after the cataracts made it feel like the cataracts had come back. Since photography is my hobby it made me very anxious because my dad had glaucoma but no, it was just cataracts and then the PCO.
Do you take Vesicare? One of the side effects of Vesicare is blurry vision. It's not permanent though. If you stop taking Vesicare the blurry vision will go away.
My current pair of glasses have Crizal lenses. I still need progressive lens glasses to correct the astigmatism for distance and to read and for computer screen distance.
Vision Essentials from Forward Nutrition (Dr. Whitaker). Just Google it. Only available online/mail order, as far as I know.
Swear by it. Seven-month supply about $173. Just got a shipment the other day. Tried all manner of eye support supplements beginning about ten years ago at age 60. Whitaker is the BEST. Cataracts became a problem in my early 60s due to working under bright lights at night for 20 years. VE helped a lot with night vision even then. Cataract surgery at age 67 solved a lot, but I still find the VE necessary, especially with night vision. There is no one, stand-alone ingredient that works. Bilberry, Lutein, carotinoids, etc., etc., etc., I think the catalyst in his supplement is the L-Glutamic Acid.
One of my must-have supplements, along with about six others.
Since the cataract surgery, I only wear drugstore reading glasses. Don't need more than that.
Last edited by Ariadne22; 05-11-2012 at 05:09 PM..
Computer glasses help if you're having eye strain after working on computers. We were skeptical but my husband tried a pair this year and they really do help.
Please register to post and access all features of our very popular forum. It is free and quick. Over $68,000 in prizes has already been given out to active posters on our forum. Additional giveaways are planned.
Detailed information about all U.S. cities, counties, and zip codes on our site: City-data.com.
Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
