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2.9 years ago
Nicki
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Good morning everybody! I have a question about elevating the head for sleeping. My recently-purchased tonometer shows that my IOP rises at night (no surprise), so I elevated the head of my bed quite a bit last night. To my dismay ... no changes! I would love to hear from anybody who's had success doing this, and how much they've had to elevate. Thank you.
I guess I'll have to answer my own question. I got to 35 degrees before I noticed any difference.
I'm curious how you are measuring your nighttime IOP. Or are you just doing it first thing when you wake up?
Brian, that would be a good separate question. You may already know my answer, which is that after many nights of waking up at various times to check my IOP (over a period of months), I can to the personal conclusion that the upon-awakening IOP measurement, when done with zero prior activity (I don't even get out of bed or sit up in bed) is the single most important IOP measurement I can take in a day. It will be equal to my highest IOP seen during the night if I take it correctly upon waking up.
Excellent. That's interesting information and thank you for sharing it. You can post it as an actual answer. That way others can find it and they can also give upvotes, which benefit you. I would upvote your answer right now because that's super useful information.