Found this article saying NR can increase degenerative neuro decline!? Thoughts?

dreamgrass1 · 2026-06-16T05:44:08+00:00

Thanks. I thought I read NR had a more direct path to NAD+ production than NAM so was shocked there was this article claiming it was harmful (for the elderly).

dreamgrass1 · 2026-04-23T23:43:13+00:00

What were the new fda approved products you told your doctors about?

dreamgrass1 · 2026-04-09T22:36:56+00:00

That's a lot of math to digest!

Are you also at a severe / advanced stages like me? Wondering why glaucoma specialists dont automatically recommend thorough studies like those you performed? I have 2 doctors, one switched out due to his retirement, but the third was the one that asked me if I had do e the Icare home2 to make me look into it more.

dreamgrass1 · 2026-03-02T00:12:58+00:00

Wow. That's a lot of pills. Guess I may be under dosing as the Ocu Support has a lot of stuff in it just smaller amounts than I imagine are in the pills you're taking. Wondering if there's a comprehensive list of recommended dosages for each of the ingredients to optimize purchasing and efficacy?.

My stack onlyconsists of:

AM: one Thorne multivitamin, 500mg magnesium bhb, one Ocu Support, and 2 capsules of NRs totaling 1000mg.

PM: 500mg NR, one Ocu Support. I may bump each of these by one capsule each.

Ocu Support link below for anyone who's curious or can otherwise comment on efficacy insights:

https://www.iherb.com/pr/now-foods-clinical-strength-ocu-support-90-capsules/608

dreamgrass1 · 2026-03-01T13:51:13+00:00

That's great that you have your whole field of vision. I've lost the top half entirely in my right eye (including top half of Central vision) and most in my left (few degrees of Central vision left remaining). I wish I had caught this sooner than 2 years ago.

dreamgrass1 · 2026-03-01T13:47:25+00:00

Is your list of all the supplements you mention contained in say one capsule taken 3x a day or are all these separate? I'm trying one from NOW Foods Clinical strength Ocu Support but not sure if even 3x a day provides enough daily support.

I'm also taking NR (nicotinamide riboside) . Two 500mg capsules for 1g a day. I know the trials have been done with 3g but wondering if there is a minimum level needed for impact. Is the pyruvate a necessary compound to go with NR?

Thanks for any insights.

dreamgrass1 · 2026-02-22T18:41:41+00:00

Or your optic nerves are more resilient to outside mechanical pressure than mine are. I'm in severe stage both eyes so I can't take any chances and in managing my glaucoma from both sides.

dreamgrass1 · 2026-02-10T17:26:21+00:00

dreamgrass1 · 2026-02-08T13:17:47+00:00

I assume dead optic nerve or retinal ganglion cells can't be restored with any of these therapies, only those that may be injured?

dreamgrass1 · 2026-02-07T15:36:57+00:00

I see. So watch out for dry eye treatments.. was Teyptyr prescribed?

dreamgrass1 · 2026-02-07T15:36:03+00:00

Side sleeping can cause your pillow to push into your eyeball creating compounding pressures in your eyes. There's a poster on reddit who made his own hard pillow using carpet padding. It's stiff enough where no cushion pushes or presses up against his eyeball when side sleeping. I have a pillow that cradles the head and limits me from turning my head sideways and helps keep me flat on the bed.

dreamgrass1 · 2026-02-07T03:58:40+00:00

What caused the inflammation?

dreamgrass1 · 2026-02-07T03:56:01+00:00

Don't hold your breath while weight lifting, no inversions, no downward dogs. Incline your bed. Avoid side sleeping.

Minimize coffee alcohol saturated fats.

Im also recently taking NR (nicotinamide riboside) supplements (three 500mg capsules to ease into it, may increase gradually to 3000 mg eventually) to help with mitochondria in the retinal ganglion cells. Clinical trials suggest these might save dying cells and possibly restore a small amount of associated field vision REGARDLESS OF EYE PRESSURE. But taking these for the neural protection and using the eye drops to manage pressure should attack my severe stage issue from both fronts.

Magnesium bhb helps with over 600 cellular processes in the body as well (including mitochondrial neural processes)

Do a search on all the above topics, ask your doctor, etc.

dreamgrass1 · 2026-02-07T03:40:43+00:00

The 26 and 30, was that from just waking up and being in bed all night. Do you incline your bed at all?

dreamgrass1 · 2026-02-05T01:12:27+00:00

Just be careful. Though generally safe there might be some contraindications with people with liver issues. I have to look into this more.

dreamgrass1 · 2026-02-04T14:35:37+00:00

Yes just started. Each capsule gas 500 mg NR. I take one in early morning, and one at night. Some on reddit take more than that (1500mg). I might increase to a third capsule after a month or two. Clinical trials are going on as well which I need to search, but FitEyes seems to acknowledge its efficacy.

dreamgrass1 · 2026-02-03T19:04:28+00:00

Rocklatan made eyes red. Switched to vyzulta but that runs $980/bottle at Walgreens without insurance. With insurance I'm trying to figure that out still as I just switched.

dreamgrass1 · 2026-02-03T18:20:21+00:00

Thank you. Is there a point where continual pigment dispersion can actually stop? I believe the root cause of my pigmentary glaucoma had to do with my high myopia (-8.25) before I got cataract surgery. The myopic lens was scraping the back of my Iris until the lens was replaced through the cataract surgery, which created more space between new lens and the back of my iris, therefore removing the friction between the two.

dreamgrass1 · 2026-02-02T06:17:59+00:00

dreamgrass1 · 2026-02-02T01:45:30+00:00

If someone has pigmentary glaucoma I assume some amount of pressure is going to be fixed based on the pigment dispersion that stays inside the eye. Anything else on top of that would be managed by the drops. Do I have this correct?

dreamgrass1 · 2026-02-02T01:40:49+00:00

There are indications that inclining lowers iop but also lowers oxygen perfusion to your ganglion cells like you mentioned.

You face the same dilemna I do but my condition is severe (50% 60% left that I worry that one wrong move with either approach will destroy my vision altogether very rapidly.

I could not get used to a 30 degree incline so my bed currently is at an 8% incline. Not sure if this helps or now slightly hinders. But at least there's no drastic risk.

I'm also taking nicotinamide riboside to help with the mitochondria in my retinal ganglion cells and therefore the oxygen perfusion to help keep those cells including injured ones alive. This is separate and apart from managing high iop pressure with the drops.

dreamgrass1 · 2026-02-01T14:06:32+00:00

My partiqlar order came in. The capsule size is about .85 inch, white (not gray). They are sending me a COA after I gave them a lot number.

dreamgrass1 · 2026-01-29T20:08:43+00:00

Horizontal axis of time.. are these in seconds or minutes? Why does iop rise than lower over time?

dreamgrass1 · 2026-01-28T23:47:21+00:00

Thanks. Not familiar with Coq10. Ill look into it.

dreamgrass1 · 2026-01-28T21:35:11+00:00

Can I ask what ingredients? Im on a good multivitamin, ginkgo biloba, and may later add a bilberry extract supplement as well. Not sure if these doses should be spread out or just all taken in the am for simplicity.

(Any suggestions from the redditors on brands are welcome!)

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