Eye Issues

Please see the below comments sourced online from different reddit communities as well as other popper related forums:
   

Eye Issues After using Poppers (Amyl Nitrite)

Global Survey

In 2012, a Global Drug Survey (GDS) was done, and received responses from 5152 with a history of poppers use. When asked questions on whether poppers affected their eyesight, 2.2% responded yes, and 10% said maybe. The symptoms most reported were, in order:
  1. blurred vision
  2. fluctuating vision in the hours/days after using poppers
  3. patch in the centre of the vision
  4. flashing lights

We have gone a step further to find out what are the other ways that people have described how their Eye sight has changed after sniffing poppers.  Your eyes are worth millions to you, they will aid you to earn a living and to enjoy life, and if you are using a product that can cause them damage, Don’t take the risk.

There is no way to test the differences (like there are purity tests for other drugs) They are all risky because you cant truly know what’s in it, better to give up altogether.  As soon as one chemical gets banned these companies will just find another chemical to use instead.  Please don’t take a chance if sniffing contents from a bottle that you have no idea what is actually in there and the quality controls that they use to ensure 

– Trouble focusing on things like my vision is blurry.

– wipes out central vision

– Interocular pressure

– Central vision gone

– yellow spot

– can’t recognise people’s faces.

– blurry in both eyes

– at a distance peoples faces are missing and letters on road signs seem painted out as they are blurred

– yellow patch centre of my field of view

– long vision eye site extremely poor

– not being able to drive

– Burning light bulb in my eye

– Reading text on computer screen hard or TV guide

– People’s faces look somewhat lacking in definition. Not blurred exactly  just kind of ghost like.

– have problem focusing and reading black font on white background

– pinhole sized spot that’s blurry but not exactly white or black. I can read a book, but my eyes get more easily tired. Let’s just say that reading the back of a DVD cover gets very hard when its more than a meter away.

– When I look around i can’t see any black, white or blurry spots, it only becomes noticeable when I focus on something or try to read small text, especially on a computer screen

– Flashing Light bulb

– Light fixtures in shopping centres make it hard on my eyes to focus especially fluorescent lights

– trying to read print on the newspaper was impossible and also small writing on computer also not readable unless made bigger

– in the house, my eyes feel like normal, when I go out on day light I still have this flying saucer in my total vision

– pain in my left eye and it sort of feels stiff and dry. I struggle with bright lights particularly artificial light and also white walls, its as though someone has just taken a photo and a flash has gone off in my eyes

– I lost my central vision, a spot right in the middle vanished, I couldn’t read as the middle letters of words would vanish so I had to read around the words, this as you can imagine was so tiring, it caused vertigo, I was exhausted, constantly feeling ill

– couldn’t even see a face it was just a blur mess, almost like the contrast was wrong in a picture.

– Feeling of getting overexposed to the sunlight

– All tests come back fine from the eye doctor fine but eyes just don’t feel the same as they previously did

– Green Tinge in Vision

– takes several months (no Guarantee)

– stay away from poppers because they all still effect the same enzyme in the back of the eye

Some suggestions if you are having the above issues

  • Eat lots of kale
  • Blue Berry Eye bright supplements which contains a high amount of antioxidants that can help reduce redness and irritation in the eye
  • Ginkgo
  • Omega Oils (EPA, DHA, ALA, GLA, OA, LA)
  • Primrose Oil (LA, GLA)
  • Vitamin E
  • Vitamin B to aid repair of damaged nerve cells.
  • Vitamin A (also known as Beta-Carotine) is very essential for eyes
  • Lutein (Very essential for this problem)
  • Zeaxanthin (essential)
  • Astaxanthin
  • Bilberry Extract (not blue berry)
  • Turmeric+ some kind of pepper extract like bioperine
  • Rosemary (contains Carnosic acid which studies have shown promising results in eyes- make a tea out of it or something)
  • CoQ10
  • Lions mane (does something similar to rosemary in that it stimulates something called nerve growth factor, a protein which may heal damaged nerve cells)
  • Zinc
  • Resveratrol- some studies have shown results comparable to stem cells
  • Black seed oil – helps cells repair by boosting metabolism.
  • Also try to eat berries as much as you can, purple fruits/veg contain Anthocyanins which are the photo receptive pigments in your eyes, Bilberry has the most, blueberry, blackcurrant, cranberry and chokeberry also have the highest levels of each of their respective type of anthocyanin, others also, but these have the most. Try making a smoothie everyday; I know someone suffering from this problem who does this and had decided to take all of the above, he is claiming his recovery is rapidly accelerating. If I were you I would no buy a single “eye pill” that contains some of the above supplements and obtain them separately you get hardly anything from a combined tablet and much more from the individual substances. And lastly but most importantly give up poppers completely as well as nitrous oxide or other inhalants- including the older amyl nitrite and butyl types, the newer isopropyl is more harmful but any of these disturb the metabolism of the cells in the back of the eye, I have seen reports of these causing/exacerbating problems like these. There are other things you can use to get high – marijuana for instance which do not cause this type of damage.
  • Also black ‘Pinhole Glasses’ off eBay as these can sharpen central vision and relax your eyes too.
  • Listen to MIracle Eyesight Method an audio program for better eye health- be honest with the eye doctor and tell them you have been doing poppers
  • The most revealing test will be the optical coherence tomography, it literally shows the damage that has been done to the cone cells in the fovea at the back of the eye

Here is a Optical coherence tomography that shows the damage of someone who has taken poppers. You can read the full article here.