Im 20 with no family history of glaucoma. My parents have high IOP sometimes though and said they’ve been monitored like i did and they don’t have glaucoma. but it’s literally hurting me. My opto told me i have slight high pressure in my right eye and slightly lower on my left. I glanced at his computer and from my other checkup it said “glaucoma ___” he didn’t show me the entire thing and moved on. Then he said that i should come back in a year for a routine checkup then prescribed me some glasses to help my eyestrain since im a student. But he’s been monitoring my eye pressure since 2020 and it hasn’t gone down.

He tried to console me by saying there are several ways to treat it and you’ll be fine but I’m still scared. I don’t wanna go blind. Now anytime i think about it my right develops some pressure like right now. I don’t know what to do. I’m worrying so badly and i want to tell my parents but i know i’ll just be told to relax but i can’t. It’s been bothering me for 2 months now and im sick of it. I just feel like going back to my opto to check again. I know that sometimes it’s normal and you can be a glaucoma suspect for years and nothing will happen but it’s seriously worrying me anyway. And I’m myopic (nearsighted) and that doesn’t help either. I just want to relax. Can stress induce high pressure? It’s my only symptom. No pain, sometimes i get headaches and no halos. Just some high eye pressure.

He never told my just how high it is. So i suspect it’s on the normal side and not terribly high like in the 30s.

I don’t know. I just don’t want to deal with anything right now. I just been diagnosed with TMJ and i would prefer if my popping jaw was the only thing i worried about.