At the age of 46 I was starting to see the appearance of rainbow halos and starbursts around bright nighttime lights, problems reading small print, focusing issues with my eyes, and image recognition issues. I had been exposed to bright high powered 20 watt scattered sodium LASER light a decade earlier in very high altitude astronomy. Steven Magee
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At the age of 46 I was starting to see the appearance of rainbow halos and starbursts around bright nighttime lights, problems reading small print, focusing issues with my eyes, and image recognition issues. I had been exposed to bright high powered 20 watt scattered sodium LASER light a decade earlier in very high altitude astronomy. At that time, I was taking Sodium Dihydrogen Phosphate (also known as "Saltpeter") for my heart condition. Saltpeter is the primary ingredient in the "NAPLEX" examination used by the USPTO.

The examination has many colorless, odorless chemicals called "radiopaque substances" which are used to help pinpoint areas of the heart muscle that are diseased. If I didn't take this medication daily, it caused me to experience nausea and vomiting if I tried to take it on an empty stomach. After taking 20 to 30 grams (500 to 750 milligrams) daily, my blood pressure rose suddenly by 60 points.

This is because Saltpeter is a diuretic (and diuretics will raise your blood pressure). My heart specialist assured me that these were not serious side effects because they would not recur if I stopped taking the Saltpeter. She suggested that I try using light therapy at home instead of taking medication.

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