r/EyeFloaters

I was reading outside earlier and out of nowhere I noticed it jumping around on the page. I thought it was a little fly at first. I have never noticed them before and this one seemed especially "shaped" and visible. And it was so sudden, I've done nothing different today that I hadn't done yesterday! It is very near my line of sight and I am currently quite frustrated as it takes me out of my focus on the book. I'm 20 and have perfect vision, so this is quite a surprise and a frustration at that.

what did i even think about before? whenever im walking outside im mainly focused on my floaters. i think about my floaters every time i see a picture of an open sky too.

ive had them for about a year now. i dont even remember what i used to think about before all this. i was told that eventually i wouldn’t notice them anymore but it hasn’t happened, how the fuck would i stop noticing black shit in my vision?

a good analogy that i like to use for floaters when im talking to other people is that it’s like living your life looking through a window covered in bird shit

It is normal that some floaters that were not in my field of vision (were located on the periphery of my eye) suddenly started to come be more visible into my center vision?

I was diagnosed with PVD in both eyes on March 23rd after going to the ophthalmologist for floaters. Should I call to be seen when I notice new floaters or flashes? I saw him Monday because I saw flashes in my left eye. Today after going outside I noticed my right eye that had one floater, now has like 5 plus a weird like smoke like pattern. Should I call again? Or am I overreacting? Do you know when you have a retina tear? Or could it be something as simple as this? I have health anxiety so I am a little bit of a hypochondriac, but I also almost lost my vision once before from a Pituitary Tumor.

Hi. I just got eye floaters three weeks ago. I am wondering if anyone knows if the cures discussed on these forums for several years actually helped them.

SYMTOMS: More in right eye then left, mostly transparent or grey colored wormlike things and a couple black dots. Has any of the things stated below caused or cured your eye floaters, and if so how sever were them and how long did you have them before noticing improvements?

Pineapple

Prolonged stress/anxiety/depression

Mirtazapine low dose, 3,75mg or 7.5mg (Taken for sleep)

Asthaxantin/Lutein

Vitamin C, Zinc, Multivitamin

Castor oil on eyelids before sleep

Fasting, atleast 72 hours or several times

Affirmations/God/Law of attraction/detachment

Time

Thanks in advance, having anxiety from this issue.

Hi everyone,

I am 43 years old and have been taking daily Cialis. While I appreciate the results, I wanted to ask if any of you have noticed an increase in eye floaters while on this medication.

I have had floaters for over a decade and recently received a clear bill of health from my eye doctor. However, I am prone to headaches and light sensitivity when taking ED medication, which makes me wonder if I am simply noticing the floaters more frequently due to that sensitivity, or if the medication itself is a factor.

I would prefer to stay on the daily regimen, but I am curious about your experiences. Do any of you notice similar issues, and are there any known risks associated with long-term daily use?

I look forward to hearing your thoughts.

I just had my teleconsult with Dr. Shakir earlier this week and I am now really considering moving forward with this vitrectomy. I've been suffering for over 2.5 years with my left eye with a partial PVD that left me with a dark crescent "weiss ring" that moves into my central vision like a windshield wiper. And I recently just got a partial PVD on my right eye that also swipes into my central vision like a windshield wiper. My teleconsult with Dr. Shakir gave me a lot of confidence that this is the man that I want to do my surgery. It's only a matter of pulling the trigger now. Some context, I am 23 and highly myopic. I am not too worried about cataracts as Dr. Shakir said that I would most likely get them when I hit 50+, but I do fear a frill / residual floaters. These last 2.5 years have been the most depressing and sad years of my relatively short-lived life. I wonder if this will be the best investment I'll ever make.

Is it because theres so few people that have bad floaters? Or is it because people are trying to forget about them?

I’ll give a bit of a back story (short version) 4 months ago I started having very bizarre gut issues that caused me to stop eating for 2 months I was on liquid prescription “shakes” for the entire 2 months I was rationing them because they are hella expensive so I def wasn’t getting enough nutrition. I noticed my floaters were getting worse around this time. I am eating again however I eat very little and I am on a very strict low fodmap diet while I await answers to my mystery gut issues. The floaters are driving me insane. I try to ignore them but I can’t especially when I’m looking at my computer at work or light walls. I feel like I’m on the verge of a panic attack most of the day. Could not eating for so long have caused them to get worse? Is there anything I can do to diminish them? I plan to see my eye doctor soon to see if there are eye drops etc that could help. Thanks for reading

I had cataract surgery in my right eye and recently RD surgery in my left from a previous cataract surgery. In my right eye I have no field vision loss, flashes of light, but when I look at a white background I see the occasional black floater that immediately disappears. It doesn’t stay. And I have a clear like orb floater. Are these normal or is my right eye being tricked into seeing what my left is after my surgery?

Hello 21F (VSS)

Hey everyone, I wanted to see if anyone else has experienced this or knows what it might be.

I have normal eye floaters that I can see sometimes, but recently I’ve noticed something different. When I squint, I see a bunch of tiny ring-like shapes — probably around 50 of them. They’re kind of transparent with a darker outline, and they only show up when I squint. If I’m not squinting, I either don’t see them at all or maybe just one occasionally.

This has been building over the past couple months — it started as just a few, and now it’s a lot more noticeable when I squint.

I did see an eye doctor about a month ago, and everything checked out at the time, but this specific thing has been more noticeable since then.

Is this still considered normal floaters, or could it be something else? Has anyone had something similar happen?

Thanks in advance!

Hello! Months to almost a year ago now i suddenly gained a BUNCH of floaters in my eyes. From big giants webs to a whole lot of little circles...some tiny grey dots here and there. It's been the worst thing of my life. I cannot go outside without seeing them, being outside too long even makes me get this deep aching pain inside my eyeball...it's just terrible. I never had these issues before, maybe i had ONE floater that would be visible once every couple months to maybe a year but this is new and concerning. I went to an optometrist, he did a dilated look in my pupil and said it looked fine. I really don't know what to do...is there any way to make them better? Help make them less noticeable? Will they get worse or will they improve over time?

I will be very happy when a safe and effective cure for this becomes available. I will spend a lot of time reading through all the happy posts about how people can't believe it is finally over.

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For better eye floater and anxiety.

I'm afraid that my habit of squeezing my eyes shut to check if they've gotten worse is actually making them worse. I've been feeling better for the past two days, but that's where my luck ends. Today I woke up with a toothache, and I think the floaters have gotten worse.

Sorry for the delay, everyone. The clinic was supposed to email me the results on Tuesday, but I only received the full files today.

I just got back from a long shift at the warehouse and I’m exhausted. I want to make sure I organize all the documents correctly, including my records from 15 years ago, to show you the full picture.

I will post the complete update with all the medical proof tomorrow. Thanks for sticking with me.

Hello, I'm experiencing flashes and floaters and I get regular checkups, but I have strange flashes that appear when I look upwards to the far right or left corner. They are many small white dots. Does anyone else experience this?

I made a conscious decision to undergo in trauma therapy, both to address childhood trauma and current issues related to depression. Especially because of the visual disturbances—I don’t want to write too much here.

In short, my conclusion:

I think I’ve accepted the floaters, but they still bother me, especially when working on a screen, unfortunately, I can’t concentrate in bright environments.

In dark rooms, with OLED monitors, and generally with everything in dark mode, it’s okay.

Still, despite my acceptance, I’m missing out quality of life.

Yes, you can learn to live with it. But it just isn’t the same joy to go outside anymore. Even with polarized glasses, I still see the floaters—it’s not the same fear anymore, but they’re still very distracting especially because they’re unfortunately in the center.

If the floaters were at the edge, it would be okay; I just don’t want constant distractions in the center anymore…

So here’s my question. Isn’t there some kind of surgical method where you can make all the floaters visible, like with a marker, and then just clump all those floaters together with a “substance” and then suction out that “clump”? So, a kind of partial vitrectomy that removes at least 90–95% of these opacities ?