Does anybody else have REALLY bad eye floaters?!
Question: I have probably a total of 40 in my eyes. They are sooooooooooOOOOOoooOOoOOoOo annoying. When I am outside it looks like a hurrican just hit because I see debris everywhere. i went to the eye doc and he did pics of my eyes and said they look fine. WTF they sure as hell dont look fine when im looking out of them! they are really depressing and are ruining my college life. I cant even wear sunglasses because I wear normal glasses :(. WTF DO I DO?
Answers: I have probably a total of 40 in my eyes. They are sooooooooooOOOOOoooOOoOOoOo annoying. When I am outside it looks like a hurrican just hit because I see debris everywhere. i went to the eye doc and he did pics of my eyes and said they look fine. WTF they sure as hell dont look fine when im looking out of them! they are really depressing and are ruining my college life. I cant even wear sunglasses because I wear normal glasses :(. WTF DO I DO?
Ya i understand it can be pretty fucked up. When i was small I didn't know what these floaters were (though back then I only had one) and i thought it was dust floating in the room or something and I was always trying to catch it. After a while I accepted something was in my eye and couldn't get out. As far I know, there isn't a perfect treatment for floaters, as they are little debris inside the vitreous fluid (the gel part inside your eyeball) and to remove these you'd have to surgically remove ALL the gel from your eye (ouch!) I A few years ago my eyes were filled with about 15 floaters, now oddly they seem to have decreased to about 10. So, I don't know, maybe wait some more? I'm waiting in hope of more floaters dieing out.
? lol scary
go to a new doc
Well first off GO TO THE EYE DOCTOR!!! There could be something seriously wrong.
Secondly.. When I'm buzzed or drunk the world looks fuzzy.. Like ya know the black and white dots on the TV when a channel doesn't come it? I see that. But not usually... Just when
I'm buzzing and I'm outside.
You should see an ophthalmologist, not an optometrist. If your doctor is an oph, then I'd go to a new one. Floaters that bad could lead to a detached retina!
My mom just started getting really bad floaters. Usually, they're a combination of stress, and pressure. My mom's floaters are due to her trying to help lift a (approx.) 300 pound TV. Take things easy and try not to do any heavy lifting.
are you having some kind of acid flashback? i have a few floaters but they don't really bother me. it's not that expensive to get prescription glasses. do you use eye drops? do they help? maybe marijuana will help....
is something bothering you ?it could be stress related...
Are you a diabetic? Maybe you should get a second opinion.
The center of the back of the eye contains a substance called the vitreous. This substance is made up of collagen fibrils each of which is surrounded by a layer of muccoid material. The outer atoms of this sheath or insulation is the same for each fibril so that the charges on the sides of the fibrils are the same. This keeps the fibers separated electrostatically. As one ages, the vitreous gel, which is fairly 'solid' in children, becomes more and more liquified. There are cisterns of fluid and areas of gel. As these things bang against each other, the outer atoms get bumped, lose their normal 'charge' and the fibrils will clump together. After enough of them clump together, they become visible.
There are also other conditions that can cause an increase in the perception of floaters. Certain calcium salts can accumulate and form lots and lots of little snowflake like crystals within the vitreous. This is called Asteroid Hyalosis. Usually these hundreds of specks don't bother people, but sometimes they do.
You may also have bled into the vitreous. If the gel, which is tightly attached in the front of the retina and lightly attached to the surface of the nerve and retinal vessels, becomes detached, it can tear a small surface vessel. This bleeding sort of shorts out the charges and causes clumping of the fibrils. Might be nice to know where the bleeding came from. If the vitreous sloshing around in there yanks hard enough on the retina up in the front where it's tightly attached, it'll cause a retinal tear. The retina has blood vessels in it and this bleed could indicate you have a tear up there somewhere.
There are also medical conditions which cause an increase in floaters such as increased cholesterol, leukemia, lymphoma, pigment dispersion, flaking of the surface of the lens and lots more.
You might consider seeing a retina specialist about this. This would rule out the tear thing, and s/he cold also do the surgery to remove the stuff (vitrectomy) if it's getting to the point where you are considering jumping off the bridge cuz this is driving you NUTS!
If it gets that bad, contact me.
there are also a number of new medications that can be injected into the vitreous that 'dissolve' it or break it down. Won't remove blood, or calcium or white cells, but they do help in some patients with certain vitreo-retinal problems.