Eye floaters. How to cope with them

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My eye floaters are age related and also related to my short sightedness. My right eye developed several and they are moving back and forth and up and down the whole time. I have strings and one circle and a black dot that looks like a fly on a wall

I know I have to learn to live with them and that my brain will adapt a little but they are very annoying, so I keep busy to forget about them. I am making sure that I drink more water but my diet is already very healthy, containing many lutein providing vegetables and the correct vitamins. I am taking a little extra vit A for a few days but that will stop soon. The main thing is me learning to live with the darned things and also trying to optimise my eye health and maybe protect my left eye as much as I can

Do you have them and can you cope?

ps, I am not talking the tiny specs here, they were ok

peachyprice

I've got used to mine, I can see them if I look for them but they don't bother me anymore unless I get a new one. How long have you had them?

joyfull

kittie wrote: »

My eye floaters are age related and also related to my short sightedness. My right eye developed several and they are moving back and forth and up and down the whole time. I have strings and one circle and a black dot that looks like a fly on a wall

I know I have to learn to live with them and that my brain will adapt a little but they are very annoying, so I keep busy to forget about them. I am making sure that I drink more water but my diet is already very healthy, containing many lutein providing vegetables and the correct vitamins. I am taking a little extra vit A for a few days but that will stop soon. The main thing is me learning to live with the darned things and also trying to optimise my eye health and maybe protect my left eye as much as I can

Do you have them and can you cope?

ps, I am not talking the tiny specs here, they were ok

Oh yes, little sods aren't they. I'm definitely getting more of a problem in one eye as I get older. Last winter when I looked out onto a pristine snowy field I really saw the extent of the problem, loads of wormy, bitty dark blobs forever in the field of vision.

I really don't have advice. An optician once almost rubbished them which annoyed me as they cause significant blurring of vision.

All I can say, is you're not alone......

GlasweJen

I've got a chain of circles that floats past every so often. Hard to blot out but I find it's worse if you stare at them,

blue_monkey_2

The hardest thing is staring at a a white screen - of the laptop, LOL - helpful when you spend most of the day on it working. NOT!

You can have an op if they bother you that much, I have read (and hope you are not eating) that they take the fluid from the eye and replace it with water.

Sometimes, if they are badly annoying you, you might find closing your eyes and giving your head a shake from side to side will move them from your vision.

I learn to live with mine, I have a dot that sit, seemingly, in the middle and sometimes I have to close one eye to read words. It could be worse I suppose. I've not told the optician in case he stops me wearing contact lenses.....

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oh, I am not alone then . I have had tiny ones for ages, little threads and they were easy to ignore. I have had the latest batch for one week and when they first came, I couldn`t stop following them, especially the circle. I do know that the brain can learn to cope so I started doing my best to look past them and that is having some good effect now, especially when I am busy actively doing things. Reading and the computers are bummers though amd I have to consciously avoid following them, a circle and the ghostly-like waves especially.

Blue monkey that shaking does give temporary relief as does moving the eyeball up and down quickly. I can understand how they can drive people mad though and you need a strong psychological character to cope as they are likely to be lifelong

I won`t ever have an op, eyes are too precious to mess with

peachyprice

I would say it took about 6 weeks for me to be able to not see them at all, and until I read this thread I hadn't seen any for months

spike7451

I developed one in my left eye about 6 months ago,most of the time I don't notice it unless it floats to near the center vision,then I just shake my head or give it a whack & that tends to move it.
My Optician also said the's not a lot they can do aside from operate as well.I agree about it being more visable when on the lappy..

floss2

My optician says that as long as they keep moving I'm fine, but if they stop moving then I need to tell him.

honey06

they can be zapped with a laser

a friend of mine suffered with them, but has seen a consultant eye surgeon who uses a laser to zap them. He has had great results and it made a huge difference to him, and he has been back more than once to deal with them and would definitely recommend his consultant

Mojisola

You should have your eyes checked if you get floaters to make sure it is only PVD and not retinal detachment.