Eye floaters. How to cope with them

sophistica

Same with me. Had mine for years. Havent noticed them for years. Read this thread and they are driving me nuts.

Hermia

You just learn to sort of see around them. I tend to now only notice mine if I am staring at the window. The thing is once you have noticed one you start looking for it. I find if I make myself concentrate on something else and then I stop seeing them. My aunt had really bad ones that had to be lasered, but the operation left her with other problems. Last year I had a big floater right in the corner of my eye. I sit next to a white wall at work and kept thinking I could see a spider on the wall. I kept jumping out of my seat when I saw the floater 'running' along the wall!

anniewoo

I have had floaters on and off for years,little strands,dots etc.Most of the time I don't even notice them,unless I concentrate on them......which I am now doing of course

I wear contact lenses and I have yearly check-ups for them and regular sight tests as well and no optician has ever mentioned the floaters or said they might constitute a problem,so I don't worry about them.

lala9

I found that I had a really annoying one once, I had been extremely ill with flu in my late teens and had what I can only explain as a dilerious state during this illness. Soon after I found I had this rather large floater and had it for a few years after. It then disappeared. I was told they are just skin cells. Would my illness of caused this, maybe REM during my horrible illness?

janejustjane

I have had these for years, really large ones. I was told that they were bits of tissue in the fluid in the eye ball and due to short sight. A few years ago I had lens replacement due to cateracts and the surgeon told me that it was possible to have them removed but the operation was very risky. Your brain does adapt and I rarely notice them. Apparently what you should look out for is the effect like looking through a curtain, which means you have a detached retina.

bacardi66

I have had these for a long time as Im very short sighted - now Im in my mid forties they seem to be getting worse but they really don't bother me on a day to day basis so I think my brain must have adjusted. Now Im thinking about them though I can see them as Im looking at a screen with a lot of white on it! When I have eye tests the optician does comment on them but so far they haven't been a problem for me.

I didn't know you could get them lasered - definitely something I might think about in the future if they continue to get worse.

I would say try to forget about them and just go about your normal life, its only when I think about them that I can see them!! Oh and also if Im very tired they seem to be more obvious.