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EYE FLOATERS

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arich
arich

Me again. sad

I know they say there are no vitamins or anything you can do to help decrease floaters/flashes, but has anyone had any luck with anything? Medicines, workouts, etc.

Please help! Your responses are greatly appreciated and make me feel SLIGHTLY better knowing I'm not alone.

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  • amkoffee
    amkoffee arich

    Posted

    Well I have had dry eyes for years and I have never had crusty eyes once. But I was able to nearly solve my dry eyes by taking 1100 milligrams of Omega-3. That was under the direction of my optometrist. I also use over the counter eye drops.
    • lee12629
      lee12629 amkoffee

      Posted

      Your lucky,google blepharitis,and mgd,many have the crusting of the eyes,apparently your dry eye is caused by something else. Ive been to 3 eye docs with more apointments then i can count. Quote from one,if you have mgd you have dry eye. I also was however advised to take 3 1000 mg of fish oil per day. People assume dry eye is easily remedied by eye drops alone,that is not a correct asdumption,many people suffer with blurry vsion etc. All are different. Happy yours is easily remedied.
  • arich
    arich

    Posted

    I guess what I will try to do is take more fish oil, I just recently started because I did read it was good for the eyes. I also started taking Bilberry recently and trying to clean up my diet, cut down sugars and all the bad stuff.. I also am going to try dry eye drops, warm compresses and see if there's any positive results from that. Like I said I'm super tight on money and don't have insurance.. so when I do see the eye doc it's super expensive, so any advice helps and I really appreciate all the responses!

    One more question, are small flashes every now and then (not constantly) directly related to floaters?

    Like I sad in a previous forum, I've been to many eye docs the past few months. One recently 3 months ago for my migraine auras, she said my eyes were perfectly healthy. Butttt I've never really questioned anyone about flashes.

    • lee12629
      lee12629 arich

      Posted

      Flashs could be the tuggimg on the vitreous that signals to the retna which percieves it as a light flash. The vitreous break down thats what causes floaters. You could have the start of a pvd so mild not seen by the eye doc yet,some take years to complete. I also have and am living with this
    • arich
      arich lee12629

      Posted

      ughhhhhhhhhh cry sucks to be dealing with this so early on in life 
    • lee12629
      lee12629 arich

      Posted

      I know,personally i think my pvd started in my 30s didnt become noticeable to the doc or worse til i was 57. I understand the money part,we have insurance with a huge deductable. There is wonderful stuff as I mentioned before on the blepharitis forum about dry eye treatments. What your doing sounds like your on the right track. Xx always geel free to use the private message envelope in the corner of this page if you need support,i will be glad to help you all i can,im no doc,but many experiances with these awful eye issues.
    • arich
      arich lee12629

      Posted

      I will definitely check the forum out... I really appreciate it, it helps to have people to talk to who understand. I tried talking to my parents and they seem to think I'm being paranoid/over thinking it. Sucks because they don't realize how frustrating it really is. sad

      I just can't help but wonder if the black dots/flashes I see is a different health issue because I often get super dizzy and light headed when it happens which I havent read anywhere else..

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