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I HATE EYE FLOATERS SO MUCH PANIC! :(((

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arich
arich

I know Ive posted about this a million times I guess this is just an update.

I went to the optamolagist and they dialated my eyes, checked my floaters. said there's no tears anywhere at all and I have dry eye.

OK, so I look in the mirror and feel like one of my pupils is still bigger than the other. it's been 2 days. so that's making me anxious, ALSO even though the doc said everything looks perfect I STILL find myself STARING into the sky mid convo with someone following my floaters around. THERES SO MANY, I'm only 22. sad((( I can't even imagine the rest of my life dealing with them. I KNOW something has to make them less noticeable at least. or take my mind off them.

talking about it helps, please reply. anyone. this is making me so depressed. I also have these shadow floaters that are huge and just float across. I notice more when I squint too. i want to stop everyday being so obsessive about them.

please please help. and does anyone else have shadow floaters? that are kinda big.

anytbing I can do to help my overall eyesight too?

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  • Lucymurphs
    Lucymurphs arich

    Posted

    Hey!! Not sure if you still get these floaters because i looks like you posted ages ago but i am 23 and for some reason have these floaters in one of my eyes and had it for 3 and a half weeks now!! So weird and scary. I went to Specsavers they said eyes are healthy they said it could be the gel come off the back of the eye but it seems weird cause so young. I have like 3 dark shadows and one clear line. Did you find out what caused them? And have you got rid of them?! Any advice would be much appreciated!! Thanks so much! smile 
  • NotSupersizeMe
    NotSupersizeMe arich

    Posted

    Dear Fellow Eye Floaters Sufferers:

    Thanks to one of the commenters in this discussion, I went to a floaters doctor located in SoCal.  I cannot say any more than that because the moderator will delete my post.  My appointment was last Wednesday and Thursday and I only have good things to say.  The floater I was suffering was quite large.  The doctor said it looked like it had a tail so that was why I thought I was seeing three or four floaters in my left eye.  The laser broke it down and the floater is about 1/3 of its previous size.  I made an appointment to go back in mid-September to have him try to blast the remaining one away if it doesn't diminish on its own by then.  I'm hoping because it is much smaller, then there is a chance it can dissolve.  Maybe not and only time can tell, but just knowing I have this doctor available is a tremendous relief.  I am 55 years old, so for those of you in my age group, there is help.  Unfortunately, the doctor said the younger people's eye floaters are harder to treat because many of the floaters are too close to the retina. 

    Eye floaters are definitely not as "innocent" as the eye industry specialists claim to be.  It can wreak one's quality of life, causes depression.  I know because I suffered from it for the last seven months.  You can private message me if you want more info.  That is all I am allowed to say. 

    Good Luck to everyone, and once again, I thank the person (she knows who she is) who mentioned this amazing doctor in this chain of discussion.  I am in no way getting paid by the doctor to write this message!

    • dianataylor
      dianataylor NotSupersizeMe

      Posted

      I am so glad things went well for you. I didn’t realize we are the same age.  Its nice to know we have this option available to us. I’m very happy for you! 
    • NotSupersizeMe
      NotSupersizeMe dianataylor

      Posted

      My sincere gratitude to you for putting the info out there to begin with.  He is a great doctor.  Extremely informative, and he takes the time to educate his patients so they know what options they have. 

      I am telling everyone I know who either suffers or know of someone who is suffering the same. 

      My best to you as well!

       

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