I see dots and squigglies
For the past few days, I've had something in my eye (my one good eye at that). I can see the darn little dots and squigglies throughout the entire day. It's almost like looking through a camera when you get the little dust things in the lens and need to wipe it clean, except this is my every day, every hour, every minute. I've tried flushing out my eye, rubbing it, examining it, but no luck. I've managed to deal with it the entire weekend, but today on my drive into work, the grey skies made the black squiggly even more bothersome and my computer screen also highlighted the annoyance. I finally made an appointment with my optometrist to see what was up, and after some careful examination, I was told that I had a floater in my eye and would just 'get used to it' eventually. Get used to it? Hrmph.
posted by kimbalina @ 5:52 PM
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Ugh, I feel your pain or annoyance rather. I recently went to my optometrist too because of the same thing - floaters. I remember seeing a few floating strands when I was younger if I let my eyes go out of focus, as weird as that sounds. But this time around I was actually freaked out quite a bit because there was a pronounced change where I woke up one day a couple weeks ago and began seeing multiple floating dark spots.
My optometrist said that the floaters are particles formed at birth in the vitreous, liquid portion of the eye. Apparently, they move around in the eye and had moved into my line of sight. He said the particles harden over the years, so as light enters my eye, the particles cast shadows on my retina. He said this is normal and that the floaters should hopefully eventually move out of my line of sight. It's gotten better, but I can still see the damn things here and there... I hope it gets better for you too.
I was wondering if the floating things are a sign of anything else that could be wrong? I have them all the time and im 31. They are driving me crazy :(
When I was young I remember seeing only 2 dots close to each other now I have lines & dots everywhere. I wish no one had these problems but, at the same time I'm glad I'm not alone. I'm thinking of seeing a doctor. Has anyone talked to a doctor? I'm very curious to hear what he said. thanks guys.
I have the same thing and have had it for over 10 years now. I also remember seeing a few small dots as a young child but I get the squiggles and such now too. My eye doctor said the same thing. It's not a real problem unless it begins getting worse very rapidly.
i've seen these my entire life. i'm a teenager now, but i did go to the doctor when i was really young. The stupid doctor's diagnosis was that i was making it up to get attention. so yeah, i still don't know whats wrong with me, but i'm SO glad that i'm not the only one who has it. I see dots everywhere, all the time.
U all are not alone. Me an indian also with same problem - floaters. That are visible on dark and light surface - tiny dots....All docs says to ignore them and concentrate on other aspects of life - until or unless ur retina is good. (i went for eye-check-up).
Found this while searching the net about the annoying dots/lines in my site.
I was also told by my optometrist that it's normal. It's getting more and more annoying now. I can see them while I'm typing this and while I'm driving.
I'm Asian, male, 31 and 10 years ago the dots weren't as prominant.
I hope it goes away or doesn't develop into anything serious.
Until I researched this, I thought that I was the only one who had this. I'm only 17 and I see this everyday, all day, even at night time when I go to sleep. It's weird though, when I look to the right the dots will move to the right. It's kind of hard to believe that this is an ordinary thing that happens to people. If it was nobody would worry about it. Right?
I have them as well. I kept looking up different macular diseases and such. I guess I'm okay according to you all. I also wear glasses. Does this have anything to do with the floaters?
i deal with them too. they starting getting more pronounced after i wear my glasses for a long period of time, or while driving.
In my right I I see little dots and squiggy lines floating around as well. There is one dot that appeared right in the middle of my right eye. it goes and comes back. I never notived it until now. Not sure if the artificial tears my eye doctor recommended is causing this. I could be wrong but the floaters were more noticeable after I started using the Allergen artificail tears. Has anyone experienced any issues with this product. For now I will stop using this product.
hope this helps I'm glad I'm not the only one dealing with this annoyance
http://www.allaboutvision.com/conditions/spotsfloats.htm
I thought I was alone in the universe on this one until I googled "I see dots"
I thought I was seeing ghosts or was going utterly insane.
Thanks for clearing that up.
I am very young and I also searched this up on google and I was wondering do older adults get it or is it kids too? (I never saw this before)
Yeah, 17 and I get squigglies and one annoying dot in my right eye. It's very pronounced against a bright computer screen =/ It goes away for a little bit if I look around in circles for a bit, I can shake it out of my field of vision. Try it out.
I have been one to disttort my own realaity, by using such things, and have used such things to prevent worse things from happening, I have discovered u can shake them away, and
that you can program your eyes to see past them buy Stareing at a candle for awhile and then closing your eyes and concentrate on the spots of light
from the candle as long as you can, what this dose is to allow you to refocus your eyes when haveing a problem with these squigglies.
and sometimes its better to just try and see in the darkest possible light, it naterally helps your eyes look past them, if not just for awhile.
I suppose I'm supposed to feel relieved that this is a common enough problem, but are we supposed to just live with it? Why does it happen, how long does it stay for and can it lead to serious problems? When I woke up this morning, I saw some dancing black dots, almost like pepper particles that danced around in my left eye as I looked around. I thought I was having some bizarre type of migraine. I guess I do feel relieved that I'm not the only one suffering from this, but hopefully the doctor can help me understand why it happens. Don't leave it. Go get checked out. It's all too easy for a doctor to say "yeah, they're just floaters, you'll get used to it" but everyone's different and you should be examined just to make sure it's nothing serious. Good luck to you all...
I've seen them all my life as well, but always thought them beautiful. I went to a doctor at a young age age and they said it was about 1 in every 2 million that's born with this condition. honestly, i feel a bit sorry for people that can't see them
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