Distress about eye floaters, seeking some positivity

[Mojomonkey]

Can anyone please offer me their positive experience with eye floaters, in that they either settle down or they bother you less as time moves on?
I have several cobwebby/ dotty ones going on in both eyes, had them about a month, have been opticians and they said they I would stop noticing them but I haven’t and now i have got myself in a bit of a state!
I also have tinnitus but am adjusting to that a bit better than months ago when it first started. Please only positive replies, I’ve already read lots of negative stuff and it’s really worried me.

Can’t comment on the eye floaters but the tinnitus does get better. I’ve had it for nearly two years and I often forget I have it until someone mentions it

Please stop panicking and yes you will stop noticing them. Just don't look at white surfaces on a sunny bright day. That annoys me

I've got loads. They seemed to get worse during my second pregnancy four years ago and I have some quite big ones
However, my optician isn't concerned and they have remained stable for the past four years.
They can be a nuisance but apart from that they're no bother🤷🏻‍♀️

Have had eye floaters for a number of years, started with a black "blob" which broke up, was checked out at eye clinic and was reassured that with time wouldn't notice them. Glad to say don't notice them day to day it's only when others mention floaters can I see them, particularly when looking at a light background - looks like a swarm of bees 🙄

I have stopped noticing mine it did take a while though. I do notice them if I'm exceptionally tired or there's a bright light, but they genuinely don't bother me anymore

Mine get worse when using computers a lot. During weekends they seem fewer.

However, if they get markedly worse, or you detect flashes etc, then this could be medical emergency. See you optician or a and e straight away.

AARGH
I wish you hadn't mentioned floaters, I have an annoying one in my right eye. Just below centre vision, slightly off to the right as to annoy in that it isn't centre. Brain was no longer 'seeing' it, and now I'm thinking about it, it's reappeared!

They can be the sign of a rare auto immune disease; Birdshot retinochoroidopathy, which starts with floaters.

@Mojomonkey

Thank you, yep had the OCT scan, was told all good, a bit of the jelly at back of eyes has lifted which is what’s causing the floaters, but optician not concerned. It’s just me trying to adapt to them that’s the problem

I have the same. My optician explained the jelly in the eyes dries out with age and the eye fills any gaps in it with saline. When the jelly shrinks enough to detach from the eyeball bits of the jelly can come loose and become floaters. I have a large one in one eye but it is far less noticeable than it was and only really troubles me when looking at a white background

I had floaters years ago, badly enough to go to my optician between routine eye tests. The optician found nothing wrong and said they would disappear by themselves. I can't remember when I stopped noticing them but they aren't there now :-)

I've had one as long as I can remember that, in a dim light, looks like a large spider jiggling across the wall or ceiling as I move my eyes.
I'm easily amused

I have them too, and first noticed them about 30 odd years ago! They are very annoying at first, I used to think there were hairs or something hanging down across my eyes and try and remove them, but they were the floaters I was seeing. They do take some time to get used to, but I don’t notice mine much any more except when looking at a pale surface or wall.

I've had them for years
Nothing to worry about you will ignore them after a while

The eye Doctor said it was nothing to worry about

I got a few floaters suddenly in about Jan/Feb this year, and was told more or less the same as you OP. They really bothered me at first and I found it upsetting thinking my eyesight would be permanently impaired by them as they were so distracting and it was hard to believe I'd ever stop noticing them. I love reading and I was worried that it would stop me enjoying and focusing on a book. But they did settle down after a few weeks (I can't remember exactly how long it took), and now I just have a couple that don't move but I rarely think about them or notice them any more. I don't know if that's because I've got used to them or because they're smaller, but it doesn't matter - they don't cause me any problems now.

I get them when tired or stressed.

Thank you everyone, reading your comments have helped me to feel less anxious about it all. I hope to get to that point where if I continue to see them I’m not bothered, a bit like how I’m gradually adjusting to my tinnitus, the brain is a strange thing

I had a huge floater appear in my eye back in August. I got my eyes checked out and was told it was a posterior vitreous detachment, which is apparently quite common in people who are very short sighted (I'm -10 in that eye) and can happen as you get older. There's some useful information on the RNIB website about it. It really bothered me as first, and I found it difficult to drive for a while, but now it's much less noticeable. It's still there but more blurry so I don't see it as much.
I also have constant tinnitus which really bothered me to start with but I've also got used to over time, though I can hear it really loudly now that I'm thinking about it. The joys of getting older! I've had loads of things start to go wrong with my body in my 40's!

Sorry

Ah don't worry, mine drove me mad when they first developed !! I have LOADS!
Took at least a year for me to stop seeing them. I also wore dark glasses a lot as they were far more obvious in bright conditions.

CazzY777 yes since turning forty I think my body is starting to play up lol

I've had them for years and don't really pay them much attention now. I'm not surprised you noticed them in the snow - they're always worse against a bright background. I had a large one appear a few years ago so went to the optician who said it would break down over time, and it has to a certain extent, but reading this thread has made me notice it again 😄.

I also have posterior vitreous detachment .... happens quite a lot in short sighted people. I have had regular check ups at the eye clinic over the years and there is not much you can do, just wait for them to settle. This has been ongoing for 10 years, you get used to it

I have a huge one that is like a windscreenwiper up and down my eye trailing stuff behind it. Optician referred me to Moorfields for a second opinion and the consultant said it was one of the largest he'd seen. I have got used to it most of the time (it's annoying me now as I'm thinking about it) and it has broken up a bit now after 18 months. I second the advice re sunglasses if confronted with anything bright (perhaps even snow if it is fairly pristine).

I only really notice mine if I stare upmat s white ceiling (or something similar).

Do you notice them when distracted by a particular task?

I've got loads - tinnitus too!
I don't notice them now as i've had them for years. Egg white ones and black dots and splodges. I am short sighted, astigmatic and have a lack of myelation on my eye nerves. I always notice them when i'm very tired but otherwise not.