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Really worried About A Floater In My Eye

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Natuk · 14/03/2021 10:24

Happy Mother’s Day!

I’ve phoned the opticians last weekend and booked me in on the 7th of April (As they are extremely busy) and told me not to worried.

I’ve been experiencing a light brown line/cobweb like floater in my left eye and I’m sure I’m developing it in my right eye. I’m really scared I will go blind. I cannot thinking about it and have been really upset over this secretly.

Need some reassurance and what signs I need to look out for incase it get worse?

Thank you for reading.

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Natuk · 23/03/2021 09:44

@Arbadacarba Thank you.

Truthfully I’m struggling at the moment, I’m trying to stay calm and not to be anxious.

Keep reading the messages on here If I get anxious, like the others have said my brain will eventually tune it out. (Hopefully) My floater is like a little eyelash/line.

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MySocalledLoaf · 23/03/2021 09:55

I never knew that you could reach adulthood without getting any, I’ve had swarms of them since childhood and assumed everyone did. I only really notice them in a snowy landscape, or if I get one with a new shape.

Poppins2016 · 23/03/2021 09:58

@MySocalledLoaf

I never knew that you could reach adulthood without getting any, I’ve had swarms of them since childhood and assumed everyone did. I only really notice them in a snowy landscape, or if I get one with a new shape.
I have to admit that I assumed the same! I guess everyone is different. I've had some of mine since I was around 10 (maybe even younger) so I grew up with them... it would almost be odd if they weren't there! I suppose the longer you have them the more normal it seems.
Ariela · 23/03/2021 10:06

This thread popped up again.
I can absolutely 100% assure you that (after 25+ years) my floaters disappear till someone mentions the word 'floaters' .

Annoyingly I've a day at the computer screen.

r1911 · 16/10/2021 13:32

Hi everyone - i also have a floater (amoungst many other things) and am so worried about it - on a plain white wall or outside is when its most obvious - op did you get used to yours? Im feeling so anxious and worried about mine and its really getting me down - i also have this odd symptom of seeing moving white dots on plain walls/the sky - does anyone else have that?

r1911 · 16/10/2021 13:45

@Natuk

Tangofandango · 16/10/2021 13:53

Floaters can be removed by laser surgery. I had mine done 10 years ago. I was having surgery for a detached retina and the surgeon said there were a few floaters and would like him to remove them?

Of course I said yes and I haven't had a problem since, just the very occasional "bubble" that bobs around for a while then goes, usually within a day or so.

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Natuk · 16/10/2021 15:15

@r1911

I’m getting used to them now, I was very anxious and depressed for the few months. I realised I have got to to learn to live with them. I even went to Specsavers twice. My eyes are fine and there is nothing they can do about it.

Yes I can see my floaters on plain walls, and up in the sky. I have a dark floater in my left eye, which I found it so annoying at the first. I try to not to focus on it, otherwise it will drive me crazy to be honest. I’m getting there!

Have you been to Specsavers?

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r1911 · 16/10/2021 15:30

@Natuk thankyou so much for replying. Its good to know that you got used to it - sorry that you have them too, i have been to specsavers and he dilated the eyes and had a look and said to come back if anything changes but its still worrying me as i feel like its more noticeable and now seeing these white dots too 🥺

Paintingfences · 16/10/2021 15:50

Eye floaters can also be caused by uveitis, often an autoimmune condition but sometimes the a symptom of something else. I would get a second opinion just to be safe (I've had uveitis for over 12 years)

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Natuk · 16/10/2021 16:02

Not a problem. I have several transparent ones in each eye. Floaters are annoying, I was told you would stop seeing them after a while. And you forget about them. Hope this is the case for me one day. I see them 24/7 tbh, especially on while walls or anything with white. Dark Floater I see all the bloody time, my eye cannot seem to tuned it out. I try not to let it get to me.

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r1911 · 17/10/2021 08:57

@Natuk i know i see mine the same! Amything white and i just cant focus at all. It is so hard and hopefully we will just get used to them. Did they say anything else when you had your eye checkup?

@Paintingfences thank you for replying, thats good to know and i will keep an eye out for any further symptoms and mention that at next check up

@Tangofandango thankyou, i never knew anything could be done about it, the optician did tell me to be aware of any flashes or further symtoms, is that what you had with the retinal detachment?

underneaththeash · 17/10/2021 13:46

@Paintingfences

Eye floaters can also be caused by uveitis, often an autoimmune condition but sometimes the a symptom of something else. I would get a second opinion just to be safe (I've had uveitis for over 12 years)
They can be, but uveitis has lots of other signs/symptoms too (depending on the type). It would have been picked up.
OliviaSquid · 17/10/2021 20:39

Floaters are a symptom of health anxiety. People focus on them and just can't move past it

I have terrible ones and I just ignore them. That's the key to it. I know it's easier said than done but I promise you, they're not harmful in the overwhelming majority of cases and I can't recall the last time I heard about someone going blind from eye floaters. Can you? No.

So I'd switch focus to sorting out the anxiety

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