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Topic: Floaters and visual snow- afflictions of the eye

Anonymous 2073254fb17fac25ae0253697a558a5a started this discussion 2 months (2008-10-09 01:53:56 UTC) ago:

I was wondering if anybody else has the same weird problems as me with vision. When I look at the sky I often see "sprites." They almost look like little fire flies of concentrated light. They really don't bother me overly much, but I never used to have them. I also have multiple floaters which I can see most of the time if I look for them. I only seemed to notice these things after experimenting with drugs. Is this just temporary or do floaters eventually settle and sprites go away?

Anonymous 4eacf954a1521be750411d2b3cb04897 replied with this 2 months (2008-10-09 02:04:07 UTC) ago, 10 minutes later (#67,778):

Myodesopsia is the physical problem of having stuff inside your eyes. It mostly isn't treated, and lots of people who have it have it from birth. I know several people who suffer this affliction.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b2/Floaters.png
This is what you are talking about, right?

Anonymous 2073254fb17fac25ae0253697a558a5a (OP) replied with this 2 months (2008-10-09 02:22:01 UTC) ago, 18 minutes later (#67,780):

Yes. This is what I am talking about. Along with sprites.

Anonymous 69c33b6c5e4c3262f258316460e698dc replied with this 2 months (2008-10-09 06:30:08 UTC) ago, 4 hours later (#67,877):

I have these pretty badly I think from 3-4years of weekly drug use of all varieties but mostly ecstasy. I still take drugs though and don't find it terribly annoying. However a little worryingly the vision in one of my eyes has gotten worse over the last year, but I might just be getting old (?)

Anonymous 3ac2fd0528d0a9bc948a90f6f253fcbc replied with this 2 months (2008-10-09 06:48:24 UTC) ago, 18 minutes later (#67,884):

I don't think drugs cause those…

Anonymous e66da2e86554ab29b280150f8c05c0fa replied with this 2 months (2008-10-09 06:57:46 UTC) ago, 9 minutes later (#67,886):

Yep. Floaters here. Annoying.

Anonymous 439d569fb2a836bc7e6f0d791dda3710 replied with this 2 months (2008-10-09 11:06:27 UTC) ago, 4 hours later (#67,910):

I have some floaters in one of my eyes. I first noticed them while swimming underwater with my eyes open at around 5 years old and they're still there.

Anonymous 1c015dfbc1ab18ded95f8fa60eaca4aa replied with this 2 months (2008-10-09 15:44:12 UTC) ago, 5 hours later (#67,938):

I have floaters. They appeared somewhere around my 13th year for no obvious reason. 10 years later and they still annoy the shit out of me. I'm a bit short-sighted, so you can imagine my frustration when I want to look at something in the distance that gets obscured both by my bad sight and those little shits. I have them in both eyes.

Fuck.

Anonymous afb77fb4fd92292150d1c5305db5ac8f replied with this 2 months (2008-10-09 19:12:28 UTC) ago, 3 hours later (#67,980):

I have those too, I thought they were just bits of dust on my eyeball.

Anonymous 33f50c62a9d923e65605a5e8d91ef5b4 replied with this 2 months (2008-10-09 22:10:01 UTC) ago, 3 hours later (#68,032):

I occasionally get fireflies. For people who've never had the experience, it's like seeing a swarm of tiny Fourth of July sparklers buzzing around on a virtual plane overlaid directly in front of your vision.

Anonymous 85c3e7718b194e1762263d4d328eba29 replied with this 2 months (2008-10-11 16:29:34 UTC) ago, 2 days later (#68,545):

I have a floater in my right eye though only noticeable if I attempt to look at it by moving my eye and catching a glimpse of it. Rarely do I get fireflies. I smoke tobacco and marijuana from time to time, not sure if either have anything to do with it.

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