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Post by Seppo on Mar 25, 2006 7:21:06 GMT -5
Hello, this is Seppo from Finland.
I'm a 52-year-old male from Finland, Scandinavia. I found this site almost by chance while browsing the net to read everything about these annoying floaters. (There's lots more about them in English than in Finnish -- funny, I don't even know a short name for them in Finnish.) I've been observing floaters for a couple of decades but only recently has their number exceeded a certain threshold value so that I've become more aware of them. And they ARE annoying. I have made an appointment with a local ophthalmologist to rule out (as I hope) some more severe possibilities that might be their cause.
Grayish, pale brown, some translucent, linear, roundish, web structures, irregular shapes... I know what you guys are talking about. Has anyone seen a blue one? ;D
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Post by Seppo membership pending on Mar 25, 2006 14:54:04 GMT -5
I'd like to add something.
I am myopic, some -3 in both eyes, the right eye being weaker. I've been wearing glasses for about 40 years. Like I said above, my floaters first appeared some 20-25 years ago. I cannot say how many floaters there are because it's extremely difficult to count them, but they are many. You know what I mean, otherwise you wouldn't be here reading these posts.
I wear multifocal glasses outdoors and when watching TV, and fixed strength glasses when at computer -- multifocals at computer would force me to bend my neck backwards to reach the close-vision portion which is at the bottom of the lenses. Either pair of glasses are o.k. for reading ordinary black-on-white text, but I've found it a little bit easier to wear no glasses at all when reading. For some reason, without my glasses the floaters are not so conspicuous as with glasses. This must have something to do with nearsightedness. However, my eyes being different, reading without glasses tends to make blurred vision.
Like someone else told in this forum, watching TV is not really a problem. It must be that the TV screen is so bright that enough light reaches one's retinas even through the web of floaters. But my comp screen is bright, too, and it poses more problems. Is it because the comp is closer or because the TV screen refresh rate is higher that causes this effect?
Being from Finland, I know what it is like to look at "the whiter shade of pale" of snowdrifts in full daylight when you're having floaters. To put it mildly, they stand out.
Like many of you have said, a relaxed state of mind helps to some extent and stress does the opposite. A permanent I just don't care feeling would do good but it's a bit tricky to reach that kind of state of mind. A glass of wine helps, but in these arctic latitudes glass of wine is just the first step towards five bottles of vodka and I really think that heavy drinking makes the situation worse. Can you detect the lurking vicious circle?
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Post by Dream on Oct 12, 2006 10:53:10 GMT -5
What you said about stress making it worse, yes Ive also found that! I go through periods of telling myself they aren't that bad and just giving a "I don't care" attitude. I really believe it helps! But if your going through a particularly stressed time i find they get more intense.. d**n them floaters .
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