u/danypelikan

It’s been about a month since I had my first episode of a temporary spot in my left eye. It lasted about 15 minutes. My eye exam was normal. I read a lot about it and made some lifestyle changes. I stopped drinking caffeine — I used to have about four coffees a day. I started taking vitamins B and D, made sure to stay well hydrated, and generally started living a healthier lifestyle. I went about a month without another episode.

Then suddenly, yesterday evening, after physical activity, I had a temporary spot in my right eye for about 5 minutes, and this morning I had another one in the peripheral vision of my right eye, again lasting around 5 minutes.

Does it even make sense to try to fight this? I was happy because I thought I had figured out what was causing it and that it wouldn’t happen again. But apparently not.

I also notice that my blood pressure is always higher during an episode. At rest, it is usually around 105–110/60–70, but during an episode I’m generally stressed and my blood pressure is higher.

I suffer from tinnitus and hyperacusis, but otherwise I’m healthy.

It’s difficult for me to deal with both hearing and vision problems at the same time.

I also have eye floaters, but I don’t have any permanent scotoma.

So my question is: how should I approach this? Should I keep monitoring and avoiding everything that could potentially trigger it? Or should I just live my life and hope it never affects the center of my vision? My OCD is really struggling with this.

Hi everyone. I have a question: Is there anyone here who has the typical temporary/permanent symptoms, does not have another condition that could cause them, and has lost their central vision?

Based on my understanding of the blood supply, it should not be possible for the fovea to be affected. Is that correct?

I am starting a PhD program in September, and I have recently begun experiencing problems with temporary spots. I am afraid that they might eventually take away my ability to read.

I mean the very center of vision being completely affected to the point that reading becomes impossible—not a spot slightly off-center that covers other words we are not looking at directly at that moment.

Thank you very much.