I had vitrectomies but a year ago these floaters started to come again. It has been driving me crazy these things and doctor recommend to not do anything and live with it.
I am sure others have it much worst than this.
Perhaps they are a little bit bigger than these but around that.
Should you say they are very mild?
I got approved for eye floater surgery today after 4+ doctors telling me that “I’ll get used to them.” I just can’t.
I met with David G. Miller at Cleveland Retina Associates. I decided to visit him because he was one of the doctors who conducted this floater study: https://iovs.arvojournals.org/article.aspx?articleid=2744965
He saw my floaters and approved me right away. Made it seem like this is a routine surgery they do all the time, that it’s not a big deal. He doesn’t do air bubble and uses the smallest incisions possible. He was actually impressed with how much I knew already…like yeah bro I’ve spent the last 2 years obsessing over this 😆
I know surgery is hotly debated here. But my floaters overstimulate me so much. I can’t wait for PulseMedica. I want to go outside again and not worry about my vision. It’s the right decision for me. Am I nervous as hell? Absolutely. But Dr. Miller’s confidence is making me feel better.
I hope we all get out of this nightmare soon.
I have had floaters for several years now and they have made me as sick as a person can get. I had zero problems functioning before this. I'm young and my life has been derailed. I even tried surgery but my other eye is really bad and I can't bear the thought of opening this Pandora's box of problems in BOTH of my eyes. I'm devastated and feel like this is truly killing me. The passage of time has only made it worse. I'm so sorry for everyone going through this. It's one of life's cruelest afflictions - to be otherwise so healthy and normal but suffering so intensely in a prjvate hell.
From your experience or research. Is it possible to get more floaters after rinsing eyes with water? I am used to do it every day, so just wondering
And yes, I made a super, super short snip just so I could say hi to everyone here, lol. But anyway, on a more serious note...
Just wanted to introduce myself here and to this subreddit, especially because I've been dealing with floaters as of recently and thought I'd seek out a subreddit. I don't really know where I'm going to go with this, I guess I'll just talk about my frustrations a bit.
It's been about 6 months since I first started seeing floaters in both of my eyes. Some days its downright infuriating, but I guess I just also never realized how much it can impact a person's well being. It's crazy how something so small, microscopic and painless can affect a person so much.
The worst is a fish-hook looking floater in my left eye that drives me insane.
But I think its also the feeling of isolation combined with the 24/7 presence. Knowing that only I can see these things inside of me and my mom or friends just act like I'm crazy. I don't know if I have an end goal on how to manage this, but I'm trying to "get used to it" like my eye doctor recommended. I hate the idea of this being permanent, but I will see if it fades or settles eventually. I hate this so much.
I started seeing floaters around 8 months ago and started noticing starburst and streaks of cars headlights at night, which bother me alot , are these floaters and starburst vision of car headlights are related or not
Please give me an answer. i am very depressed
Im in and around the 6 month period since I first got my floaters. I don’t really expect them to go away/adapt due to the glare that comes across the lights and the dark dot that keeps bouncing around my lower right eye like a pinball. (Better description in one of my earlier posts)
I’m going to try and start therapy soon to help me become more comfortable with living my new life. I definitely have a touch of medical anxiety which really doesn’t help my situation. But I haven’t cried in about a month or panicked so I guess that’s a win. 🤷🏻♀️
Sometimes I think a vitrectomy sounds like a pretty good deal. Scoop out my eye, replace it and get a new lens in a couple of years. Sounds better than what I’m dealing with now. However, you never know what that kind of surgery is going to look like for yourself. Pulsemedica sounds nice but that’s not for a long while and it’s starting to sound like another YAG.
Looking forward to the winter time since it’s going to be darker more so hopefully some solace there. In the mean time going to focus on my health and my mind. Good luck everyone, we’re all rooting for each other!
Heyo, been dealing with floaters since April (I have a previous post about my experience 3 months in). Currently at 6 months and just wanted to see if people also deal with this symptom?
A lot of my central vision floaters are clusters of clear dots. I think because if that, if I look at a light bars or a bright light in general that is a bit long and my eyes trail across I see a glare run through the strip of light.
This is one of the reasons why I think my floaters are definitely new and not something that I just happened to notice in abundance. Does anyone else deal with this?
I live with floaters since childhood but 5 years ago a very large blob appear and last week a new one, smaller but less mobile that stay to the left of my right eye. They're gray but very "blob" looking.
The very large one don't bother me at all now (he's my funny friend lol) but this new one is annoying af.
I had many floaters come and disappeared in weeks so I hope...
I have them since a severe poisoning to toxic mold wich can destroy colagen by chronic inflammation
M(32) I’d like to share my experience with eye floaters. I’ve been noticing them in both eyes for exactly one and a half year.
It all started during a very difficult time in my life. My father was diagnosed with cancer and passed away within a year. After his death, I became extremely focused on my health and every small change in my body. You guys can't imagine how strong our brain can react to certain areas when u focus on them! I've gone the last year through so many "diseases".....
Anyways
When I went to an optician to get my contact lenses fitted, she noticed a corneal injury, probably from a previous inflammation. I panicked and started constantly monitoring my vision. That’s when I suddenly became aware of my floaters.
I’m 100% sure I had seen them before. I remember occasionally noticing them while driving or at home, but they disappeared quickly and I never thought about them. Now, however, I notice them much more. First weekly then daily!
I have one large, fairly central floater in my left eye, another large dark one in the lower-right part of my right eye both are jumping around like crazy, as well as many smaller dots, threads and lines in both eyes. I also see a ring in my left eye depending on the lighting. According to my ophthalmologist, everything is fine and i have healthy eyes with -3.50
What I’ve noticed is that my mental state makes a huge difference. When I’m doing better mentally, I notice my floaters much less. I’ve even gone several days without consciously noticing them. 😄
I struggle with depression, so those periods are unfortunately rare atm. But I want to give some hope: I truly believe that a large part of this is about how much attention we give them.
I think I probably had many of these floaters long before I became aware of them. My brain simply filtered them out. And I believe that should be the goal: accepting them, reminding ourselves that they are not dangerous, and allowing our brains to stop paying attention to them.
I still struggle with floaters every day, but after one year, I can honestly say that it is getting better. There is hope!
PS:
My brother is 10 years younger than me (21) and also has quite a lot of floaters. The difference is that he doesn’t pay any attention to them or worry about them. Thats why he don't see them often.
He says that whenever he notices them, he simply doesn’t react anymore. And over time, he has found himself noticing them less and less.
Thata the goal!
Who else here has hypermobility and eye floaters? I’m truly wondering if it’s one of the causes, if not the cause, of my eye floaters. The more I read about it, the more I’m convinced.
Hello my fellow shadow spotters — Does anyone else here have a history with autoimmune conditions?
I’ve had symptoms of rheumatoid/spondylarthropathy stuff for like 10 years, but recently:
I noticed my floaters after an 8 month trial of a biologic medicine treatment. Wondering if there’s a correlation of that and / or just the existing condition.
Let’s keep surviving this annoying condition together.
Love!
Hey all,
I posted a couple of days ago about a survey and I got good response.
But out 2000+ views, only a fraction filled the survey (Thanks to all you who did). This made me realize, my post must have felt out of the blue and maybe overpromising or even a scam.
I had made a video which I was hesitant to share earlier but I think it is important that I do.
Here is my story - the onset of eye floaters, the progression, the struggle, the collapse, the figuring out, and the mission.
Video Link: Floaters Story - 23 Year Old
If this story makes sense, you resonate, or feel moved, please help us all by filling out this survey:
https://skidmore.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_1C6t4rPWS6ea8dg
Survey is for respondents between the age of 18 and 50 years old.
The video is the kind of story I want to record for all us.
Not a promise about any result, but definitely a commitment to work on this.
Yes because even if i have money, or go on vacation i am still going to see those floaters everywhere, and bfep…
Floaters maybe can go away with the new treatment of pulmedica but for bfep we have nothing and living a life with this stuff dsiturbing my vision 24/7 is just a torture . Even if i die maybe it’s better than living a life like this.
I think floaters and BFEP are related, because i started seeing it when the floaters came. So my question is :
if we treat floaters, can the bfep go away ? ( it’s my dream).
Becquse i don’t think that it’s a coincidence, i started seeing it when i had floaters so i really think there’s something related between both.
One of their presentations said they can safely treat floaters more than 2mm distance from retina. My understanding is that most symptomatic floaters are either tethered(which often don't move away) or closer to retina. Has PulseMedica addressed this in any of their content. If they cannot treat most of the symptomatic floaters the treatment could be more or less like YAG(limited to few patients ..say with Weiss ring ) with a little better safety profile. Like to know your thoughts. TIA
Hello, thought I'd make a quick post of updates. To be sure, there's nothing they've announced recently on their website or socials that is significant. I'm mostly looking at their job ads. If anyone has info about recent funding awards, please share.
There are two roles open. "Senior Optical Engineer," which they've been hiring for since Sept 2025, and more recently a "Project Manager."
1. Senior Optical Engineer
2. Project Manager, Medical Device R&D
https://www.simplyhired.ca/job/12NOpUPhaYxPLOaahZoe9_XPhW8YPhCdiXchoQIq-vz2DbySBBiEhA
TL;DR: Seems like they're working towards locking in their hardware for clinical trials. I would expect to see more hiring to support clinical trials, but I know they also used a CRO (contract research organization) to run the imaging trials in Canada and Panama.
I think we will see an update from them in a few months on progress. I would predict a trial registration appearing on clinicaltrials.gov later this year or early 2027. Maybe the first patient is treated in the second half of 2027. And then an actual announcement about first in human trials would be 2028 at the soonest. But this is all guesswork.
Hi, my name is Gia.
I came across this subreddit a while ago when looking for information about eye floaters, and I'm glad I did. Since people in my life and even my viewers (I stream by the way) don't really understand my frustration. Floaters are like being trapped in a prison, but I don't think I need to tell anyone here that, lol. We all know how bad it is.
But anyway. Sometimes I wear glasses and I'm pretty sure I got floaters after hitting my right eye by accident. This happened a few months ago, and afterwards I started seeing a so called "fly" on the wall a few days later. And then it developed into more wisps and "flies".
I did go to an optometrist and fortunately there's no internal bleeding or retinal damage or any of that. But they did shrug it off and tell me I'll get used to it eventually. Yeah...no.
The floaters always there, trapped inside my body. It's just hard to fight and escape. Would that optometrist say to himself "I can ignore it easily" if he had mosquitos constantly flying around him with no reprieve? Yeah, I don't think so. The thing that people who've never experienced floaters don't understand is its a psychological constant presence.
Just wanted to vent. I don't really talk about it on stream, but it's aggravating beyond belief. Anyway, thanks for coming to my TED talk rant.