I have had CSR for a few years on and off. A year ago it returned. First the "sunspot" after-image, then blurring, distortion, and sometimes a blind spot. The CSR has been hanging around for a year. It's really starting to get me down. It has affected my performance in professional settings. It's distracting and makes it difficult for me to read as well/quickly as I used to.

Has anyone here had CSR for a prolonged period of time, and it resolved without lasting eye damage? If so, what treatments or personal habits were effective in reducing the fluid buildup?

This is not a post asking for help, but to provide information for people who googled their symptoms and landed on this archived post: https://www.reddit.com/r/eyetriage/comments/k8sxy1/goldwhite_bead_of_light_moving_down_my_peripheral/

That post never got a response from someone who got their answers from a doctor, but it's among the first search results when searching for "bead of light in peripheral vision." It was both a comfort to me (other people had this for a long time without damage) and a source of stress (nobody had answers). Because I cannot post in that thread, I'm making a new one and hoping that search algorithms do the rest.

TL;DR: In my case, this is vitreous detachment.

Background: A year ago, I started seeing a little bead of light sometimes in my peripheral vision when moving my head suddenly or looking to the side. It would move a small arc around the outer edge of my peripheral vision, like a bead of condensation suddenly slipping on a glass. Sometimes it started at the top and moved down; sometimes it started at the bottom and moved up. It happened in both eyes. No associated floaters, headaches, eye strain, vision changes, etc. For a few months it would happen multiple times per day. Then it eased off, happening every few days but nothing alarming. I didn't have vision insurance at the time, but once I did, I talked with the optometrist about it. From her checks, my retina looked healthy, so she said I should call back if symptoms changed or worsened. That happened a couple weeks ago. Suddenly the lights were multiple times an hour, almost any time I moved my head or eyes significantly. I called back and was referred to a retina specialist.

My retinas are healthy. He diagnosed it as vitreous detachment. He said that I should contact him again if the flashes become much worse and/or I get a sudden increase in floaters, which would be indicative of a retinal tear. Otherwise I shouldn't worry about my little light beads.

So for anyone who is searching for this particular symptom: certainly go get checked out by a specialist to rule out any issues, but I hope this post helps reduce some of the initial panic response I know I experienced while waiting for care.

For the past few days I have been seeing a strange dark stripe in my left eye (not in the center, more to the right). It looks like an afterimage after looking into a light or something, except I haven’t looked into anything bright.

I only see it on white surfaces (walls for example) and it only appears when blinking or squinting. I went to the eye doctor today and he dilated my pupils, made a slit lamp examination and an OCT-scan. Nothing wrong with my eyes according to him.

I'm relieved but still confused what it might be. My head has been hurting a bit for the past few days and I haven’t got enough sleep. Does anyone have a similar problem?

Edit: Definitely not a floater

I had a PK in my left eye on 2017 and a DALK in my right eye in 2020. I was told that I shouldn’t workout but have also seen advice, including on the NHS website, stating that one can work out after enough time has passed.

I’m wondering if the advice I was given was more applicable to my post-surgery recovery and not over five years later.

I’m worried about the strain on my eyes and increase in interocular pressure from resuming the vigorous workouts I used to do, but I miss them dearly and am not comfortable with my body being the way it is now.

After my PK and before my DALK I did continue my workouts but I’m sure I noticed a change in my left cornea in that time - but then it was far too soon to begin working out again which was my foolish mistake. I’m just hoping I can continue it again and not have to worry, or to at least know what to look for out for so I can stop if need be.

Thank you.

Hi there,

I will preface this by saying I just got back from my retinal specialist, who told me there is no cause for immediate concern, everything looks normal, and I have a follow up in a month. I just want some ideas because nothing really showed up in their testing.

I have a spot in my left eye that isn’t really a blind spot per se, it just shows up very briefly when I blink and then quickly goes away. It almost looks like the outline of my nose in my right eye, but in the left peripheral of my left eye. The edge of it flashes in some lighting, and in other lighting it looks like a floater, and a lot of the time I don’t see it at all even when I blink. I used a white screen to check it, and it is always present when I check with the white screen and blink. If I look to the right with my eyes, it disappears. When I look straight ahead, it reappears, and when I look left, it almost appears squashed against the very peripheral of my vision. It is always in the same spot, though, so I truly don’t believe it’s just a floater or something like that. My vitreous is still attached to my retina according to my specialist. Any ideas what this could be?

Sidenote: I do have a history of PAMM in my right eye from COVID, but nothing seems to have changed on that front and according to my specialist this doesn’t appear to be a new lesion in my left eye.

I'm a white 22F and a chronic migraine sufferer who just got new glasses.

Diagnosed with ADHD, anxiety disorder, migraines without aura, ME/CFS, POTS/dysautonomia and suspected HSD or hEDS.

Daily meds: Venlafaxine and bisoprolol.

I take Vyvanse a 2-5 times a week for ADHD.

I sometimes take a small dose of quetiapine for sleep.

I'm on a biologic called Ajovy for migraine prevention. I've had migraines since I was 12. Head MRI normal in 2023.

It's been almost three years since my last glasses/lenses and my eyesight has slightly continued to change.

I have astigmatism and I have myopia.

I've also had surgery for strabismus as a child in both of my eyes.

Got my glasses on saturday midday and wore them for the rest of the day. Got a migraine that night.

Yesterday I slept the whole day due to the migraine.

Now after wearing them from this morning I now also got a headache and I feel nauseous. I feel like a migraine is coming up.

Is this just a case of my eyes having to get used to the new prescription?

Do I just ”push through” this or should I use them a few hours a day? Is this normal?

I've always had some amount of weird feeling in my eyes after getting new prescriptions but never like this.

2019:

OD: SF -4.00 CYL +3.75 AX 95 PR BAS = V 1.0 OS: SF -7.00 CYL +2.00 AX 100 PR BAS = V 1.0

2022:

OD: -4.00 +5.00 82 pr: 2 bas: 0 OS: -5.75 +2.50 100 pr: 2 bas: 180

Now:

OD: -4.50 +5.50 81 pr: 2 bas: 0 OS: -6.25 +2.75 98 pr: 2 bas: 180

Growing up, i’d have an addiction to gaming and younger me having all the time in the world would always play games for severals hours on end. I would always be up close to screens and barely blinking.

I think along with other factors such as allergies and genetics, provoked dryness within my eyes causing my eyes to be itchy and watery at times.

An example of this is whenever i do simple tasks such as brushing the roof of my mouth or tounge, cough, sneeze, run, my eyes instantly turn bloodshots. My family also encounter these issues as they also have the same symptoms as me.

I have people at my school telling me have i smoked when in reality i’d never touch a substance before.

What do you guys think?

We took my daughter to the pediatric ophthalmologist for suspected astigmatism flagged at her 1 year appointment. She has high myopia (4.5 and 6); during the exam, after her eyes were dilated, her face turned red and she was woozy and upset. The doctor’s office used 1% cyclopentolate (I will call tomorrow to get the exact brand to check for other ingredients such as preservatives). She recovered without intervention within 2 hours, but it was very alarming - has anyone else had experience with this kind of reaction? With that power I anticipate she’ll need regular exams with dilation to check her retina, and am very worried about her sensitivity to the drops.

21 F; UK; i do not smoke/drink/etc; glasses (for astigmatism in opposite eye) and i can find the prescription if needed; Sertraline and Lisdexamphetamine (medication)

TLDR: Optician referred me to clinic due to 'optic lens swelling' in just one/right eye. Doctor agreed it didn't look right, but couldn't do anything as I have no symptoms/it's just one eye, so advised I keep an eye on it and come straight back if i got any symptoms. I'm just looking for advice on what to do next and any reassurance/comfort that this is common and nothing to worry over :)

Recently, I (21F) had a scheduled optician appointment/eye test/check-up. As a result of the OCT(?), the optician wasn't to happy with the scans for my right eye so decided to emergency refer me to a clinic for further tests. The next day, I had the appointment and a plethora of tests. The doctor(?) also didn't like what she saw but because i had no symptoms and it was just one eye, there wasn't much she could do, so I ended up being told to keep an eye on it (no pun intended) and to return immediately if i got any symptoms, ie. nausea or headaches.

I guess, I just wanted some advice on what to do next? Should I get a 2nd opinion? Should I 'push' for more testing? Should I start going for more regular/frequent eye tests? Or is this quite normal? Is it regular for optic lens swelling (i think that's what the optician called it?) or asymmetery between eyes?

I have no symptoms (no changes in vision)- it is basically just what the scans show (and I have no idea what that is!), and I only had them because it was my scheduled eye test.

I've attached the recent scans that I got from the optician for reference, and i also have scans from past appointments too.

https://ibb.co/tTHzqnpb https://ibb.co/hFFLXJYX https://ibb.co/tpWcyGCX

Thank you for your time and patience :) and i'm sorry if i'm worried over nothing :)

Ps. This is my first post ever! So I'm sorry for rambling and please let me know if those links don't work :)

I had an eye exam last Friday, everything looked good besides a minor bit of blood in my right eye. I'm assuming it was from lifting, as I moved heavy furniture around in earlier January. Or vomiting, I was violently ill over the holidays.

No high blood pressure or diabetes. I'm dealing with a broken tooth at the moment, and the pain is severe. I've heard that advil can cause or worsen eye bleeding, normally I would call my eye doctor and ask about this, but they're not open over the weekend.

12 months ago, during an especially difficult season of sleep with our then 5 months old baby, I woke up one morning with what seemed like a grey kidney bean shaped area in my left upper quadrant of vision of my left eye. I saw an optometrist and an ophthalmologist. Ultimately they did the retinal angiography and saw an area that was concerning. I saw a uveitis specialist and he ordered bloods and everything was negative but he was pretty sure it was consistent with toxoplasmosis despite negative testing. He just recommended serial testing in 6 months. Well, we moved and I've been lost to follow up, but today it seems to be a bit worse or more noticeable.

So anyway that's the history. Now here are my questions.

I had an intense bout of "pink eye" the November prior. The ER even ordered a CT to rule out further infection because it was that bad. Could this have caused this?

Wearing eye makeup, nights of bad sleep, and bright sunlight all seem to make it worse.

Lastly, I do perform on stage often and I believe the weekend before the initial vision issue was an especially long set on stage. And this last weekend was the same and now l'm noticing an increase in issues. Could the stage lights have caused the retinal scarring??

I have no medical problems currently, only real recent medical history is 2 c-sections in the last 3 years. Both pregnancies were hard with giant babies but no gestational diabetes. Last GP check up had blood results low for vitamin D and iron. But everything else normal.

If you made it this far, I appreciate it. I'd love to hear any professional opinions or reassurances.

I’ve been recovering from a really rough stye, had to end up going to urgent care for an ointment after warm compresses weren’t helping improve. My whole under eye also became very swollen which was abnormal from any stye I’ve had before. My stye size and pain has reduced with the medication, but my whole under eye bag area is now yellow. Not sure if this is just from the swelling reducing? Or the medication? Wondering if anyone else has any experience with this.

30M Observed this white little immobile thing inside my upper eyelid today when clearing out a dust particle from eye. Picture

Can anyone tell me what this is. I do not feel anything disturbance in the eye nor any lump outside the eyelid as well.

I do not have any eye issues and vision is 6/6.

Race - Indian

Primary Complaint - White little thing inside upper eyelid

Medications - None

No Medical issues.

Non Smoker/Drinker.

I've been using the Hyabak eye drops as suggested by my optometrist for dry eyes, mgd, blepharitis and abrasions.

I feel like I could dump half the bottle in my eyes before they feel hydrated lol

When I do get some relief, I'm sore again in 30mins.

It also makes the skin around my eyes burn and they get red and irritated.

I've been increasingly feeling like there's something in my eyes so just in case there was some dust in there I ordered the Optrex eye wash.

It hydrates my eyes all day! They feel amazing. I have to use it in the morning and before bed though.

I just want to make sure it's actually safe to use daily, long term?

https://a.co/d/2IWGx5b

Recently went to optometrist about red eyes, and I kept having flareups. This has started when I had Covid so I thought that maybe it was dry eye stuff related to that, but then it kept happening again and again. Since then i’ve kept up with eye drops, preservative free, and been using hot compress masks, been taking omega supplmements and such things. I’ve always been told that I have dryer eyes, but nothing like this with developing super red eyes throughout the day, experiencing things like as if I have something in my eye, eye strain contributing to it as well etc. Sometimes it gets so bad to the point where I just have to go to sleep because the pain is a bit much and they burn.

I went and I was not in an active flareup, but with the aid of putting dye in my eyes and the photos and videos I had, they diagnosed me with Thygesons and prescribed me Ketorolac Tromethamine 0.4 eye drop solution.

Now where the issue lies that I’ve done research on this after the fact and I’ve seen that it is not generally the best for dry eye? And that it’s not necessarily something used for Thygesons? I do take it with a grain of salt as I’m obviously just googling things, but the solution does burn when I put it in my eyes and it’s making me wonder if it is making the dry eye worse but masking the redness. I’m obviously now deathly afraid of cornel melt as well from the googling… lol.

Am I off basis on wanting to get a second opinion by somebody who specializes more dry eye? This dr says he does as well, though. Reason why I’m not just automatically getting a 2nd opinion is due to $$. My health insurance is terrible.

I don’t smoke, don’t drink, hardly wear eye makeup, WFH so nothing weird in the air within the work environment, etc. Symptoms started last August. Only thing I could thing of related to medicine is that I take Hyoscamine Sulfate - it gives me dry mouth, but I’ve been taking that for over two years.

Thanks!

Since a young teen I've had okay vision in my left eye (-0.5 diopters) but high myopia in my right eye (-6 diopters, but no amblyopia). It leads to me only using my right eye for closeup use (phone) and my left for far away.

It's never really bothered me and I don't even wear glasses most of the time (and when I do they don't correct my right eye fully), but I've been recently told my an optometrist that not using your right eye can lead to vision loss long term.

Maybe I shouldget Lasik in my right eye only. Could my eyes still adapt to working together if I'm already an adult? Anyone here had experience with this?

Hello

I am 30 years old myopic approx -3.5 both eyes. 3 months ago i had a routine check at an ophtalmologist where he found out i had extensive lattice degeneration in both eyes and suggested lasering.

I did realise that i had a floater in one eye that i never really bothered me and that i thought was normal.

Anyhow i went to see my dad's ophtalmologist who advised not to laser retinal holes and lattice degeneration as there is a risk of 'the scar contracting' after doing laser retinopexy and while trying to prevrnt a detachment the process can itself lead to a detachement.

I ended up going to a retinal specialist who found i had some sub retinal fluid in one the holes and i ended up doing laser on my right eye.

Its been 3 months and i am thinking of lasering my other eye as i notice that i have 1 or 2 new floaters in that eye.

My question is is there any way that laser retinopexy could cause a retinal detachrment? I read that extensive retinopexy can cause proliferative vitroretinopathy. Is this what my dad's ophtalmologist meant? Thank you for your insight

Over the last 10 years my eye has grown or become oval shaped, I’m not sure. It is the eye that has hypertropia. So now not only is it misaligned, it is also bulging, looking even more ugly. Also the bulging eye seems to have pulled my eyelid down too. A lot going on lol.

I’m very insecure about it, and wonder if anything can be done.

I didn’t know this was possible, could it be because the misaligned eye was straining more that the shape has changed? I’m not even sure what type of specialist I should contact for this.

I’ve been dealing with a clogged tear duct in my left eye for the last 5 years . It’s very uncomfortable due to the fact that I have to have a tissue with me all the time to bloat the tears . I’ve visited around 7 Eye Doctors in the Houston area . One of them perform surgery where a probe was inserted in my tear duct for 3 months . Didn’t help at all . The last Doctor I visite tried Botox on the inside of my eyelid . Didn’t work either. I don’t have dry eye . That’s been ruled out . I’m so desperate to find a solution .

• Age: 41
• Sex: Male
• Race: White
• Complaint: Bump on lower eye lid
• Prescription: not relevant (glasses)
• Medications: metoprolol tartrate (25 mg / day)
• ~1–2 drinks/week
• Non smoker.

I've long had a painless stye on my upper left eyelid (visible in the picture), but this prominent bump in this picture is new. It's painless and causing no discomfort, but it's visually alarming. My partner suggested its a xanthelasma, but I haven't seen any images of them appearing so close to the eye and it seems the normally form toward the inner corner of the eye, not the outer corner where this is.

Picture

Not exactly behind the left eye, a little bit further.
It's like nerves contract and intertwine, it's not painful but it's annoying. If I look far away I feel like a knot gets open, a spasm relief. my sight gets blurry and more nearsighted in the end of the day. left eye is not dry but less watery. I look at books, phone screen and monitor everyday for studying.
Is this just eye strain?

I know it's common (7 out of 10 people) to have floaters and that it's common in myopic individuals. I have had them for at least three years and they are basically the same, and they don't bother me. I usually only notice them on white surfaces or in bright environments (e.g. sunny day, snowy day).

I only have dry eyes and use lubrication drops for it.

Edit: They are small dots. Occationally I see very faint hair-thin shadow lines. The one dot (the darkest one) that most often catches my attention is just because it drifts into the area I'm focusing on.

Hi all, I know this page isn’t meant for patients, but I really need help. (Remove if I’m breaching the rules)

So I’m 21, and I have Amblyopia, my correct vision in my left eye is 6/6, and my right is 6/120 (uncorrected its 6/190) which is from an older eye assessment, so it may have changed a bit.

I’m desperately looking for any kind of treatment to help fix my eyesight, even if not completely. It’s my dream to serve in the maritime industry and I don’t meet the eyesight requirements, I was even declared medically unfit for the Royal Australian Navy.

I’m not concerned about how much it’ll cost, or where I’ll have to go, I just need treatment as it’s taking a serious toll on my mental health. Sorry to be a bummer but any help is greatly appreciated.

Hi! Just had a quick question which contact prescription was for each eye.

1st box: SPH 0.00, CYL -1.25 2nd Box: SPH -1.50, CYL -0.75

I have a harder time seeing out of my right than my left. I couldn't quite figure out which was for which. Thanks!

Hi all, I’ve had a brownish pigmented patch in the white of my left eye, I’d estimate for a year or two, starting in my early 20’s. I wasn’t really paying attention to it until recently. So I have a photo from April 2024 showing that I did have some sort of similar looking pigmented patch in the area (not close up enough to see exact size/change). I also visited an optometrist in October 2023 for an eye exam (nearsighted with glasses) and they did not note the lesion. Not sure if it they just didn’t note it or if it simply developed between Oct 2023 and April 2024, I don’t have any great photos before then that would show if this pigmented patch was present.

I’m an Asian male, don’t smoke, no drugs, alcohol sparingly. No relevant medications or medical history other than I have spring allergies which sometimes causes me to rub my eyes. I also have several grey patches in the whites of both eyes.

I visited an ophthalmologist a few weeks ago. He examined it by putting some yellow dye in my eyes and looking through what I think is a slit lamp, said given my race and age it was racial melanosis, don’t worry about it, and to come back in a year. While I feel better than I did before the visit, the doctor didn’t do much to document it and took this marginal quality image to put in my file. https://ibb.co/5WL0s3MX

This (https://ibb.co/gL8x4hcs) is a picture taken with my phone by the doctor during the exam and this is my picture with a bigger view of the patch a few weeks after the visit. https://ibb.co/jv4VHfvT

I’m still concerned about it being PAM though, since from what I understand racial melanosis is most often congenital as well as almost always bilateral, whereas PAM is almost always unilateral and acquired. As a result, I’m inclined to get a second opinion. If any doctors could correct me if I’m wrong here please do.

If I am getting a second opinion, is there a subspecialty of ophthalmology I should be looking for doctors that often treat/examine pigmented lesions in the whites of eyes? And should I be asking for more detailed documentation of the pigmented patch and what type of documentation should be done? Like is there a detailed type of photography I should be asking to be done to track any changes?

Thanks for your help.

Hi!

(Left/Right Sf -0.25 -0.25, Cyl -1.25 -1.75, Ax 15 175)

I just received my very first glasses because of astigmatism and nearsightedness. However, as usual, they gave me mild nausea and headache.
I just wanted to know if its ok to use them for just a few hours a day in the beginning, or will the "progress" of getting used to them wear off if I, for example, play on computer without the glasses?

Sorry for the bad english, and if the question is stupid; eyeglasses are magic and make no sense to me.

My daughter who is on study abroad in Dublin, got a contact stuck in her eye. It is now going on about 60 hours with the thing in the eye. She was told by the Dr (on the young side so could be a resident) at the ER said there is no contact in there, but she says he barely looked at it, and was extremely quick. He says just a scratch. But she saw the contact several times last night and this AM and felt it, but could not get it out using all the various tricks.

She has a script for a antibiotic for a week, so hopefully the thing won't get infected. Where do we go from here, try to get a second opinion? Just believe this Dr who says it's not in there, or try to get to another ER for a second opinion?

4 weeks ago, I (22M) beat my friend in a game, and when he shook my hand, he jerked me down so fast that I felt dizzy and a bit headachey for a moment after (this part is speculation- I am not totally confident this caused the problem). After that, I started noticing some eye floaters in my left eye (might have been both, not sure), that worsened for a few days and then returned to normal- there was one consistent floater in particular, and I only notice it sporadically throughout the day, easiest when I look at something solid colored/white. I went to an ophthalmologist, he said he saw nothing, no sign of detachment or holes in my eye exam and that while that's good, "it could still be something serious. keep an eye on it".

Since then, I have moved to a different state with no insurance. And the one floater is still present. At a loss of money and time, I want to make sure it's worthwhile for me to see a doctor, and not be tested up the wazoo only to be referred elsewhere and have even more cost. Even though it's just one little floater for the most part (I've always had sensitive eyes- hurts to focus on stuff too close up, huge streaks when I look at lights in the dark (astigmatism?), sometimes feel like my vision is just kind of weird/off in general, motion sickness- but this floater is new lol), it freaks me out and I'd be really mad at myself if I waited too long to get something serious fixed.

I know this doesn't constitute medical advice! I WILL see a doctor if absolutely necessary. But I don't have a lot of money, so it's important that I make an informed choice. Thanks in advance.

https://imgur.com/a/kmRifml

Thanks in advance for your help! I am seeking help as my regular eye health professions have been unable to suggest a solution except ‘just wait’ (1 year later still no solution).

TLDR: Is there any surgery that could fix an eyelid margin scar which remained after a stye was surgically drained? Or should I just keep pushing for hard contacts to correct my vision?

I have chronic blepharitis, meibomian gland dysfunction (evaporative dry eye disease). Symptoms started 1 year 6 months ago after an injury.

I am treated monthly in clinic with IPL, Low level LED light and expression via sit lamp. My medication includes Cequa (cyclosporine) eye drops and 100mg doxycycline. I follow the standard daily MGD routine of blephadex eye soap (contains tea tree oil), opti-soothe wipes, occusoft hypochlor spray, 2-3 times warm compress daily.

Treatment has been going well (a lot better than 1 year ago when my tear break up time was down to 3sec).

Unfortunately 11 months ago I had a bad stye and chalazion. 8 months ago after a triamcinolone acetonide injection a procedure was done to drain the stye and chalazion.

Vision was initially significantly blurred with ‘ghosting’ (double vision). Vision improved to a degree after the procedure. This irregular astigmatism was initially caused by the centrally located stye which was diagnosed via topography and tomography and I’ve been told it’s not keratoconus.

I’ve been told this bump is no longer a stye but is instead a scar which is still causing my irregular astigmatism. Often on the visual acuity test I can’t read the last couple lines and the bigger ones have ghosting.

My vision varies day to day depending upon inflammation levels over the night and I have been told it cannot be corrected with glasses as it changes so frequently.

My hobby involves painting small plastic miniatures (checkout r/warhammer) and this astigmatism is very frustrating as it makes it very difficult. My right (good) eye has been trying to develop a stye in the same location for about 6 months. I’m afraid if that happens I will lose my job as I currently cannot read to a sufficient level using my left (bad) eye.

I requested scleral lenses or hard contacts to correct my vision from my regular optometrist who does my treatment and she advised we could not do this as it’ll make my inflamation worse

Is there any surgery that could fix this? Or should I just keep pushing for hard contacts?

I quit nicotine recently. I vaped for years, and then used zynn pouches for about two years. So I quit all forms cold turkey. For context, this is the longest I’ve gone without nicotine for 15 years.

I’m about 3 weeks out from quitting now but this has been WEIRD.

Hard to explain but I’ll try.

-almost feels like my eyeballs are under pressure -best I can describe it is when your phone camera keeps trying to focus and goes in and out. My eyes feel strained almost.

I’ve read nicotine withdraw can cause this due to blood pressure regulation but I’m wondering at what point is it an issue? I’m a pilot and fly high performance aircraft so I’m very in tune with what my vision is telling me.