Eye floaters at night

[robordon]

I have something new aside from a floater I currently have in my right eye.

It looks like an insect flying across the upper part of my vision and I can't tell which eye its in. I mostly see it if I'm in a dark room looking out into a lit area. Doesn't happen all the time. I keep thinking it's an insect but it isn't.

I had some smaller floaters that I first noticed looking at a white wall but they were very small and I don't notice those anymore and one floater that's more noticeable if I look for it. However this one I see in the dark puzzles me.

I have an appointment with my opthomologist for yearly check up coming up so I'll see what he says.

Tried a search on the internet but nothing yet, anybody ever have something like this?

FYI, I'm not diabetic, only wear reading glasses, some cataracts but nothing that impedes my vision.

Thanks for looking.

 

[jhummel73]

I am wondering how you see it in a dark room. My floaters are most noticeable in bright light. A few years ago I had a floater that looked like a small black spot. Always surprised me when it came into my vision because I always instantly thought it was external to me.

 

[robordon]

In a dark room looking out into some light.

Right now I'm watching TV in a semi dark room, there's light coming from the room behind me and I just saw it briefly. Looked like a fly going across.

 

[robin416]

I'm going to suggest you move your appointment up if it's a few weeks out. Don't screw around with vision. This is just odd enough to warrant a deeper look.

 

[MACKTEXAS]

Years ago, I had a detached retina. Early warning signs presented as a light flash in my peripheral vision in low light conditions, and the appearance of 1-3 large floaters came and went. I went to the eye doctor who found no sign of retinal detachment the day I appeared, but warned me to come back ASAP if I started seeing "showers of floaters."

Not many days later, I did see "showers," but they started at the beginning of a long holiday weekend when I could not get in to see the doctor. Over the course of one day, a shadow started forming at the top of my vision field and progressed downward, until all vision in that eye was lost because the retina had detached. The delay in seeing the doctor complicated repairing the retina and I had a long recovery period.

 

[robin416]

Years ago, I had a detached retina. Early warning signs presented as a light flash in my peripheral vision in low light conditions, and the appearance of 1-3 large floaters came and went. I went to the eye doctor who found no sign of retinal detachment the day I appeared, but warned me to come back ASAP if I started seeing "showers of floaters."

Not many days later, I did see "showers," but they started at the beginning of a long holiday weekend when I could not get in to see the doctor. Over the course of one day, a shadow started forming at the top of my vision field and progressed downward, until all vision in that eye was lost because the retina had detached. The delay in seeing the doctor complicated repairing the retina and I had a long recovery period.

For me, in both eyes, the vitreous fluid snapped away from the walls. It caused the massive amount of floaters and the flashing lights that were around the periphery of my vision. It did do some damage to my retina but not enough to address now.

I have a friend from another forum who asked about a dark spot in the center of his vision. I told him to immediately get into an opthamologist because that was a warning sign. Turns out he had a stroke in that eye due to elevated BP that wasn't getting caught. He was worried about Medicare not paying. For something like this they will pay and they did.

 

[debodun]

When I go to my ophthalmologist and retina surgeon, they always ask if I have floaters. I always say "yes", but they never pursue it or offer any solution.

 

[C50]

Floaters kind of wash around your vision as your eyes move, many times it seems like a bug is on the TV or flying accross the window. Try this, squint your eyes while looking into a lighted area, like on a wall or out a window, tighten up your focus as if you're trying to focus on your eye lashes.

Do you see the floaters now? When I squint and close focus I can see all my floaters and by shifting my eyes I can swish the floaters back and forth. My left eye is terrible.